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Nursing-Home Care
Veterans' Nursing Homes of Florida

Any person interested in residency can be referred through a VA Medical Center. Candidates must be veterans with qualifying war or peacetime service, be a resident of Florida for one year immediately prior to applying for admission and must require long-term care in a skilled nursing facility. For admission information you may contact the nearest County Veterans Service Office or FDVA Service Office. Veterans with service-connected disabilities or veterans unable to afford nursing home care will be considered first for residency. You are welcome to contact the Admissions Coordinator for the Home in which you are interested for additional information. Tours are always available.

Purpose

To provide skilled or intermediate type nursing care and related medical care in VA or private nursing homes for convalescents or persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care. 

Admissions Criteria

The State Veterans' Nursing Home at Daytona Beach, Land O' Lakes, Pembroke Pines, Port Charlotte, and Springfield have the following general admissions criteria.

The veteran must be:

(1) a veteran as determined under Chapter 1.01 (14), Florida Statutes.

(2) a resident of Florida and have been a resident for one year prior to application.

(3) in need of nursing home care for a condition which requires services which fall within the level of care for which the home has resources and functional ability to provide.

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Updated As Of: August 21, 2008


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