1. Assess Home-Care Needs: Evaluate the help that is needed in the areas of health care, personal care and household care. 2. Write a Job Description: Write out a job description based on the help that is needed. 3. Develop a Contract: The job contract is based on the job description and should include: Wages, Hours of Work, Employee’s Social Security number (because you must report wages paid to the caregiver to the Internal Revenue Service), and job description. 4. Where to Find a Caregiver: Identify the pool from which you can find a caregiver. You may have neighbors or…
A new report from the National Senior Citizens Law Center , with support from The SCAN Foundation, calls on states to use the implementation of the Affordable Care Act to end Medicaid's long-standing bias toward funding long-term care in institutional settings such as nursing homes. This Report is worth reading Progress. To increase your monthly income, please contact us about a FREE HANDBOOK about VA Benefits, written by David Wingate, an accredited VA Attorney, of Senior Life Care Planning, LLC, go to info@seniorlcp.com or if you require additional information about VA Benefits, visit our Senior LCP's Website. We also have…
A veteran can receive full military retirement (through the DOD) and full VA pension. However, the military retirement is countable income towards the IVAP in calculating the pension amount. If a veteran is rated less than 50% service connected, he can choose full taxable military retirement and no non-taxable VA compensation OR offset his taxable military retirement by the amount of non-taxable compensation. If a veteran is rated 50% or greater service connected, he keeps both military retirement and VA compensation. The amount (which would otherwise be offset) is called concurrent retirement disability payment (CRDP) and is taxable. Additionally, the veteran can keep…
As a registered member, veterans will be sent updates on ongoing health studies related to PCE exposure, and they can use that information when determining their next step,
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