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January 28, 2004
 VA Long-Term Care:
Changes In Service Delivery Raise
Important Questions
The Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) is likely
to see a significant increase
in long-term care need over the
next decade. The number of
veterans most in need of long term care
services 'those 85 years old
and older' is expected to increase
from about 870,000 to 1.3 million
over this period. Many of these
veterans will rely on VA to provide
or pay for nursing home care or non-institutional services that
may help them remain at home and,
for some, delay or prevent the need
for nursing home care. VA operates
its own nursing home care units
in 132 locations. VA also pays for
nursing home care under contract
in non-VA nursing homes referred
to as community nursing homes.
In addition, VA pays part of
the cost of care for veterans
at state veterans? nursing homes
and also pays a portion of the
construction costs for some state
veterans' nursing homes.
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