VA Funded In-Home Care
If you're like most folks living in the United States, chances are, someone in your family or someone you know has served time in the military. Veterans truly deserve our deepest love, support, and care. Yet, many of these selfless men and women experience feelings of isolation and struggle with everyday tasks like cooking, cleaning, and self-care. After all the hard work and bravery these soldiers dedicated to our country, they have earned the right to have a caregiver assist them with their daily needs.
Fortunately, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a range of home care services tailored to support both Veterans and their family members. These services are carried out by trained in-home caregivers who visit clients daily to provide essential care. As a home care company that truly values our Veterans, we are proud to connect Veterans to expert franchise owners who can help them get the essential care they need.
If your loved one is a Veteran and needs Veterans community care funding in Morongo Valley or funding for another VA home care program, know that we are here to help. All it takes is a call to Always Best Care to get started. From there, we'll put you in touch with a local Always Best Care franchise owner who will do all the work needed to get your family member the funding they deserve.
VA FUNDED In-HOME CARE
The VACCN Homemaker/Home Health Aide & Respite Care is a benefit offered to Veterans who require assistance with activities associated with daily living. Homemakers and Home Health Aides, while not nurses themselves, are trained professionals who can provide support and care to Veterans in their own homes.
They are supervised by an Always Best Care registered nurse who assesses the Veteran's care needs and supervises each individual case.
VA Funded In-Home Care
Taking a holistic care needs approach, the VA can authorize Always Best Care to relieve family caregivers through three different programs:
Veterans Community Care Program in Morongo Valley, CA
Veterans Aid and Attendance Program in Morongo Valley, CA
Veterans Agent Orange Program in Morongo Valley, CA
Helping family caregivers remain healthy is key to keeping Veterans safe, happy, and independent in their own homes. The specific services provided by the Home Health Aide & Respite benefit depend on the individual's assessed needs. Examples of daily activities include:
Home Health Aide & Respite hours are authorized by the VA in hours per week and can be as high as 40 hours per week, depending on qualifications.
THE Next Steps
Whether you are a Veteran and need in-home care services or you're a family member of a Veteran, it's important to qualify for our VA Community Care Network. To qualify, consider the following:
You should be aware that any home care services that are authorized depend on you or your loved one's physician's assessment of needs.
How To Enroll In
Gaining access to VA senior care requires a three-step enrollment process. Those steps include the following:
First, request an Assessment for Community Care Network (CCN) services from your VA Physician. From there, the VA Physician will conduct an assessment and write an order accordingly (based on eligibility and needs). After that step, request that your VA Physician specifies which VA home care provider you would like to use, such as Always Best Care.
During this step, a Community Care Coordinator from the VA will contact you after the VA Physician writes your order. After making contact, the Community Care Coordinator will inform you of the type of care and quantity of hours per week authorized by the VA.
If you have not selected a specific provider, the Community Care Coordinator will provide options in your area. Once a Community Provider like Always Best Care is selected, the Community Care Coordinator will send the authorization to the selected Community Provider that you request.
Should you choose Always Best Care as your Community Care Provider, a home care claims manager will call you to arrange a care consultation, complete the intake paperwork, and schedule in-home care services. After the care consultation, the Community Care Provider performs a final assessment of your needs.
After the final assessment is complete, a Care Plan is created for you by the Community Provider. The Community Care Provider will arrange for a caregiver to come to your home for the number of authorized hours allowed each week.
Note: Veterans may choose their in-home care provider and are under NO OBLIGATION TO SELECT Always Best Care.
At Always Best Care Senior Services, we are dedicated to offering Veterans exceptional care and helping them secure the funding necessary for their services. The Always Best Care Veterans Assistance Program supports some of the nation's most deserving individuals in staying in their homes longer while enjoying a healthier and safer way of life.
Here's how a VA home care funding expert in Morongo Valley from Always Best Care helps:
Finding information on home care programs funded by the VA is challenging. At Always Best Care, we want to make access to this crucial care as accessible as possible. That's why, when a Veteran is interested in the VA Community Care Network, our VA home care funding specialists manage all the paperwork and other hurdles that may prevent a senior Veteran from reaching out.
If you're unsure whether senior care paid for by the VA is right for you, keep reading to learn more about the programs offered.
