Virginia runs veterans care centres offering affordable long-term skilled nursing care, dementia and memory care, and short and long-term rehabilitation. The centres are the Davis and McDaniel Veterans Care Center, 4550 Shenandoah Avenue NW, Roanoke VA 24017, phone 540-982-2860, with 204 beds; the Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center, 1601 Broad Rock Boulevard, Richmond VA 23224, phone 804-371-8000, with 200 beds; the Jones and Cabacoy Veterans Care Center, 2641 Nimmo Parkway, Virginia Beach VA 23456, phone 757-630-3100, with 128 beds; and the Puller Veterans Care Center, 6951 Vint Hill Parkway, Warrenton VA 20187, phone 540-680-5200, with 128 beds.
Apply directly to the centre you want to live in using that centre’s own application packet, rather than through a single state application. Call the centre on the number above to ask about beds, waiting lists and how to get its packet.
Your DD214 showing your service and honorable discharge, proof of Virginia residency at the time you entered service or now, and medical documentation showing you need skilled nursing care.