Veteran Administration Aid & Attendance Pension Benefit, pt 3

VA Pension Provides Financial Assistance

The Veteran Administration provides financial assistance for qualifying veterans (or surviving spouses) through the Aid and Attendance pension benefit. It is intended for those requiring help with routine tasks, or two or more “activities of daily living.” The funds can be utilized to pay for homecare services. The recipient can receive private home care while living at home — or in an assisted living facility — or nursing home.

The VA’s Aid and Attendance Pension program is not new; to the contrary, it’s been legislated for decades. It can be applied to fees in any assisted living or Alzheimer’s care residence, as well as private home care.

Aid and Attendance, while tied to the veteran’s military service history, is not restricted to the veteran, and may also include a surviving spouse. (This is one of the only benefits available to a spouse.) It is a monthly pension benefit for non-service connected disabilities. The pension assistance is tax-free.

There is no age limit/requirement for war-time veterans, except that they have honorably served their country in a time of conflict. With four different application claim categories (dependent on veteran and marital status; see previous blog entries), the highest benefit could pay as much as $3,800/month for two married veterans in a qualifying veteran household.

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