Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' 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 residents, staff, and volunteers of the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home extend a warm welcome to you. Our home is situated on 26 pastoral acres overlooking Lake Erie and is steeped in history. Remodeled and modernized, our home provides state-of-the-art care and treatment in a homelike atmosphere. A little-known fact is that spouses of veterans are eligible for admission. Merchant Marines with "oceangoing" service between December 1941 and August 1945 and veterans of the Pennsylvania National Guard are also eligible for admission. Please contact us if you would like a personal tour of our home or if you would like to volunteer.
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Physical Address
560 East Third Street, Erie, PA 16507
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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
Adams, PA 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.