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On May 3, 2004, by Executive Action, the Texas Veterans Land Board designated a formal name for the state veterans home program. The program is now named The David A. Gloier Texas State Veterans Home Program. This action was in recognition of the late David A. Gloier, Executive Secretary of the Veterans Land Board from 1993 to 2001. Gloier was instrumental in the implementation of the state veterans home program. He guided the program through the legislative process and had oversight in the construction and operation of the first four homes in Temple, Floresville, Bonham and Big Spring. Homes in McAllen and El Paso opened in July 2005 and August 2005, respectively, and Amarillo opened in May 2007.
Read the Resolution passed by the Board to adopt this action. (Requires the free Adobe Acrobat reader.)
This Program offers Texas Veterans:
- Skilled-care nursing homes exclusively for Texas Veterans and their spouses
- Daily rates well below market average, including medications, thanks to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) participation
- Spacious rooms, large dining rooms, designated activity areas, covered porches, courtyards and landscaped grounds, on-site occupational and physical therapy clinics, special diets, and recreational activities
- Libraries, beauty shops, barbershops, meditation areas and sitting areas
- 32-60 certified Alzheimer's care beds in secured wings with separate facilities at each home
- Homes in Amarillo, Big Spring, Bonham, El Paso, Floresville, McAllen and Temple
Watch a video message from Chairman Jerry Patterson with a general overview of the State Veterans Homes Program.
(Run Time: 10:55)
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