Minnesota Veterans Home - Silver Bay

Paying with Medicaid and other programs

Federal and state programs

• State Veterans Home. Listed as a State Veterans Home (MINNESOTA VETERANS HOME – SILVER BAY) in the national directory that VA links to. Beds listed: Skilled Nursing Unit: 54. State Veterans Homes are state-owned; VA surveys them each year and pays part of the cost of care for eligible veterans. (State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory), as of Apr 21, 2026)

Staff pay and workplace safety

Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.

OSHA workplace safety inspections

OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.

• Dec 7, 2017: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Jan 29, 2018. 4 violations cited (3 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $3,600 proposed, $2,520 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 96495 - MN Dept of VA- Minnesota Veterans Home -silver Bay.
  Details

  • Serious: Fall protection (1910.28(b)(1)(i)). Penalty $900 proposed, $630 now. To be fixed by Jan 19, 2018.
  • Serious: Medical services and first aid (including eyewash stations) (1910.151(c)). Penalty $900 proposed, $630 now. To be fixed by Jan 19, 2018.
  • Serious: Cited rule 5205.860. Penalty $1,500 proposed, $1,050 now. To be fixed by Jan 19, 2018.
  • Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(2)). Penalty $300 proposed, $210 now. To be fixed by Jan 19, 2018.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Aspirus Lake View Hospital, Two Harbors. 26.5 miles away, straight line.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

The Waterview Shores LLC, Two Harbors. 26.5 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Ecumen Home Care Lakeshore, Duluth. 49.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Thrifty White Pharmacy. 44.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 55614 as rural (rural area).

Hospice

5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 55614.

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center, Duluth. 55.2 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Emergency and natural hazard risk

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

FEMA has identified no high-risk (1% annual chance) flood area in this community. (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding very low, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

What we checked

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.