WASHINGTON VETERAN HOME-RETSIL

At the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA), we are passionate about our mission of “Serving Those Who Served.” As a national leader in our advocacy for more than 500,000 Veterans and their family members, we strive to connect them to earned benefits as well as innovative programs focused on their overall health and wellness. In addition, we provide critical community services through a variety of programs, and at our four State Veterans Homes located in Orting, Port Orchard, Spokane, and Walla Walla. These locations provide Medicare and Medicaid nursing home care to Veterans, including, in some instances, their spouses, widows, or Gold Star Families. The Washington Veterans Home was built in 1910 in Port Orchard and is located on a 31-acre bluff overlooking the Sinclair Inlet of Puget Sound. Today, the Washington Veterans Home is a state-of-the-art, non-institutional facility providing a "Resident Centered Care" concept that focuses resources on the individual resident. All primary services for a resident are available within a forty-bed "neighborhood." The Home serves 240 residents needing skilled-nursing care.