As a Veteran, you may be eligible to get care outside the VA. This means the VA will pay for the cost of your care from a health care provider in their community care network. Long-term services offered within this program may include:
To learn more about Veterans Community Care Funding and how our VA home care funding specialists help provide the care you need, contact Always Best Care today.
VA Aid and Attendance benefits offer additional monthly payments on top of a monthly VA pension for eligible Veterans and their survivors. If you require assistance with everyday tasks or are confined to your home, you might be eligible.
In order to qualify for this program, one or more of the following must be true:
To learn more Veterans Aid and Attendance and how our VA home care funding specialists help provide the care you deserve, contact Always Best Care today.
Many U.S. Veterans returning from Vietnam began to report health issues almost right away, linking them to exposure to Agent Orange and dioxin. This connection sparked controversy from the outset and persists to this day. Veterans suffering from exposure to Agent Orange may be eligible for in-home care funding from Always Best Care.
One common misconception about this program is that Veterans must have served in Vietnam or were directly exposed to Agent Orange to qualify for funding. The truth is that a soldier DOES NOT need direct exposure to Agent Orange to benefit from quality in-home care.
However, to qualify for this type of funding, the Veteran must have served in the military when the government was using this harmful chemical herbicide. So long as you or your Veteran loved one served in the military during Agent Orange use, they may qualify - even if they did not serve in Vietnam.
The following cancers and illnesses are proven to have been caused by Agent Orange:
Whether you served in Vietnam and were exposed to Agent Orange or you are a Veteran who served our country while the herbicide was used, you deserve personalized in-home care from expert caregivers. Unfortunately, securing VA funding for these services can be difficult - especially for older Veterans. That's why many soldiers contact Always Best Care for help.
Our franchise owners are experts when it comes to VA home care claims management in Morongo Valley. When you call your local Always Best Care location, you can expect tailored service, expert guidance, and reliable help throughout the qualifying process.
The VA provides various programs that deliver both medical and non-medical home care services for eligible Veterans. These initiatives are part of the VA's home and community-based services. They're aimed at enhancing the well-being of Veterans facing chronic illnesses or service-related disabilities.
Non-medical home care encompasses services such as companionship, assistance with household tasks, and personal care. In contrast, home health care services focus on medical needs and include skilled nursing, medication management, and rehabilitative therapies.
The homemaker and home health aide program includes a trained caregiver visiting the Veteran's home to assist with daily household tasks, like grocery shopping or personal care. The frequency of the caregiver's visits can vary based on the Veteran's requirements, whether they need support daily or just occasionally. Veterans can keep receiving help as long as they need assistance with everyday activities. This program enables Veterans to remain in their homes instead of relocating to a nursing facility. It also supports family caregivers by alleviating their stress and physical demands.
The financial support provided by the VA for Veterans' home care can differ significantly depending on the program utilized by the Veteran, their disability status, and various other factors. In the case of spouses or family members of Veterans, the VA's payment for home care will be determined by their eligibility and the specific care requirements they have. Working with a VA home care funding specialist in Morongo Valley may help Veterans and their families understand eligibility requirements. Working with an expert may also help to clarify how much the VA will pay for in-home care.
Possibly. Whether a spouse or surviving spouse qualifies depends on their specific circumstances and their ability to fulfill eligibility criteria. For instance, a surviving spouse who enters into a new marriage loses eligibility for TRICARE, which is the military's health insurance program. If a spouse or surviving spouse does not qualify for TRICARE, they might still have access to VA health care benefits through programs like The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA).
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At Always Best Care, our mission is to provide quality in-home care services for Veterans and to help them obtain the funds needed to pay for the care they deserve. As part of our program, we want to help Veterans and their families understand what VA programs are available.
That's why, when you or your family reaches out to our VA home care claims managers, we'll work diligently to educate you about VA-funded home care. Qualifying for this kind of care is difficult, which is why we help with every aspect of the eligibility process. From filling out paperwork to researching your unique history and even preparing written legal opinions, we handle the hard work so you can focus on your health.
To contact an Always Best Care VA home care funding expert to learn more about our VA Community Care Network, or to arrange a no obligation care consultation, contact us toll-free at 1-855-520-CARE.
