Veterans Aid and Attendance Policies

• The applicant will only be paid back to the date that the application is TURNED IN.
• It is not difficult to apply if you have trained advocates to assist you.

Veterans Aid Facts:

• VA Pensions are available for Veterans OR surviving spouses of Veterans
• $22 Billion dollars is set aside each year for pension but very little is ever used
• Millions of WWII and Korean War Veterans have no idea that it is even available
• Surviving spouses of Veterans can qualify if they were married to the Veteran at his time of death, and have not remarried since (unless the most recent marriage was to a Veteran).

Preliminary Qualifications:

• 90 days of active duty (anywhere in the world), with 1 day during wartime
• Honorably or Medically discharged
• Private paying for Medical Expenses

Pension amounts:

• Single Veteran…………………………………….…$1794 per month
• Married Veteran….………………………………….$2127 per month
• Healthy Veteran with Unhealthy Spouse……$1436 per month
• Surviving Spouse………………….………………..$1153 per month

Department of Veterans Affairs pensions do not work like Medicaid.
They are based upon the amount of medical expenses paid out of pocket for:

• Home Health Caregivers and Nursing Homes
• Assisted Living Communities and Alzheimer’s Communities
• Prescriptions and Medicare Supplement Insurance

There are other internet sources that may give out incomplete information to those who are asking for it. Please call Touching Hearts Senior Care @ 251-445-4204 even if you feel that you can not qualify, just to make sure. Or Contact Us here.