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There are programs that would make this possible.
I suggest you talk to any one..or all of the ones I am going to mention.
1. Contact your local Veterans Assistance Commission or your States Department of Veterans Affairs. They can help determine what benefits you would qualify for.
2. Contact the VA and talk to a Social Worker.
3. Contact the VA and talk to a Patient Advocate.
4. Contact your local Senior Service Center they may have a Social Worker that works as a liaison with the VA.
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Aids and Attendance would be money you could use to pay for your caregiver but it won't be much. I just looked it up and a spouse gets about $1558. Info is on the internet.

You or your husband have to be a vet and served during wartime. He or you could have been stateside during the war but needed to be in a branch of the military. If your husband served but you didn't, thats OK, you still can apply. Must be 65 and under a certain income. Your County should have a VA office you can call and get an appt to see a rep. If your homebound, you can ask a rep can come to your home. You should have discharge papers available.

If your the Vet there maybe things your entitled to that a spouse is not. Even a spouse can get certain things. Thats why you need to talk to the VA.
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If you are a veteran and have served overseas in any of the wars, or the spouse of said veteran, you may be eligible for what the VA calls Aid and Assistance, which will pay a caregiver for so many hours per week to look after you. You'll have to contact your local VA's office to see if you may qualify.
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PeggySue2020 Sep 27, 2026
Only some wars qualify, as veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan are discovering. The ones with ironclad A&A are basically Korea and Vietnam as the ww2ers have mostly died.
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Did you serve I. Vietnam or Korea or are you a surviving widow? If not, what’s your connection to the mi.itary?
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