Veterans Care: Senior Care Support

Aging Veteran Challenges: Home Care Support

Veterans Care: Aging veterans can face challenges, including the need for home care support.

As veterans get older or begin facing unexpected challenges with mobility, health, or strength, adjustments may need to be made. They may no longer be able to do activities, hobbies, or play certain sports they love. For many, it can become frustrating.

 

For those veterans who begin to struggle with activities of daily living, home care is a great support.

Families have many demands on their time including caring for their aging parents. A home care aide can provide services to assist with activities of daily living. Home care aides can assist with: meal preparation, grocery shopping, laundry, light housekeeping, companionship, bathing, dressing, transferring in/out of bed, assistance to appointments, incontinence, hygiene, and so much more.

 

It’s not easy for veterans to ask for help with these things.

It can especially be true when the aging veteran may only have a few family members in the area who are capable of stopping by to assist them. Some veterans, though, could not imagine paying a home care aide to help, even for a few hours a couple of days a week.

 

That’s where the Aid and Attendance Benefit could be instrumental.

Pension with Aid and Attendance is designed for honorably discharged ‘wartime veterans,’ meaning those who served at least one-day of active duty during a time in which the United States was actively engaged in combat. Minimum time of service needs to be 90 days except for those who served any time during the Gulf War, in which case they need to have served 24 months minimum.

Veterans also must have a medical condition not related to military service requiring assistance with activities of daily living. Additionally, there are asset requirements and the veteran must meet an income-to-medical expense ratio.

It’s not always easy adjusting to changing circumstances, especially when those changes make it more difficult to stay safe and healthy at home. The Pension with Aid and Attendance Benefit might allow some veterans to afford home care services and remain living independently within their homes while alleviating stress and helping to maintain family harmony.

 

If you or a loved one is needing assistance with Veterans Care, please contact the knowledgeable and friendly staff at Veterans Care Coordination™.
Call today: 1-855-380-4400

Posted in Aging Veterans Care, Care for Aging Veterans, Home Care for Veterans, Veterans Care

About Kyle Laramie, Founder & CEO

Kyle founded Veterans Care Coordination in April 2011. As its founder and CEO of VCC, Kyle is driven by the memory of his grandfather, a World War II Veteran who unnecessarily missed out on essential VA benefits because Kyle’s family wasn’t aware of available opportunities. In recognition of his impact in leadership, Kyle was named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s prestigious “40 Under 40” list and St. Louis Small Business Monthly’s “100 St. Louisans to Know” in 2014. VCC was named a St. Louis Small Business Monthly “Top 20” small business and a finalist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch Top Workplace (2015-2022), St. Louis Business Journal Best Place to Work (2019 & 2022), and the Arcus Awards (2014). The team has served more than 14,000 Veteran clients and their families. Kyle frequently speaks on Veterans’ benefits, addressing conferences such as the Home Care Association of America and Decision Health. He is passionate about giving back and has built a charitable-minded organization that supports various philanthropic efforts.