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Veterans’ Homes — Three of Them, and Residency Is a Factor, Not a Bar

Eligibility for residence is a veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of a veteran. Length of residence in the state is one of seven things the department must weigh — which means a veteran who has just arrived is not excluded outright. Montana runs three homes: the Montana Veterans' Home at Columbia Falls, the Eastern Montana Veterans Home at Glendive, and the Southwest Montana Veterans Home at Butte.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Eligibility for residence is a veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of a veteran. Length of residence in the state is one of seven things the department must weigh — which means a veteran who has just arrived is not excluded outright. Montana runs three homes: the Montana Veterans' Home at Columbia Falls, the Eastern Montana Veterans Home at Glendive, and the Southwest Montana Veterans Home at Butte.

What it's worth: Intermediate, skilled nursing and domiciliary care at one of three state homes

  • No rate is claimed here. The eligibility section says nothing about charges, and the department’s page for the home does not publish a resident rate.
  • The Eastern Montana Veterans Home in Glendive is an 80-bed intermediate and skilled nursing facility with a 16-bed special care unit. It opened in July 1995 and is CMS and VA certified.
  • The Southwest Montana Veterans Home in Butte houses 60 residents across five cottage-style units.
  • Both the Glendive and Butte homes are managed by Eduro Healthcare.
  • Because there are three homes across the state, distance from one of them is not a reason to rule this out — ask about the nearest.
  • The weight reflects what long-term care costs privately, which is the alternative, not a figure the state publishes.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are the veteran.
  • The spouse or surviving spouse of a veteran is eligible in terms.
  • You are 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. 1The eligibility test itself is short — a veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of a veteran. Everything else in the section is a weighing exercise the department performs.
  2. 2Know what the department must weigh, because it tells you what to put in the application: your age; your physical and mental status; whether you can find other suitable accommodation; how long you have lived in the state; gender as it relates to available living space; whether the home can meet your needs; and any other admission criteria the department has set.
  3. 3Do not rule yourself out on residency. The section lists term of residence as a consideration among several, not as a threshold, and sets no minimum.
  4. 4The home is Medicare and Medicaid certified with 105 intermediate and skilled-care beds and 12 domiciliary beds, including a 15-bed unit for Alzheimer’s care. Say which level of care you need — domiciliary and skilled nursing are separately bedded.
  5. 5Physical, occupational and speech therapy and dietitian services are provided on site, so a transfer for therapy is not usually needed.
Form
Application to the home’s administrator
File with
Montana Veterans’ Home, 400 Veterans Drive, Columbia Falls
Documents you will need
dd214
Annual recertification
The office asks you to confirm each year.
CorrectionMost state veterans homes gate admission on a residency period. This one does not. The Code names "the person’s term of residence" as one factor the department must consider alongside age, health and housing alternatives — so a recently arrived veteran is weighed, not refused.
Worth knowingThe section also imposes no discharge characterization and no length-of-service test of its own; it leaves the detail to rules the department prescribes. The department’s own material describes the home as serving honorably discharged veterans, so ask the admissions committee where your discharge sits before assuming either way.
Known gapWhat a resident pays is unread. The eligibility section is silent on charges, the home’s own page publishes no rate, and its admissions and referral page could not be reached this session.

Sources

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