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There's also the Veterans Benefits Guide https://www.agingcare.com/eBook/Veterans-Benefits?ebs=rtfhg
1) did they serve 90-days of active duty with 1 day, yes 1 day of that time being during an "active war-time"? Does not have to have seen combat, just active duty.
2) do they meet financial considerations? Roughly under $2K / month income (minus health care costs) and an asset limit less than $80K but that's a sliding scale based on age.
3) is there demonstrated need. If they are in assisted living my presumption is they have the need.
Keep in mind it is estimated that only about 5% of eligible veterans know about this benefit, so anyone reading this tell all your military friends to investigate this. They served for us, our civil duty to tell them.
The name of the benefit, or pension is Aid and Attemdance. There is more info on the VA page including the details for 1, 2, 3 above. You have to look for it, but it's there. http://www.benefits.va.gov/pension/aid_attendance_housebound.asp
Surviving spouse can also be eligible. A worthwhile read on VA website for all. Good to have either the VSO veteran Service Officer for your county or a company like Veterans Care Coordination Help dot the "i"s and cross the "t"s since the application has to be correct or it gets rejected.
Good luck.
I am rather dumbfounded that some of you who posted in response to this question have gotten the A and A for your loved one after only three months.
Our journey has been quite different and completely frustrating one. My husband applied for his mother over two years ago. All the paperwork, duly catalouged and filled out , was mailed to the proper office. My mother in law was basically indigent, no property or assets of any kind. Big warning here! Make sure you have them certified at the Post Office with a return receipt---my husband did not do this and I was livid when I found out. One year later, still waiting , so I have him go down to the office in the area where we live to find out. The clerk there says they never got anything from him. He refiled for the benefits that day and we did get a letter over six months ago that this time, the paperwork was received and will be reviewed. We still have not heard one word on the matter. My mother in law has since passed away, last July. I feel we really got a raw deal and they just wait for someone aged (she was 90 years old) to die. Does my husband have any recourse now? Very angry over this entire episode and I bet some clerk at the VA when they saw the paperwork had no certifiying proof, just tossed them. A very lousy and trying experience. If you have any ideas or info on what to do now, please tell us. Thanks and be well.
Additionally, it is worth noting that Assisted Living facilities are NOT regulated like nursing homes are, relative to the care they provide. AARP has recently published some cautionary articles on this subject.
Contact your Senators and Representatives to establish standards for the quality of care provided in Assisted Living facilities; to cap profits and payments to administrators; and to disconnect the facility from any and all financial interests in a pharmaceutical provider - (discouraging the over-medicating, and over-charging of residents for their prescriptions).
Continuation of such a beneficial program for veterans requires us to think beyond ourselves and take action to make sure responsible safeguards are put in place.