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Veterans Home at Milford — 180 Days, One Year Resident, Gold Star Family

Admission needs 180 days of honorable active service or the Guard and Reserve equivalent, a year of residency before applying, and a medically determined need for long-term care. A Gold Star family member qualifies in their own right.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

Admission needs 180 days of honorable active service or the Guard and Reserve equivalent, a year of residency before applying, and a medically determined need for long-term care. A Gold Star family member qualifies in their own right.

What it's worth: Long-term or short-term rehabilitative nursing care at the state home in Milford

  • Three admission criteria are stated together: honorable discharge from active service with a minimum of 180 days (or comparable Guard or Reserve criteria, or Gold Star family membership); residence in the state for at least one year before applying; and a medically determined need for a long-term level of care.
  • The home is at 100 Delaware Veterans Blvd, Milford.
  • Cost is not published. The office states that costs vary with the applicant’s payer source, which may include the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Medicaid, Medicare or private pay.
  • Limited exceptions to the one-year residency requirement may apply, so a near miss is worth a call rather than an assumption.

Who is entitled to it

  • The home primarily serves veterans; spouses may be admitted under certain conditions, and a Gold Star family member qualifies in their own right.
  • The discharge meets the stated criterion.
  • Your home is in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Choose the right application: there is a long-term care application and a separate short-term or rehabilitative care one.
  2. 2Submit VA Form 10-10EZ with it — the admissions office requires it alongside the application.
  3. 3Send the packet to DOSDVH_Admissions@delaware.gov, or to 100 Delaware Veterans Blvd, Milford, DE 19963, or by fax to 302-424-6003. The admissions line is 302-739-2792.
  4. 4Ask the admissions office directly what you would pay. The published material does not carry a daily rate or an income formula — it turns on your payer source.
  5. 5A Gold Star family member should apply on that footing by name rather than through a veteran relative.
File with
Delaware Veterans Home, Admissions Office
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingOne year of residency before applying is the requirement most likely to catch a family out, because the instinct when a parent needs care is to move them close first and apply after. Here that resets the clock.
Worth knowingThe 180-day service minimum sits alongside, not instead of, the Guard and Reserve route. Guard and Reserve service that meets the comparable criteria is inside the door.
Known gapWhat a resident actually pays is unread — no rate, no income formula and no federal VA per diem offset appears on either page, so this record publishes none.

Sources

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.