Eligibility
Liz King, Admissions Coordinator
P.O. Box 673
Lisbon, ND 58054
701.683.6530
The North Dakota Veterans Home, located in Lisbon, North Dakota, consists of 111 basic care and 38 skilled nursing beds. The Veterans Home was established to provide service to eligible veterans who are:
- Bona fide residents of North Dakota for at least one year;
- Served in a North Dakota Regiment (activated N.D. National Guard);
- Entered the Armed Services as North Dakota residents; or
- Spouse or surviving spouse of above veteran (married 5 years. Or more and at least 45 years of age).
No veteran may be considered eligible for residency whose last period of service in the armed services was terminated under dishonorable conditions.
No veteran may be admitted to the Veterans Home that has been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, without producing sufficient evidence of subsequent good conduct and reformation of character so as to satisfactory to the board of admissions.
The Basic Care Unit requires that potential residents have total independence with personal care needs; such as, bathing, dressing, eating, ambulating (walking), toileting, transferring, etc. The potential resident must also be able to ascend and descend stairs. If the potential resident has a chemical or mental health condition it must be stabilized at the time of admission.
The Skilled Care Unit requires that a potential resident meet the North Dakota criteria for nursing home placement.
