Veteran's 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. The 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.