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State Veterans Nursing Facility — 120 Beds, a Dementia Unit, and a Breezeway to the VA

A 120-bed veterans-only nursing facility opened in 2008, with private and semi-private rooms, a 20-bed unit for residents needing specialised care for Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, round-the-clock nursing with a physician on call, and breezeway-connected access to the federal medical centre next door. Two wheelchair-capable buses take residents to medical appointments.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

A 120-bed veterans-only nursing facility opened in 2008, with private and semi-private rooms, a 20-bed unit for residents needing specialised care for Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, round-the-clock nursing with a physician on call, and breezeway-connected access to the federal medical centre next door. Two wheelchair-capable buses take residents to medical appointments.

What it's worth: A veterans-only nursing bed, at a cost the department says is well below the national average

  • The department describes a 120,000-square-foot, 120-bed veterans-only nursing facility in Clarksburg, opened in 2008.
  • It has private and semi-private rooms, and a 20-bed unit reserved for residents needing specialised care because of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
  • Nurses are available around the clock and a physician is on call; the facility has pharmacy services and breezeway-connected access to the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center.
  • Rooms have full-function hospital beds and a nurse-call system. Amenities include free Wi-Fi, cable television and telephones with long-distance calling enabled.
  • Four congregate whirlpool walk-in tubs, an exercise room and a therapy room are available, and the facility has a recreation department and a chaplain.
  • Two wheelchair-capable buses transport residents to medical appointments and recreational activities.
  • The department states the cost of care is significantly less expensive than the national average for nursing facility care, and gives no figure.
  • Payment may be made by credit card through a secure site administered by the State Treasurer’s Office.
  • A second 120-bed state veterans nursing facility, named for a Medal of Honor recipient, broke ground at Beckley in October 2023, financed by a federal grant with state money in place, and is described as using a small-home model with residents living in communities of twelve to fifteen.

Who is entitled to it

  • Admission is of the veteran; the family is usually the one arranging it.
  • You served in the armed forces.
  • Your home is in W. Va.

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

Deadline: Set by the facility; ask about the waiting list before anything else
  1. 1Ring the facility administrator directly. The department publishes the administrator’s name, telephone number and e-mail address on the facility page.
  2. 2Ask for the current daily or monthly charge in writing. The department says the cost is well below the national average but publishes no number at all.
  3. 3Ask about the dementia unit specifically if that is the need. It is twenty beds out of a hundred and twenty, so it is the constraint that binds first.
  4. 4Ask what the buses cover. Two wheelchair-capable buses run residents to medical appointments and recreation — that is transport for residents, not a service to veterans living at home.
  5. 5Weigh the location seriously. The breezeway connection to the federal medical centre is the single practical advantage of this facility over an ordinary nursing home.
  6. 6If you are in the south of the state, ask about the second facility at Beckley and when it opens. Construction was estimated at eighteen months to two years from an October 2023 groundbreaking.
  7. 7A department benefits office will file the paperwork with you and can chase the discharge document.
Form
The facility’s admission enquiry — start with the administrator
File with
Department of Veterans Assistance — the facility administrator
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionThis is not the veterans home already in this corpus. The home at Barboursville and this nursing facility are separate places with separate admission routes and separate levels of care — a domiciliary home is not a skilled nursing bed.
Worth knowingThe transport here is a resident amenity. A veteran living at home does not get a ride to a VA appointment from this facility, and nothing else read this session provides one.
Known gapNo admission criteria, no residency test, no discharge test, no fee and no waiting-list information are published on the facility page. Nor was any statute governing admission read — the state code host refused every request this session.

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