The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers veterans comprehensive health care benefits through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Some Veterans may not know that long-term care services such as in-home care are part of this standard medical benefits package. Read on to learn how veterans can take advantage of the VA’s Homemaker and Home Health Aide program (H/HHA).
Veterans Homemaker & Home Health Aide Care Services
The VA homemaker and home health aide care (H/HHA) program is one of many home and community-based services the VA offers. The goal of the program is to help veterans remain safe and independent while continuing to live in their own homes. Under the supervision of a contracted home care agency, trained home health aides support veterans at home by providing assistance with personal care, daily activities, companionship and respite care for their family caregivers. The H/HHA program can also be combined with other VA home and community-based services, but availability may be limited.
Home health aides can the veteran to ensure safety and provide assistance with the following instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs):
Home Health aides provide assistance to veterans with the following activities of daily living (ADLs):
Eligibility for this program is open to those who are eligible for or already enrolled in the VHA Standard Medical Benefits Package. The VA official site states that there must be a clinical need for these services and that a copay may apply, “based on your VA service-connected disability status.” Homemaker Home Health Aide services can be used together with other important benefits in this area including other Home and Community-Based Services.
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VA Links:
VA Home Health Aide Care Program
VA Home Respite Aide Care Program
VA Aid and Attendance Benefits
VA Geriatrics and Extended Care
VHA Standard Medical Benefits Package
Sources:
Long-Term Care Services for Veterans (https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R44697.pdf)
Homemaker and Home Health Aide Care (https://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/pages/Homemaker_and_Home_Health_Aide_Care.asp)
About VA Health Benefits (https://www.va.gov/health-care/about-va-health-benefits/)
S.2372 - VA MISSION Act of 2018: 115th Congress (2017-2018) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2372#:~:text=(Sec.,(VA)%20health%20care%20providers)
Veteran Community Care Eligibility Fact Sheet (https://www.va.gov/COMMUNITYCARE/docs/pubfiles/factsheets/VA-FS_CC-Eligibility.pdf#)
38 CFR § 17.4010 - Veteran eligibility (https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/17.4010)
VHA DIRECTIVE 0999: VHA POLICY MANAGEMENT (https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=9734)
Skilled Home Health Care (https://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/pages/Skilled_Home_Health_Care.asp)
Your health care costs (https://www.va.gov/health-care/about-va-health-benefits/cost-of-care/)
Community Care (https://www.va.gov/COMMUNITYCARE/programs/veterans/General_Care.asp)
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