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The State Veterans Home — Wartime Service, and 80% of Adjusted Net Income

A home rebuilt from the ground up in 2017 at Bristol, six neighbourhoods on a 100-acre site, with a 32-room memory care wing. Admission needs 90 days of active wartime service and either two consecutive years of residence here or enlistment from here. Residents contribute about 80% of adjusted net income.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

What it's worth: Dormitory through skilled nursing care at Bristol; residents contribute about 80% of adjusted net income

The contribution is described as typically 80% of adjusted net income, so it moves with what you actually receive rather than sitting at a flat rate.
The home is not a Medicare or Medicaid facility, which changes how the arithmetic works against other long-term care options.

Who is entitled to it

You served in the armed forces.
Your discharge was honorable.
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

1Download the application from the veterans office site — there is a separate, shorter end-of-life admission form if that is the situation.
2Check the three gates before you invest time: an honorable discharge, 90 days of active service during wartime, and either two consecutive years of residence here immediately before applying or having joined the service from here.
3Gather the DD-214, medical records covering the past two years, and any guardianship or power of attorney papers.
4Submit by post or in person. The waiting time is set by the date your application is COMPLETE, not the date you first sent something in — so chase the missing document rather than waiting to be asked for it.
5Ask the home to work your contribution before you commit: it is set on your financial means and typically lands at 80% of adjusted net income.
6The medical director has the final say on whether a diagnosis can be accommodated, and admission is voluntary throughout.

Form: Veterans Home application
File with: The state Veterans Home, Bristol — by post or in person
Documents you will need: dd214 · va benefit summary letter
No renewal: Once granted it does not need renewing.

CorrectionWartime service is a real gate here, not a preference. The home's own page puts it plainly: 90 days of active service during wartime. General guides that describe state veterans homes as open to any honorably discharged veteran do not describe this one.

Worth knowingTwo years of residence is longer than most state homes ask, but the alternative route is generous — joining the service from here satisfies it however long ago that was, and however long you lived elsewhere since.

Worth knowingNot being a Medicare or Medicaid facility is presented by the home as an advantage to residents, and for some households it is: there is no Medicaid spend-down or estate recovery machinery attached to the bed. Whether it works out better than a Medicaid-certified facility depends on your income, so ask the home to run both.

Worth knowingFree transport to the federal VA medical centre for specialist appointments, and VA benefit counsellors on site, are part of the offer. For a resident without family nearby that is worth more than it sounds.

Sources

authority · published policyOffice of Veterans Services — the state Veterans Home: eligibility, cost and how to apply

Why only one source type: The administering office's own page states the eligibility gates, the resident contribution and the application route. The statute server for this state refuses connections, as it did on the previous research pass, so no second reading was possible.

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