FAQ on VA Pension (Aid & Attendance) for Alabama Veterans
The VA Aid &
Attendance (Special Pension) is a remarkable benefit for Alabama veterans and widows of veterans.
There is not much known about this benefit by many veterans.
Unfortunately, there are quite a few scams out there and then simply inaccurate information is constantly being repeated.
So we have made this FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to answer as many of the questions that may be on your mind … (Read more)
Are You Struggling To Figure Out How To Pay For Long Term Care For A Loved One In A Nursing Home?
We often think that Alabama Medicaid is the only way to pay for nursing home for our spouse or parent.
However, Medicaid is simply one solution among a number of solutions.
To properly determine how to pay for nursing home care, we have to look at the risk and then all of the options before we can adopt a … (Read more)
Continuing our discussion of the five most common mistakes we see folks making before they need long term care, we will turn to the third mistake.
You can find the articles on the first mistake (assuming no long term care will ever be needed) and the second mistake (not having a long term care plan) if you haven’t already read them.
Third Mistake: Not having proper basic estate-planning documents
Estate planning can get incredible complicated with all sorts of strategies. … (Read more)
You can read the first mistake — assuming that long term care will not be needed — and now we are going to look at the second mistake.
Second Mistake: Not having a plan to pay long-term care
If you do not have a plan to pay for long-term care, then if you ever get hit with a situation where you need long-term care, the odds of being successful go way down. It could be that you just get lucky … (Read more)
First Mistake: Assuming you will never need long-term care
“I won’t ever need long-term care.”
That is a very common mistake. This is something we hear over and over and over: “I won’t ever need long-term care.” I’ve even had people say to me, “You know what? I’ve looked into it and I’ve decided I will never need it.”
I’m sitting there listening this person, saying, “Wow! That’s impressive.”
It’s like saying:
- “I’ve looked into car wrecks and we’re never
…
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VA Pension: Filing A Claim For Aid & Attendance Benefits
When you are ready to apply for Aid & Attendance, what is involved in filing a claim?
If you think, “You know what, I think I qualify. What do I do to file a claim?”
First we look at the documentation for everyday activities or sometimes it’s called activities of daily living.
I got up this morning, I got in the shower, I got dressed, I went to the bathroom, … (Read more)
VA Pension: Document Military and Disability Facts
The VA Pension is an amazing benefit and we’ve talked about the three requirements of it including the income and the assets. But practically speaking, what is the next step?
Gather up all your information.
This is a great place to start. Sometimes people call it different things but a “DD-214” is your discharge paper. It says when you went active duty, when you were discharged, and what type of discharge you had. … (Read more)
Estate planning can get incredible complicated with all sorts of strategies. … (Read more) 
