Services
- Veterans LTC Benefits
VA Non-Service Connected Disability Pension
Benefits.
Heritage Financial North, your Local Volunteer
Representatives for Senior Veterans of America, work with
long-term care providers that cater to Veterans to help them
navigate the complicated and often exasperating process of
applying for and maintaining a VA pension benefit.
 The
VA Homebound & Aid and Attendance Pension is designed to
provide qualified veterans and their surviving spouses with
financial benefits outside of the traditional VA residential
system. This pension benefit, which was established in 1952
under title 38USC, provides a direct monthly pension to help
defray the cost of long-term care.
|
2008 Maximum Monthly Benefit Amounts |
| Aid and Attendance |
Housebound |
| Two Veterans / Spouses |
$2,440 |
Two Veterans / Spouses |
$2,440 |
| Married Veteran |
$1,843 |
Married Veteran |
$1,427 |
| Single Veteran |
$1,557 |
Single Veteran |
$1,139 |
| Surviving Spouse |
$999 |
Surviving Spouse |
$764 |
Eligibility Requirements: If you are a veteran or the surviving spouse of a veteran
who has served at least 90 days or more on active duty with
one day beginning or ending during a period of war, and you
are in need of assistance due to your disabilities, you may
be eligible for a VA non-service connected disability
pension.
You must have a medical condition indicating that you are in
need of assistance from others in order to live a quality
life, including, but not limited to the following:
| » Walking |
» Getting out of bed |
» Making telephone calls |
| » Bathing |
» Laundry/Housekeeping |
» Obtaining Appointments |
| » Dressing |
» Shopping |
» Meal Preparation |
| » Transportation |
» Medication Reminders |
» Protection from Hazards of daily life |
There is a cost of care and income test that your
Heritage Financial North, Senior Veterans Of America
Volunteer Representative will advise you of.
What does this mean to you, the average
Veteran or Veteran's surviving spouse?
Access of your benefit through this system provides you with
access to care. With a pension in hand, you're able to
afford the care you need.
Secondly, you have a choice. You have the power to select
the services you need as well as
the provider that meets those needs.
Thirdly, the pension is dependable. Like Social Security,
the pension will always be there for qualified
beneficiaries, and is paid directly to you by the U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
Please contact us for more
information about the Veterans Homebound & Aid and
Attendance program and how to qualify or visit
www.seniorveterans.org
We're here to help.
Free of charge.
In the News...
Story on MSNBC: "Trading Places: Do you qualify for
this VA benefit?"
Story on ABC7News:
Veteran benefits going unclaimed
Millions of dollars of veterans' benefits are going
unclaimed because they don't know it exists. The Veterans'
Aid and Attendance is a program some call the VA's best kept
secret. |
