Often Overlooked Benefit to Help Vets Pay for Assisted Living

At MorningStar of Santa Fe, we proudly welcome vets into our community.  In fact throughout MorningStar communities, we have vets from all five branches of military service.  Recognizing the courage and self-sacrifice they made to serve our country, we are committed to helping them get the services they now need to improve their quality of life.

One of the ways we help is to direct prospective residents who are vets or surviving spouses to local resources that can to determine if they qualify for the Aid & Attendance benefit.  This monthly benefit payment is provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and is available to qualifying wartime vets or their survivors.

Requirements to qualify include financial need and a physician’s order for regular assistance with activities of daily living.  In addition the vet must have received an honorable discharge and served for at least 90 days of active duty with at least one of those days served during a period of foreign war.  In order for a surviving spouse to qualify, he or she must have been married to the vet at the time of their death and never remarried.

The reason we recommend going to accredited VA advisors for assistance in filing a claim for an Aid & Attendance benefit, is they are authorized by the VA to help claimants in the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for the benefit.  Once approved for the benefit, the monthly payment goes directly to the qualified applicant and can be used to pay for any kind of assistance, including assisted living.  The National Care Planning Council estimates that up to 25% of seniors could potentially apply for Aid & Attendance.

Now that MorningStar of Santa Fe is open to residents, we encourage you to schedule a tour to experience unsurpassed senior housing in Santa Fe.  Please our website for contact information and availability and pricing.

MorningStar of Santa Fe offers the very best in senior living Santa Fe style with our distinct mission statement of “to honor, to serve, to invest.”  Our foundation is built on honoring God, valuing all seniors and selecting staff with a felt calling to serve to create a ‘true home” for residents.  To get a look at the finest senior living in Santa Fe, NM, we encourage you to set up a tour.