Attention WWII and Korean War Veterans – The VA will provide you financial assistance to help you or the widowed surviving spouse pay for long-term care.

This financial assistance provides needed money to help these elderly war-time veterans (and their widowed surviving spouse) receive in-home care or offset the costs of an assisted living facility.
And the best part, you dont need to use official VA care or facilities. This financial assistance can be used to pay independent home care agencies and non-government run assisted living facilities. Many families also can get this VA financial assistance to pay a family member to provide the care.
This little-known veterans benefit is commonly called the Aid and Attendance benefit. It is officially called an Improved Disability Pension Benefit with Aid and Attendance Entitlement that provides a tax-free monthly amount up to $1,644 for a veteran or $1,949 for a veteran and spouse.
Widowed surviving spouses who have not re-married are eligible for this same benefit but by a different name. The official name of the surviving spouse benefit is Improved Death Pension Benefit with Aid and Attendance Entitlement. This benefit also provides a tax-free benefit equal to $1,057 monthly.
This improved VA disability pension benefit can be used to pay for in-home care, assisted living facility costs or nursing home care. In addition other qualified uses include medical expenses, prescription drugs, incontinence supplies and more.
Five Steps of Qualification

To qualify for time of service, the WWII or Korean veteran must have served at least 90 days of active duty with at least one day of service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946 for WWII or between June 27, 1950 and January 31, 1955 for the Korean War.
It does not matter if the veterans active duty was stateside or overseas. Discharge from military service also must not have been under dishonorably conditions.Attention WWII and Korean War Veterans – The VA will provide you financial assistance to help you or the widowed surviving spouse pay for long-term care.Attention WWII and Korean War Veterans – The VA will provide you financial assistance to help you or the widowed surviving spouse pay for long-term care.