MANDARIN, Fla. – A son spoke Wednesday, out on his father's behalf, after being told that his father's nursing home may soon end a contract with Veteran Affairs and his father would be evicted.
David Wilson said his father, Duane Wilson, has lived at the nursing home for three years and the VA has been footing the bill.
Wilson said his family is now desperate for the senior home to keep the contract for the sake of his 76-year-old father and other veterans.
The home said that all veterans must be out by April 17.
"When I found out that they are seizing the contract with the Veterans Administration because of back pay, it's like that, to me, it's just so wrong," David Wilson said.
So wrong because now his father and other vets at the home have to pack their bags.
"Him having to leave is just, to me, it's just a sad thing for the vets because they really don't have a say in what's about to happen to them," David said.
So David Wilson has decided to say it for them and be the voice that his father hasn't had after suffering a stroke three years ago.
Right now, the home said it's still in the renegotiating process with the VA, but David Wilson hopes it's a process that will end in his dad's favor.
"If he's got to be somewhere, we'd rather him be here," David Wilson said.
If things don't work out in David Wilson's favor the next closest home that takes VA patients is Clay County.