Delaware Valley Veterans Home
Pennsylvania offers its veterans six extended care facilities throughout the state. The level of care provided includes personal care, skilled nursing care, domicilliary care, and dementia care. These facilities offer qualified veterans and their spouses dedicated, superior care. The Delaware Valley Veterans Home was dedicated on November 1, 2002 and is the commonwealth's sixth and newest veterans home operated by the PA Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Our facility serves 171 veterans and their eligible spouses in a caring and home-like setting. It is a spacious facility with skylights and large windows throughout the building. We are located just minutes from I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Northeast Philadelphia at the border of Bucks County. The home offers a rural setting despite its city location with meadow and woodland views all around. Adding to the tranquil setting are the frequent sightings of deer, hawks and a variety of other wildlife. Our facility includes many am
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Physical Address
2701 Southampton Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154
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Application process
Application for admission. It is the policy of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to process all applications without regard to race, color, national origin, religious creed, age, sex, ancestry or handicap.
Eligibility
An applicant shall be an eligible veteran, spouse or surviving spouse of an eligible veteran. An "eligible veteran" is defined as an individual who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States or the Pennsylvania Military Forces and was discharged under honorable conditions. An applicant shall be a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the eligible veteran or spouse of an eligible veteran for who the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is his/her home of record upon entry into the Armed Forces of the United States or the Pennsylvania Military Forces. Current residents have priority, however, in admission. A resident of a state veterans home shall be required to make monthly payments against maintenance fee liability in accordance with the resident's ability to pay. Admissions will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The admissions committee at the home shall determine the level of care, but its decisions may be appealed. The following are not eligible for admission:
Service area
Allegheny, PA Armstrong, PA Beaver, PA Bedford, PA Berks, PA Blair, PA Bradford, PA Bucks, PA Butler, PA Cambria, PA Cameron, PA Carbon, PA Centre, PA Chester, PA Clarion, PA Clearfield, PA Clinton, PA Columbia, PA Crawford, PA Cumberland, PA Dauphin, PA Delaware, PA Elk, PA Erie, PA Fayette, PA Forest, PA Franklin, PA Fulton, PA Greene, PA Huntingdon, PA Indiana, PA Jefferson, PA Juniata, PA Lackawanna, PA Lancaster, PA Lawrence, PA Lebanon, PA Lehigh, PA Luzerne, PA Lycoming, PA McKean, PA Mercer, PA Mifflin, PA Monroe, PA Montgomery, PA Montour, PA Northampton, PA Northumberland, PA Perry, PA Philadelphia, PA Pike, PA Potter, PA Schuylkill, PA Snyder, PA Somerset, PA Sullivan, PA Susquehanna, PA Tioga, PA Union, PA Venango, PA Warren, PA Washington, PA Wayne, PA Westmoreland, PA Wyoming, PA York, PA
Agency info
Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veteran Affairs
Provides resources and assistance to Pennsylvania's one million veterans and their families, and provides care for aging and disabled veterans. Also prepares and deploys the Pennsylvania National Guard for worldwide combat and combat support operations and provides trained personnel to state and local authorities in times of natural disaster or civil strife. Provides financial assistance, in the form of grants, to eligible Pennsylvania service members and their eligible family members through the Pennsylvania Military Family Relief Assistance Program (PA MFRAP). Offers its veterans six extended care facilities throughout the state. The level of care provided includes personal care, skilled nursing care, domicilliary care, and dementia care. These facilities offer qualified veterans and their spouses dedicated, superior care.