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Yesterday, The Desert Region Fire Safe Council held the official ribbon cutting ceremony for their new fire safety resource space in the long vacant Fire Station #2 in Morongo Valley.Located on the corner of Bella Vista and Hwy 62, Morongo Valley’s Fire Station #2 sat vacant in disrepair for almost twenty years. With caved-in ceilings and water-damaged drywall, it was a near-condemned structure until Desert Region Fire Safe Council’s Justin Merino saw its potential. Merino said it had been the goal of the Council to find a...
Yesterday, The Desert Region Fire Safe Council held the official ribbon cutting ceremony for their new fire safety resource space in the long vacant Fire Station #2 in Morongo Valley.
Located on the corner of Bella Vista and Hwy 62, Morongo Valley’s Fire Station #2 sat vacant in disrepair for almost twenty years. With caved-in ceilings and water-damaged drywall, it was a near-condemned structure until Desert Region Fire Safe Council’s Justin Merino saw its potential. Merino said it had been the goal of the Council to find a home like this.
“So driving past this station on my commute every day, it struck me that we could partner up with the CSD and turn this unused station that’s been unmanned for the last 20 years back into a community resource. You could imagine what a facility looks like when it’s been unmanned for 20 years—it was quite the undertaking more work than I planned or suspected but with the help of volunteers and our team and family members we were able to turn it into what it is today.”
With generous donations from Whitewater Rock for the exterior and grants from California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Yamaha, and Southern California Edison, Merino says this doesn’t cost Morongo Valley taxpayers anything, its emphasis being a community space where they’ll offer fire safety workshops as well as a general meeting room and cooling center during the hotter months. I asked Merino about the ultimate goal of the new Fire Safe Council office: to make neighborhoods “firewise.”
“Our plan is to break Morongo Valley up into four quadrants: Morongo north, east, south and west. The idea around firewise is to get neighbors talking to each other, to act with each other and to make their homes fire safe, which makes the community fire safe. Some of the residual benefits of being fire safe are insurance discounts, but most of all it teaches folks and it allows them to connect and to actually be able to make a plan come together and make their home safe.”
Desert Region Fire Safe’s focus on resident’s “Zone 0,” the ember-resistant ignition area extending 0-5 feet from the outer walls of a structure, including attached decks and chairs. The goal is to reduce fire ignition risk from wind-borne embers—the leading cause of structural wildfire damage. Morongo Valley’s new Desert Region Fire Safe office is located at 9492 Sundown Trail, adjacent to the stoplight at Bella Vista. For more information, please visit: desertfire.org.
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A group of Morongo Valley residents calling themselves Morongo Valley Projects are aiming to put their town further on the map as a regular stop for the Basin’s 4-million annual visitors, starting with their “Discover Morongo Valley” packet they’ve constructed for the Hwy 62 Art Tours.Morongo Valley has both a blessing and curse: its unique placement as the first town to greet you in the Morongo Basin with so much to offer, yet most visitors literally speed right past it, creating a dangerous element on the alr...
A group of Morongo Valley residents calling themselves Morongo Valley Projects are aiming to put their town further on the map as a regular stop for the Basin’s 4-million annual visitors, starting with their “Discover Morongo Valley” packet they’ve constructed for the Hwy 62 Art Tours.
Morongo Valley has both a blessing and curse: its unique placement as the first town to greet you in the Morongo Basin with so much to offer, yet most visitors literally speed right past it, creating a dangerous element on the already hazardous stretch of Hwy 62. In addition, Morongo’s various family-owned businesses struggle for patronage despite the millions of cars that drive through it on the way to Joshua Tree.
But Foster Tucker, the spokesperson of the new community group Morongo Valley Projects, says he and his fellow residents have taken action to encourage visitors to slow down and stay a while; to take advantage of what Morongo Valley offers.
“The people in Morongo Valley are tired of people going 100 miles an hour through our town, and you can do two things about it: you can spend years with Caltrans trying to get more stop lights and speed traps, or you can give people a reason to want to stop in Morongo. So before we waste time on lobbying, we came up with the first ever comprehensive directory with not only the shops and what to eat, but where to have the experiences in Morongo Valley,” says Tucker.
