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The Nursing Home to Home program has successfully facilitated the return of 61 Veterans to their own home or a community-based setting.

Nursing Home to Home gives 92-year-old Henry White the chance to leave long-term care and age at home.

The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary joined Bay Pines VA in creating a butterfly garden for the comfort and healing of nursing home residents.

The VA Medical Foster Home Program is a flexible alternative for Veterans with chronic disabling conditions who can't live alone in their own homes.

Civic group volunteers and VA staff turned business shirts into vest-like garments for nursing home Veterans to dress up at meals.

Columbia VA Health Care System’s nutrition and food services wanted to do something special for its Community Living Center Veteran patients. The idea of a “MockDonald” menu was a welcomed change.

At VA, we welcome oversight because we know it makes us better, but this particular issue has been clouded by false statements, misinformation and hyperbole – doing a disservice to the Veterans and taxpayers VA is charged with serving.

The overall star rating of VA’s nursing homes compared to 15,487 private sector nursing homes rated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows that VA has 31.4 percent less one-star, or lowest rated, facilities than the rest of the nation.

Where practical, VA will make beds that are not being used by Veterans available to non-Veteran nursing home residents as needed, while ensuring VA continues its primary mission of providing health care to Veterans.

A medical foster home can serve as an alternative to a nursing home. It may be appropriate for Veterans who require nursing home care but prefer a non-institutional setting with fewer residents.

Most Veterans do not want to go in to an institution for their aging care, so VA has been working to expand the Medical Foster Home program, which allows caregivers to care for Veterans in their own home.

Bringing compassionate care to our Veterans is a team of skilled, dedicated nursing residents like Niosha Motahari, a Post Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Resident (PBRNR) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX. Keep reading as Niosha shares more about her experience with VA.