US Department Of Veteran Affairs:
Veterans’ Nursing Home Care !
VA provides nursing home services to Veterans through
3 national Programs:
- VA owned and operated Community Living Centers (CLC),
- State Veterans’ Homes owned and operated by the states,
- and the community nursing home program.
Each program has admission and eligibility criteria specific to the program. Nursing home care is available for enrolled Veterans who need nursing home care for a service-connected disability, and those rated 60 percent service–connected and unemployable; or Veterans or who have a 70 percent or greater service-connected disability. VA provided nursing home care for all other Veterans is based on available resources.
VA Community Living Centers: Community Living Centers (CLC)provide a dynamic array of short stay (less than 90 days) and long stay (91 days or more) services. Short stay services include but are not limited to skilled nursing, respite care, rehabilitation, hospice, and continuing care for Veterans awaiting placement in the community. Long stay services include but are not limited to dementia care and continuing care to maintain the Veteran‘s level of functioning. Short stay and long stay services are available for Veterans who are enrolled in VA health care and require CLC services.
State Veterans’ Home Program: State Veterans homes are owned and operated by the states. The states petition VA for grant dollars for a portion of the construction costs followed by a request for recognition as a state home. Once recognized, VA pays a portion of the per diem if the state meets VA standards. States establish eligibility criteria and determine services offered for short and long-term care. Specialized services offered are dependent upon the capability of the home to render them.
Community Nursing Home Program: VA health care facilities establish contracts with community nursing homes. The purpose of this program is to meet the nursing home needs of Veterans who require long-term nursing home care in their own community, close to their families and meet the enrollment and eligibility requirements.
Admission Criteria: The general criteria for nursing home placement in each of the three programs requires that a resident must be medically stable, i.e. not acutely ill, have sufficient functional deficits to require inpatient nursing home care, and be determined by an appropriate medical provider to need institutional nursing home care. Furthermore, the Veteran must meet the specific eligibility criteria for community living center care or the contract nursing home program and the eligibility criteria for the specific state Veterans home.
Special Note:For more information to find out if you qualify, here are some tips ! (1). If you have a VA Primary Care Physician, ask her/or him, do you qualify. (2). You can call the VA Toll-Free, at 1- 800 – 827-1000, and ask the VA. (3). You can call your State Department Of Veteran Affiars, look in your phone director, go on the Internet, Call your Telephone Service Provider for the information, and ask for the phone number, then ask Your State VA do you qualify for Nursing Home!
See: This Website Directory Of The US Department Of Veteran Affairs, complete USA, State by state listings of VA Hospitals,Clinics, Vet Centers, Nursing Homes, and all other Important and general Facilities ! Please tell all Vets’ you know, or meet about: www.vetsguide.net, remember the Vets’ to Vets’, ‘Motto’, Leave No Vet Nor Their Families Behind: Good Luck !