Morongo Valley Projects is currently being grassroots funded by its half-dozen members who hope they can eventually turn it into an NGO (or non-governmental organization, a non-profit that operates independent of government control pursuing social, humanitarian, environmental, or political goals) with the baseline aim to simply “help everybody.” Tucker hopes the end goal can be a return to a Morongo Valley Chamber of Commerce like the town had years ago.
“The businesses in Morongo are all family run. No chains. But they are barely getting by. And when I tell them 4 million people go up and down this road every year and that if they got 1/2 of 1% what would that mean for their business? If we don’t do something ourselves as people who love this area and wanna see it preserved, no one is gonna help us.”
Morongo Valley Projects “Discover Morongo Valley” packet contains a “Who and Where We Are” statement, which ensures the town “endeavors to remain rural and to grow the local economy with independently owned businesses.” The packet is robust with advertisements of these businesses, as well as a list of experiences unique to Morongo like the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, Laster Ranch Animal Rescue, and landmarks like the Morongo Indian Village Historical Marker. To bolster awareness of Morongo’s need for highway safety, there’s also an educational newsletter from the CHP.
You can pick up the free “Discover Morongo Valley” packet at any Morongo Valley business, as well as various stops in town at the Hwy 62 Art Tours.
The Big Morongo Canyon Preserve reported a successful National Public Lands Day cleanup on last Saturday (September 26) with over 70 volunteers helping downed timber alongside the boardwalk.As part of a massive fire mitigation project, three different crews of people helped at the Preserve last Saturday, including forty-seven California Cadet Crew members and eleven Marines, rounded out by community volunteers totaling over seventy people. While some strict preservationists may argue the removed timber is considered habitat for insect...
The Big Morongo Canyon Preserve reported a successful National Public Lands Day cleanup on last Saturday (September 26) with over 70 volunteers helping downed timber alongside the boardwalk.
As part of a massive fire mitigation project, three different crews of people helped at the Preserve last Saturday, including forty-seven California Cadet Crew members and eleven Marines, rounded out by community volunteers totaling over seventy people. While some strict preservationists may argue the removed timber is considered habitat for insects and smaller wildlife, Wong reminds us of the Preserve’s “human behavior issue,” with littered cigarettes, broken glass, and other careless manmade folly that could prove disastrous for the area.
“It’s the humans that we’re worried about. We’re getting a little bit of blowback from people, mostly preservationists, who say we shouldn’t be pulling habitat out, like the lumber because insects live within it; they burrow, they nest, they feed, and perhaps other animals living underneath it in the softer moisture soil. And so yes, it is habitat but by the same token we’re not spending time deep in the preserve pulling the habitat out, right? We’re just working in the areas where human interfaces take place just off the boardwalk, where there’s a bunch of lumber that needs to be pulled out. That’s where we find cigarette butts so it’s the humans that we have to deal with,” said Wong.
With over seventy helpers, Wong said there was still enough pizza to go around, generously donated by Morongo Valley’s Just a Small-Town Grill. Wong says the Preserve does these cleanups twice a year: in April for Earth Day, and on National Public Lands Day in September. Upcoming improvement projects include the new native plant botanical garden in November and December with seventeen volunteers already slated for the installation.
A new outdoor program starts this weekend in Yucca Valley.Environmentalist Sharon Fain is working with the Town of Yucca Valley to create an outdoor program for locals. Fain had been offering tours and workshops to people visiting our hi-desert area and Joshua Tree National Park, but she thought that local residents would enjoy her programming too. She brought her concept to Yucca Valley’s Parks and Recreation Department, and they were keen to partner with her.“I was already doing something like this privately and w...
A new outdoor program starts this weekend in Yucca Valley.
Environmentalist Sharon Fain is working with the Town of Yucca Valley to create an outdoor program for locals. Fain had been offering tours and workshops to people visiting our hi-desert area and Joshua Tree National Park, but she thought that local residents would enjoy her programming too. She brought her concept to Yucca Valley’s Parks and Recreation Department, and they were keen to partner with her.
“I was already doing something like this privately and wanted to bring this to other people. And was like, you know, local people would enjoy this. But I don’t think local people would want to sort of hire me to go out into Joshua Tree to explore.
“So I went to them. A lot of what you would call “outdoorsy” cities in Colorado or Arizona, already have programs kind of like this.
