Home Care Benefits for Veterans with Health Needs
Benefits from the Veterans Health Administration
There are many seniors’ services and care funding available once enrolled in a VA Health Plan. Such include standard medical benefits, Service-Connected Disability care, and VA Long Term Care Services. These long term care services include Respite Care, Homemaker and Home Health Aide Care, Home Based Primary Care, Adult Day Health, Hospice and Palliative Care, Skilled Home Health Care, and Nursing Home and Residential Care Settings.
Someone who served in the active military, reserve or National Guard may qualify for VA health care benefits from a variety of providers, including Right at Home. We partner with Veteran Care Services, who can help determine Veterans Aid and Attendance eligibility, and then if eligible will assist in the application process for you or your loved one.
Among the possible benefits are home care and funding for home care which could include important services that allow a veteran to remain at home as long as possible and enjoy the company of a Right at Home caregiver. This helps reduce a sense of isolation.
“As a U.S. Marine combat veteran, I stand on behalf of all veterans and want to help direct these honorable men and women to the full financial and health benefits that they deserve.”
–Bill Osborne, Owner, Right at Home
Respite Care
The VA pays for Right at Home to come to the veteran’s home.
There is a limit to the visit duration and number of visits, but this service can provide relief to a caregiver knowing there is a trusted Right at Home team member taking care of their loved one in their absence.
Homemaker & Home Health Aide Care
This benefit pays for Right at Home to come to the veteran’s residence to provide assistance with dressing, bathing, personal care, meal preparation, laundry and feeding, regardless if a family caregiver is in the home. Keep in mind, the VA does not allow Right at Home to transport the veteran in any vehicle.
The veteran’s health care provider at the local Veteran Affairs Medical Center will determine how many home care visits a veteran can receive. Veterans can ask their provider for more care and can request Right at Home to be their provider. This service has to be initiated by the veteran or their VA medical professional.
Right at Home Gastonia is an approved and contracted provider of these home care services from Optum. We look forward to providing assistance with the process.
War-time Veterans Pension Benefits for Home Care
If you need assistance with applying, contact us to learn about vendors that can help with the application. In some cases, you may be eligible for a zero interest loan to begin home care services immediately.
Your county veterans service officers are also familiar with these programs and can assist veterans in obtaining the benefits they’ve earned. Click here to locate a County Service Officer that can assist you with the application.
Veterans Pension
The Veterans Pension program provides monthly payments to wartime Veterans that can be used to purchase home care services.
Eligible veterans are those who meet certain age or disability requirements, and who have income and net worth within certain limits.
To learn how to determine if you’re eligible for this benefit, click the link below.
Aid and Attendance or Housebound Benefits
VA Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits provide additional monthly payments added to the amount of a monthly VA pension for qualified Veterans and survivors. This benefit is for those Veterans and surviving spouses who require the regular attendance of another person or caregiver in at least two of the daily activities of living such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, and transferring. If you need help with daily activities, or you’re housebound, click the link below to learn how to determine if you’re eligible for this benefit.
Survivors Pension
A VA Survivors Pension offers monthly payments to qualified surviving spouses and unmarried dependent children of wartime Veterans who meet certain income and net worth limits.
Click below to learn how to determine if you’re eligible for this benefit.
Gaston County Veterans Benefit Resources
Gaston County Department of Veterans Services
965 Roberts Drive, Gastonia, NC 28054
Gastonia Veteran Resources
Phone: (704) 866-3606
Fax: (704) 852-6048
Email: [email protected]
Right at Home Gastonia is Honored to Serve Our Veterans
A decorated veteran with no immediate family established a living will to never be admitted to any skilled nursing facilities. After a recurrent stroke in April, 2018, his longtime friend and Power of Attorney enlisted 24/7 help from Right at Home so he could return home. “Our caregivers have become his family. And we are going to see it through,”
Honoring a Purple Heart Veteran“Denise (caregiver) has been wonderful, and she’s done real well. And Bill Osborne, the owner of Right at Home, has been such a godsend for me. He helped coordinate care for me through the VA. It’s so nice to know there are people out there who are helping veterans get what they need and what they deserve.”
– Jim Biggerstaff, WWII Veteran
Caregiver Took WWII Veteran on a Trip Down Memory LaneSupporting Military Spouses
We are a veteran-friendly employer and are supportive to military significant others and spouses.
“When a deployment happens, which can be up to 18 months, it’s a hard, hard time for the military spouse. What we’ve found as an employer is, we can provide more than a place to work. We are there for them. They know that they have a place to go, someone to talk to. We can help them get through the time that when it feels so long for their loved ones to be gone.”
–Bill Osborne
Heather Hicks’ husband was deployed to Kuwait when she first joined Right at Home. During the deployment, Hicks said the Osbornes would call to check in on her from time to time; “It’s been so nice to have the extra support of the Osbornes. Someone without military background wouldn’t understand the idea of being married to the military.”
*Disclaimer: The information and links above are only for informational purposes about benefits you may be eligible for and is not legal advice or a benefit determination. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs nor affiliated in any way with the VA. We do not review applications, approve or deny services. VA retains sole authority for benefit determinations. If you wish to contact the VA directly, you can do so by calling 800-827-1000 or visiting them at www.va.gov.