Veterans of Summit and Medina county are forced to seek long term care options outside of the county in which they reside, because the Veterans Administration has failed to address the gaps in service areas.

To better explain this I will provide an example: If a Veteran chooses to reside at a non-VA contracted facility, note there are not any VA contracted facilities in Medina or Summit counties, they will have to move to Wayne, Stark, Portage, or Cuyahoga county in order to have the VA cover the Veterans long term care expenses.

The goal of this petition is to encourage the Veterans Administration to consider Windsong Care Center for a VA contract as it is located in Montrose, Fairlawn Ohio.

This location is central and conveniently located off I-77 and off of Route 18.

Windsong Care Center also has developed a Veterans Initiative Program with services such as: VA Benefits Assistance, Veteran Volunteer Program that partners our heroes with Veterans from the community, staff education on the psychosocial needs for aging Veterans, community education, and ceremonial events and fairwells for our Veteran Residents. Windsong also has a renovated 15 room and 20 bed Heroes Hall, boasting a Library and Family overnight room for families experiencing hospice or other circumstances.

This program and Hall was established by a 10 year Marine Corp Veteran, with the future of Veterans in mind.

Please consider those who you will help and rehabilitate by signing this, help serve those who served.