Veterans Homes Admissions

Veterans living in State Veterans Homes may be eligible for federal benefits which can help supplement their cost of care. The cost of staying at a Veterans Home is often significantly below what is charged by for-profit facilities. Assistance is available during the application process to find the best options for financing your living arrangements and cost of care.

Federal veterans entitlements help to make the cost of care affordable for many veterans. Most veterans will find economic as well as quality reasons to live at a Veterans Home. Veterans who live at the Veterans Homes also benefit from many events and activities supported or supplied by veteran organizations, corporate sponsors, and individual volunteers.

The following information outlines the ways members of the Wisconsin Veterans Homes may pay for their cost of care.

Chippewa Falls

Private Pay – Members who are able to pay for the total cost of their care will be billed monthly. Each member has the right to manage his or her own personal funds.

Medicare (T-18) / Medicaid (T-19) – Members who are unable to pay the cost of their care may be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. Please note that Medicare and Medicaid only cover Nursing Home costs not Assisted Living.

King

Private Pay – Members who are able to pay for the total cost of their care will be billed monthly. Each member has the right to manage his or her own personal funds.

Medicare (T-18) / Medicaid (T-19) – Members who are unable to pay the cost of their care may be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. Please note that Medicare and Medicaid only cover Nursing Home costs not Assisted Living.​

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Union Grove

Private Pay – Members who are able to pay for the total cost of their care will be billed monthly. Each member has the right to manage his or her own personal funds.

Medicare (T-18) / Medicaid (T-19) – Members who are unable to pay the cost of their care may be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. Please note that Medicare and Medicaid only cover Nursing Home costs not Assisted Living.

Your County Veterans Service Office​ can provide more information about eligibility for the Homes and the admission process, or contact any one of the Veterans Homes.

Since July 1, 2013 the requirement to be a Wisconsin resident at time of application to one of our Wisconsin State Veterans Homes has been eliminated.  Out-of-state applicants are now welcome! 

The following “General and Subcategory Priorities” will be used when processing applications for admission.

General Priorities:

• First Priority:  Veterans.* 

• Second Priority:  Spouses of veterans. 

• Third Priority:   Spouses of deceased veterans. 

• Fourth Priority:  Parents of veterans who were killed while on active duty.

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Sub-category Priorities: 

“Within” each of the above general priorities these sub-category priorities will be applied when processing applications for admission:

(a) Provide first priority to eligible applicants who have resided in the state of Wisconsin for more than six continuous months prior to the date of application for membership; 

(b) Provide second priority to  eligible applicants who are residents on the date of application and who have been residing continuously in the state of Wisconsin for a period of six months or less immediately preceding the date of application for membership; and

(c) Provide third priority to eligible applicants who reside out-of-state on the date of application for membership.

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* For the purposes of admissions eligibility, a “veteran” is defined as: