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Originally Posted by buggyone
VA nursing homes are a State, not county, operation.
Currently, there are 6 VA nursing homes with a total of 850 beds.
It would be doubtful if any veteran living in The Villages would qualify for one of these spaces based on financial need.
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According to The Villages on-line news, there are six VA nursing homes, as Buggy stated, for a population of 1.5 million veterans in Florida. This is the third highest number of veterans in the country. With all the veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan, this number seems totally inadequate.
Read the article on their web-site, and thank all of you for your service.