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It has worked well for us so far. Dad in Korea war conflict. It enabled us to keep him and mom in home with care. He passed lost benefit. Reapplied for mom, took 6 months, now going forward. If we sell house, we may lose benefit, until money goes below $80K. Well worth paperwork. VA, agent in my county helped. I wrote for birth certificates and marriage license. Doctor fills out there part. If not for this my mom would be in a nursing home soon. Eventually she will be, but it has bought us some time. I know of 3 other families that have it
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These are all great answers. Your loved one will have to have been in a 'active war'... my father was only allowed $60k in his bank account plus his house. But once we sold the house, he lost all benefits because it is a 'needy' program. You will need to get their application - lots to fill out, also have a doctor sign off and someone from the VA will eventually meet your LO and already be thinking of who the fiduciary will be. If approved, the money has to go in a separate account and fiduciary must keep good records. Good luck to you... worth going into a Veterans assistant center in the state your LO lives in.
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https://www.agingcare.com/articles/vets-financial-aid-long-term-care-home-health-care-138105.htm

You can download forms. Also there are sites that can help you fill out forms. However it is against the law for any company to charge you for that help. I found Veterans Financial very helpful. Good luck. 
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Judy, this is a question that's asked periodically. It can be complicated, but there are other questions that offer answers. Click on this link and you can select from a series of similar questions.

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It takes awhile to get. The veteran or spouse of a war time vet must be housebound. If you have a veterans assistant center near you go in and ask them about aid and attendance.
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It depends on what assistance you are looking for, when the service was, if there are any "service related injuries". If you have a Veterans Commission Office in your area contact them. They will be able to get service records and determine what help might be available and put you in touch with the correct persons. There are many different programs.
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We came upon a business in our community to handle the paperwork in getting Aid & Attendance benefits for mom, the widow of a WWII vet. The process took about 5 months. Despite what was mentioned in one earlier reply, we paid this company for it's work.
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The local office of the Veterans Affairs should be able to help you, for free. We used the county VA resource and were very relieved that the process was less cumbersome with their help on the application. It does take time, but it is well worth it. The Aid and Attendance benefit helped to pay a good chunk of Mom's assisted living fees until she qualified for Medicaid. Absolutely look into this. They have some restrictions and income/asset limitations, but the Veterans Affairs representative should be able to explain these to you.
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Just a fyi.....I had to fill out both the Pension and Aid & Attendence apps for my father to be eligible to receive benefits.
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We used this briefly for my father and mother. There are a few good websites with clear instructions on how to apply. Also the local or regional VA office will help you. It only took about a month for us once we turned in forms. This was in the Cleveland area. My brother drove over to the VA office and handed them in and when he was there one of the people also gave him a nice supply of vouchers to help pay for incontinence supplies which my father has been using for quite some time. So all in all we had a good experience. There are tight restrictions on the eligibility and qualifications but as long as you fit within those the program helps pay for some in-home services. we used it to pay for visiting angels partially that gets very expensive fast and they can't really handle everything. Good luck and peace!  We only used that financing source for a few months because we realized both my mother and father needed 24 seven care so we had to get them on Medicaid and into a nursing facility that took medicaid patients. Medicaid of course is a much different set of requirements for eligibility.
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