The state veterans' homes are part of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and are located in Bellevue, Norfolk, Grand Island and Scottsbluff. Each home provides all levels of nursing care (minimal, intermediate, and advanced), physical therapy, recreational and religious services. Admissions to the four homes are determined on a case-by-case basis by the Veterans Homes Board, a separate, independent entity that works closely with the four homes. The Board consists of both the current and immediate past Department Commander of each of the recognized veterans’ organizations in Nebraska and the Director of the Nebraska Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

- Download the Nebraska DHHS Veterans' Homes Brochure.

Grand Island Veterans' Home

The Grand Island Veterans' Home, originally known as the Nebraska Soldiers and Sailors Home, opened in 1887 and was the first veterans' home in Nebraska.

Grand Island Veterans' Home
2300 West Capital Avenue
Grand Island, NE 68803
308-385-6252
http://dhhs.ne.gov/veterans/Pages/vets_gi.aspx

Norfolk

The Norfolk Veterans' Home opened in 1963, and members moved to the current location in 2001.

Norfolk Veterans' Home
600 East Benjamin Avenue
Norfolk, NE 68701
402-370-3330
http://dhhs.ne.gov/veterans/Pages/vets_norfolk.aspx

Bellevue

Situated on 20 acres near 40th Street and Capehart Road in Bellevue, the new 120-bed veterans’ home is a modern replacement for the Thomas Fitzgerald Veterans’ Home in Omaha which was opened in 1980 in the former Douglas County Hospital Annex.

Eastern Nebraska Veterans' Home
12505 South 40th Street
Bellevue, NE 68123
(402) 595-2180
http://dhhs.ne.gov/veterans/Pages/vets_omaha_index.aspx

Scottsbluff

The Western Nebraska Veterans' Home in Scottsbluff opened March 19, 1975.

Western Nebraska Veterans' Home
1102 West 42nd Street
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
(308) 632-0300
http://dhhs.ne.gov/veterans/Pages/vets_scottsbluff.aspx