Aid for Veteran In-Home Care
Posted by Home Helpers on Thu, Jul 22, 2010
If you or your loved one served during wartime, you may be eligible for The Aid and Attendance Pension, an under-used benefit created to pay some of your in-home care or facility care expenses. Aid and Attendance is not new, but few know that it even exists.
To qualify, claimants must be incapable of self support and in need of regular personal assistance with their normal activities of daily living (ADL’s). The basic criteria include the inability to feed oneself, to dress and undress without assistance, or to take care of one’s own bodily needs. People who may be bedridden or need help to adjust special prosthetic or orthopedic devices may also be eligible, as well as those who have a physical or mental injury or illness that requires assistance on a regular basis.
For a wartime veteran or surviving spouse to qualify for the monthly pension, the veteran must have served at least 90 days of active military service, one day of which was during a period of war, and be discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
Additional information and assistance in applying for the Aid and Attendance benefit may be obtained at www.va.gov or from any local Veteran’s service organization.
Visit www.HomeHelpersPhilly.com to find an office near you and ask about the Veterans Express Program.