8950 Department of Veterans Affairs
Program Descriptions

30 - CARE OF SICK AND DISABLED VETERANS

CalVet operates eight licensed long term care facilities. The primary objectives of these Veterans Homes are:
  • Provide affordable, quality long term care to all eligible veterans and their spouses.
  • Provide services including therapeutic and rehabilitative to help increase activities of daily living and independent function.
  • The Veterans Home of California, Barstow offers skilled nursing, intermediate, and domiciliary care.
  • The Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista offers skilled nursing, residential, and domiciliary care.
  • The Veterans Home of California, Fresno opened in October 2013. It currently offers residential care and will expand to skilled nursing and memory care beginning in the spring of 2014.
  • The Veterans Home of California, Greater Los Angeles and Ventura County (GLAVC), includes three main campuses: West Los Angeles (WLA), Lancaster, and Ventura. All GLAVC offer residential care. The WLA campus also offers skilled nursing care, including memory care, and domiciliary care.
  • The Veterans Home of California, Redding opened in October 2013. It currently offers residential care and will expand to skilled nursing and memory care beginning in the spring of 2014.
  • The Veterans Home of California, Yountville is the largest veterans home in the United States. It offers all four levels of care: skilled nursing, intermediate, residential, and domiciliary care. The skilled nursing also includes a memory care facility with a supervised environment.