Empower seeks contract for veterans at nursing home

Hopes to return them from Bastrop

Veterans who previously resided at Burleson Manor Nursing home in Caldwell and were recently relocated to Bastrop may be able to eventually return.

Empower Healthcare Management of Southlake, the firm that manages the Caldwell nursing home, is continuing efforts with the U.S. Veterans Administration to secure a new contract, said Mary Pfeifer, Empower’s cofounder.

If successful, the veterans could r…