The Walla Walla Veterans Home is co-located on the campus of the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center and opened in 2016. This 80 bed nursing care facility was designed using a small house model and provides care in 8 individual homes. All residents enjoy a private room with a private bathroom. Each house has an open kitchen, dining and living area much like any traditional home does, providing opportunities for residents to be involved in activities. One 10-bed house is secured and provides a home-like environment to address the needs of veterans requiring nursing home level Memory Care.
All Washington State Veterans Homes are Medicare and Medicaid certified facilities. To be eligible for admission, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Since this property has received funding in part through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, a certain number of units are set aside for lower income households. Households must earn either less than 50% or 60% of the area median income (depending on the set-aside option chosen by the property owner) to qualify for these units. Rents in these units are capped at a maximum of 30% of the set-aside area median income (adjusted for unit size). Some rental units in this property may not be subject to LIHTC and therefore have higher rents and no maximum household income requirement.