VA aid and attendance
As we enter 2026, the team at Hurley Elder Care Law wishes you a happy, healthy, and well-planned New Year. A new year often brings important changes in elder law, including updated VA Aid and Attendance benefit amounts and revised income and asset limits for Nursing Home Medicaid. To help keep families informed, we have updated our annual…
As we welcome 2025, the Hurley Elder Care Law team wishes you a happy and healthy New Year! With the start of a new year come important updates to VA Aid and Attendance benefit amounts and income and asset thresholds for Nursing Home Medicaid. These updates are featured in our Elder Law Quick Facts 2025…
The team at Hurley Elder Care Law would like to wish you a Happy New Year! With the new year comes changes in benefit amounts for VA Aid and Attendance benefits as as well as the income and asset thresholds for Nursing Home Medicaid. We make these changes available to the public through our Elder…
How Do VA Special Pensions and Medicaid Work Together to Pay for Nursing Home Level Care? If you are reading this, then chances are that you or your loved one is a veteran or surviving spouse of a veteran. First, let us thank you for your service. We want to be sure that veterans and…
At the beginning of each year, there are changes in the eligibility requirements for Medicaid and benefit amounts for VA Aid and Attendance. This is because these numbers change with each Social Security change, and Social Security changes go into effect on January 1st of each year. 2023 updated Medicaid and VA numbers are below.…
Last week we discussed VA Aid and Attendance and how it helps families supplement high care costs. Unfortunately, there are times when the VA benefit alone is not enough. Nursing home costs average between $7,000-$10,000 per month! Many people must obtain Medicaid benefits to fully cover the costs of care. So how does the VA…
“I am a veteran. How can the VA help me?” This is a popular question we receive daily. As veterans age their need for care often increases. Among their concerns, many think they must have been wounded or disabled while serving to receive help from the VA or they must be served at a VA…
Elder Law Quick Facts At the beginning of each year, there are changes in the eligibility requirements for Medicaid and benefit amounts for VA Aid and Attendance. This is because these numbers change with each Social Security change, and Social Security changes go into effect on January 1st of each year. 1.3% increase in Social…
At the beginning of each year, there are changes in the eligibility requirements for Medicaid and benefit amounts for VA Aid and Attendance. This is because these numbers change with each Social Security change, and Social Security changes go into effect on January 1st of each year. This year, we have a 1.6% increase…
Our last blog discussed the pitfalls of qualifying for VA benefits. If you meet all the criteria for a special pension from the VA, you still have to go through a rigorous application process. The VA pension application makes the Medicaid application look simple. . Once the actual application is completed and filed with the VA,…
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