About GA War Veterans
The Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home in Augusta is a 192-bed skilled nursing care facility located adjacent to the campus of Augusta University and the Charlie Norwood Veterans Affair Medical Center.
Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home is operated under an interagency agreement between the Georgia Department of Veterans Service and Augusta University. Primarily, the facility provides medical and skilled nursing services to Georgia’s aged and infirm war veterans. Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home also serves as a teaching facility to acquaint medical, dental, pharmacy, and allied health students with the medical conditions and diseases of the aged. This provides students with practical experience and helps them gain expertise in treating the disabled and the elderly.
Also located at the facility is a GDVS Veterans Field Service Office that serves residents of the home and veterans of Richmond and Columbia counties. Dedicated in 1969, the facility was the first of its kind in the nation to be built with financial grant assistance from the federal government. It is one of a select group of such institutions that is accredited by the Joint Commission.
In fiscal year 2023, the nursing home provided 45,890 days of care to Georgia’s veterans with an average age of 81. During the year, there were 73 admissions and 71 discharges with an average length of stay of 422 days. Services to residents included 3,962 physical therapy treatments and 8,518 individual occupational therapy procedures. Veteran residents were treated by a medical director and family medicine resident physicians providing daily physician coverage. Other services were provided by a certified activities therapist and staff, two facility social workers and a staff of registered, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants.
To help provide care and treatment, the federal government, through the Department of Veterans Affairs, provided financial assistance totaling in excess of $8.4 million during fiscal year 2023. Throughout the year, veteran service organizations, civic and fraternal organizations and religious groups demonstrated their concern for the well-being of veteran patients through numerous donations, visits, and sponsorship of frequent activities for Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home residents.
FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT
Business Hours: 8am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday
Admission Hours: Schedule in Advance
Leadership Team
Crystal Allen, MPH, RHIA
- Director of Health Information Management Services
706-721-2405
Jordan Fields-Thomas, MPH, RHIA
- Director of Business Services
706-721-2386
Paul Vella III, CDM, CFPP
- Director of Food and Nutrition Services
706-721-2367
Directions
From Atlanta Approximate Drive Time: 2hr 45 min
From Columbia Approximate Drive Time: 1hr 30 min
Note: Entrance to the parking lot is from Chafee Avenue.
Parking lot entrance address is 1060 Chafee Avenue, Augusta, Georgia 30901.
From Atlanta, GA:
- I-20 East to Augusta
- Exit at the Washington Road Exit (exit 199 / GA HWY 28), turn right on Washington Road
- Continue on Washington Road which becomes Calhoun Expressway (about 4.5 miles to 15th Street Exit)
- Take 15th Street Exit, turn right on 15th Street
- Not counting the exit traffic light, travel to second traffic light and turn right on Pope Avenue
- Pope Avenue is one block long and ends at Chafee Avenue
- Turn left on Chafee Avenue, Georgia War is on the left one block up.
From Columbia. SC:
- I-20 West to Augusta.
- Exit I-20 at River Watch Pkwy (exit 200).
- Turn left at light.
- Turn right onto 15th St.
- Go under the Calhoun Expressway, travel to second traffic light and turn right on Pope Avenue.
- Pope Avenue is one block long and ends at Chafee Avenue.
- Turn left on Chafee Avenue, Georgia War is on the left one block up.
Point Of Contact
Below we have provided points of contacts for admissions needs, business services, and health information management service.
Contact Us
Admissions - Health Information Management Services
706-721-2405
706-721-7530
Contact Us
Business Services
706-721-2386
706-721-4252