“I thought Yucca Valley would really benefit from something like this as well. And I already knew Clayton in the Recreation Department. So I just texted him.
“I was like, ‘hey, what about this idea? What do you think? Do you think this would be something you guys would be interested in?’ He was like, ‘yes.’
And what was that thing she saw that was missing from the town of Yucca Valley?
“Essentially, people being able to get outside in nature, experience nature, and learn more about it. And those are the two things that I thought would be of benefit and something where it was both affordable and it was easy enough for people to do and not see it as something too difficult. This is not some sort of advanced rock climbing or long hike that requires a lot of fitness already coming in. I didn’t want it to be intimidating to people.
“I wanted it to be something where people were going to be able to learn about the outdoors and also experience the outdoors.
“And I think they always are excited to learn more about the place that they live. That is the one thing that I always appreciate about people who live in the Morongo Basin, is that they do know a lot. They have a lot of historical knowledge.”
The first event that’s going to happen is going to actually be continuing throughout the fall. It’s called our Slowpoke Hiking Club, which is geared towards people, again, who are of all fitness levels. And we’re going to be out in nature, observing, looking around, also wandering around. And so we’re going to, together, learn.
“Another class that we are going to be having is a myth busting class. We’re calling it “Fact or Fiction”. And we’re going to have a few locals from the area.Danielle Wall is one of them, our resident snake lady, along with Karen Davidson, who used to be an educator in the park, as well as at the High Desert Nature Museum.
“Both of them are going to be doing a little hike with us, where along the way, we’re going to encounter some myths that some of us might hold on to about nature in the Morongo Basin, and kind of talk about why those things are incorrect, how we maybe have gotten those, and introduce people to new facts about plants, animals, et cetera.”
The first event, the Slow Poke Hiking Club, kicks off Saturday, October 4, and runs Saturdays and Wednesdays through November 22. Fain describes it as a relaxed walk guided by a naturalist, focusing on light exercise, wildlife observation, and connecting with the outdoors. Each session begins with gentle stretches followed by a slow-paced hike. The cost is $3 and they meet at 7:30 a.m. at Yucca Valley’s South Park at the intersection of Santa Barbara and Elata Ave, north of Blackrock Campground.
Sign up for any of the classes here: https://secure.rec1.com/CA/yucca-valley-ca/catalog
Practical Plants: Desert EthnobotanySaturday, October 18 | 10:30 a.m. | Machris Park (Wash Area)
Participants explore desert plants while walking the trails and learning about their functional uses, gaining a hands-on experience in nature.
Fee: $25 per person
Fact or Fiction: The Truth Behind Morongo Basin MythsSaturday, November 8 | 10:30 a.m. | Machris Park (park community room/wash area)
Take a guided walk to discover the truth behind local wildlife and desert myths. The program blends outdoor movement with engaging exploration.
Fee: $25 per person, Ages 12+
There’s an App for That: Digital Tools to Explore Nature and Contribute to ScienceSaturday, November 1 | 10:30 a.m. | Covington Park / Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
Participants learn to use smartphone apps to identify plants, animals, and natural features while moving through the outdoors, making the experience both active and fun.
Fee: $25 per person, Ages 12+
Nature Hide and SeekSaturday, November 15 | 10:30 a.m. | Covington Park / Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
Children ages 6–16 explore the outdoors using the Seek by iNaturalist app, encouraging movement, discovery, and hands-on interaction with local wildlife.
Fee: $25 per person
Family Nature Scavenger HuntSaturday, October 11 | 10:30 a.m. | Machris Park (Wash Area)
Saturday, November 22 | 10:30 a.m. | Machris Park (Wash Area)
Family teams complete outdoor challenges while walking and discovering clues in nature. Teams must include at least one adult and one child.
Fee: $20 per team, Ages 6+, Teams of 2–4 participants
Slow Poke Hiking ClubWednesdays, October 8 – November 26 or Saturdays, October 4 – November 22 | South Park Parking Lot
Enjoy a relaxed walk guided by a naturalist, focusing on light exercise, wildlife observation, and connecting with the outdoors. Each session begins with gentle stretches followed by a slow-paced hike.
Fee: $3 per person, Ages 18+
