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Veteran’s children are paying for caregiver costs, are these VA Unreimbursed Medical Expenses?

Furthermore, an application for Veteran’s Benefits is projecting for upcoming year ( 12 months). Consequently, any gift / income prior to the date of entitlement is non-countable.

Veteran’s children are paying for caregiver costs, are these VA Unreimbursed Medical Expenses?

Only UME paid by the claimant is declarable. Therefore, the children’s payments are not allowed as UME set off.

Veteran’s Beware – Make sure you investigate your Service Connected Pension!

If you have a service connected injury, you can and should pursue this type of pension. However, most professionals are interested in Aid and Attendance. Why? They make money off of you.

Veteran’s Benefits – DIC for widow of POW

The base DIC for a widow is $1,154.00 per month.

Here are 10 tips for choosing an in-home caregiver:

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…

Caring for aging parents is a concern no matter where they live in another state or close by.

Talk with your parents. Understand their requirements, needs and try to be involved in your parents’ life.

A 2009 survey found that 14.5% of the U.S. population – about one of every seven of us – is responsible for the care of a disabled person age 50 or over, up 28% since 2004.

Increasingly, the elderly disabled are paying family members to care for them in family home.

Alzheimer families and the holidays: Tips to enjoy the season (Part 2)

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Alzheimer families and the holidays: Tips to enjoy the season (Part 1)

But for families living with Alzheimer’s, the holidays can also be a difficult time.

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.

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…

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