Veterans Living at Home
How extensive of aid can you get from the Veterans Administration to help someone living in their own home?
The VA system talks about helping people by way of money. For a qualified veteran or the spouse of a qualified veteran, there are two ways to gain assistance.
If any of your income is being spent on aid or attendance for the qualified spouse or veteran, that person will be entitled to $1000-$2000 of extra monetary help per month. If someone has an income of $2500/mo, but are accessing home health, which is costing $2000/mo. The VA will say your income is $500/mo, and we will make certain that if you are the spouse of a veteran, your income is no less than $1000/mo, so we will add an extra $500 to your paycheck.
The other way is that for qualified veterans, the communities may limit the cost to access the services of the VA. There may not be anything for home health, but for assisted living or nursing home, then their contribution is limited. Either the VA or the community will help. Because the qualifications of the VA will impact the Medicaid, so you must look at them as a package.
