The focus for designers and builders working on the Ardie R. Copas State Veterans Nursing Home in Port. St. Lucie, Fla., was to provide a true home for the state’s many aging veterans.
Named for a local 19-year-old Vietnam veteran who gave his life so four of his comrades could be pulled to safety, the 121,000-sq-ft, 120-bed facility was designed to give residents the comforts and feel of home, built in separate 60-bed wings.