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Six State Veterans Homes

Six DMVA-run homes across the Commonwealth — nursing, personal, memory and domiciliary care — for veterans, their spouses and surviving spouses.

Verified August 19, 2026

What this benefit is

Six DMVA-run homes across the Commonwealth — nursing, personal, memory and domiciliary care — for veterans, their spouses and surviving spouses.

What it's worth: Long-term care at state rates, across four levels of care

  • Rates vary by home and level of care, and federal VA per-diem subsidies reduce what residents pay — ask the Bureau of Veterans Homes for current rates rather than budgeting from a published figure.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are a veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of one.
  • The discharge was under honorable conditions.
  • Your home is in Pennsylvania.

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. 1Match the home to the care level first: all six offer memory care, but only four offer nursing and personal care, and domiciliary care is fewer still.
  2. 2Apply online or through the Bureau of Veterans Homes, and ask about the waitlist for the specific home and care level — they differ.
  3. 3A spouse or surviving spouse applies in their own right; admission is not limited to the veteran.
Form
Application for residency
File with
DMVA Bureau of Veterans Homes — online, or by phone
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingThe residency test has a second door: Pennsylvania residence now, or having joined the military while living in Pennsylvania — so a veteran who enlisted from Pennsylvania and settled elsewhere can still come home for care.
Known gapWe publish the structure and not the rates. Costs vary by home and care level and are offset by federal per-diem subsidies, and the Bureau quotes current figures on request rather than publishing a schedule we could read.

Sources

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