{"id":8839,"date":"2022-11-18T21:20:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T21:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alwaysbestcare.com\/?page_id=8839"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:52:13","slug":"veterans-assistance-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alwaysbestcare.com\/thousand-oaks\/veterans-assistance-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-banner m-banner--small -version-2 order-default\" >\n\n\t\n    \n    <div class=\"m-banner__container container-fluid\" style='--columns-ratio: 46%;'>\n\n            <div class=\"m-banner__media\">\n        <picture class=\"m-banner__picture\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <source media=\"(min-width: 1500px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alwaysbestcare.com\/thousand-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Veteran-Header.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alwaysbestcare.com\/thousand-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Veteran-Header-1536x577.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alwaysbestcare.com\/thousand-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Veteran-Header-1024x385.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                <source media=\"(min-width: 300px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alwaysbestcare.com\/thousand-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Veteran-Header-768x288.jpg\">\n\t\t\t            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alwaysbestcare.com\/thousand-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/12\/Veteran-Header.jpg\" alt=\"Veteran-Header\">\n        <\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"m-banner__inner container flex-left style-dark\">\n\n            \n<div class=\"l-banner l-banner-v1 l-gt-d l-gb-d\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\n<div class=\"l-banner--col l-banner__text\">\n    <div class=\"c-block__body\">\n            <div class=\"c-banner__content text-left\">\n\n        <div class=\"c-heading -h1\">\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"c-heading__pre\">Care and Funding for Veterans<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1  class=\"c-heading__title\">Discover the In-Home Care Benefits Available through the VA.<\/h1>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n\n\t\t            <div class=\"c-banner__description is-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>Summary of Department of Veteran Affairs programs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Home Health Aide (HM\/HHA) Program:<\/strong> <i>Receive assistance with daily activities like bathing, dressing, and light housekeeping. Designed to keep you independent at home.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aid and Attendance Benefit:<\/strong> <i>A VA benefit providing financial support for veterans who need help with daily activities or are housebound. Available to War era veterans meeting medical and financial criteria.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC):<\/strong> <i>Provides specialized services including Support, Education, Respite, and counseling<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/hobe-sound\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2024\/07\/ABC-VA-Co-Brand.png\" alt=\"ABC VA Co Brand\" \/><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\n        \n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"l-banner--col l-banner__media\">\n        \n                <div class=\"c-heading__description is-wysiwyg\">\n        <div class=\"top-form\">\n<h4 class=\"form-title\">Office: 805-563-6440<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"form-title\">Get Qualified for VA Funding Now<\/h4>\n<script>\nvar 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class=\"c-heading -h2 \">\n                    <div class=\"c-heading__preamble\">\n                <span>OUR SERVICES<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        \n        \n                    <div class=\"c-heading__pre\" >\n                Always Best Care of Thousand Oaks            <\/div>\n        \n                    <h2  class=\"c-heading__title\">Veterans Care<\/h2>        \n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"c-heading__description is-wysiwyg\">\n        <p><strong>Our mission: provide care and help obtaining funds to pay for care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Always Best Care Senior Services, our mission is to provide veterans with the most outstanding care possible, and also to assist them in obtaining the funds to pay for the care they need.<\/p>\n<p>The Always Best Care\u00a0Veterans Assistance Program\u00a0helps some of America\u2019s most deserving citizens remain in their homes longer while maintaining a healthy and safer lifestyle. Or, if the veteran chooses to move to an assisted living community, benefits can also apply to the cost of room and board as well as personal care.<\/p>\n<p>As part of our program, we want to help veterans and their families understand what VA programs are available.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n        <div class=\"c-image front-h-left front-v-top main-h-left main-v-bottom main-c-not-cropped r-1x1 has-overlay\">\n\n\t\t            <div class=\"c-image__media c-image__primary\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-image__src\" src=\"https:\/\/alwaysbestcare.com\/thousand-oaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/abc-veterans-care-new-image-with-caregiver.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"abc-veterans-care-new-image-with-caregiver\">\n            <\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"l-rcbl l-rcbl-v5 \"\n         style=\"--l-block-col: 4;--l-block-gap-vertical: 20px;--l-block-gap-horizontal: 0px;\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"m-block gt gb -version-1 l-content-simple-1 \"  style='--l-container-width: 83.8rem;' style=\"\">\n\n\t\n\t\n    <div class=\"m-block__container container-custom\" style=\"--l-container-width: 83.8rem\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"l-heading text-center l-heading-v1\">\n\n\t    <div class=\"c-heading -h2 \">\n                    <div class=\"c-heading__preamble\">\n                <span>VIDEO<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        \n        \n                    <div class=\"c-heading__pre\" >\n                Always Best Care of Thousand Oaks            <\/div>\n        \n                    <h2  class=\"c-heading__title\">VA BENEFITS<\/h2>        \n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"c-heading__description is-wysiwyg\">\n        <p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PV2ZvB-aCR4?si=IHDroz2yqJVNcAfr\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"m-block gb -version-2 l-content-simple-1 \"   style=\"\">\n\n\t\n\t\n    <div class=\"m-block__container container\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"l-heading text-left l-heading-v1\">\n\n\t    <div class=\"c-heading -h2 \">\n        \n        \n        \n                    <h2  class=\"c-heading__title\">Here\u2019s how we help<\/h2>        \n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"c-heading__description is-wysiwyg\">\n        <p>At Always Best Care, we not only provide outstanding care for veterans, we also assist them in obtaining the funds to pay for the care they need. For example, if you choose to work with one of our resources, their process includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoroughly researching and reviewing all pertinent records and testimony, documenting medical conditions, need for care, military service, marital records, and financial status (if required)<\/li>\n<li>Obtaining necessary documents from original and certified sources (this includes obtaining certified copies of military discharges)<\/li>\n<li>Researching your particular situation and history with a view of selecting which VA disability program might be the most beneficial<\/li>\n<li>Preparing a written legal opinion regarding eligibility for the desired VA benefit and the anticipated amount of award<\/li>\n<li>If the legal opinion is positive, you may begin care with Always Best Care confident of your legal entitlement to VA benefits<\/li>\n<li>Preparing presenting and prosecuting a complete documented claim for the desired benefit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To contact an Always Best Care specialist for more information about our Veterans Assistance Program, or to arrange a no obligation care consultation, please call (805) 563-6440.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VA Disability Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are two specific types of VA disability programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service connected compensation<\/strong> &#8211; This program compensates veterans for their theoretical loss of earnings based on injuries or disabilities incurred as a direct result of active duty military service or from a pre-existing medical condition aggravated by active duty. Disabilities are rated between 0-100% depending on the degree to which ability to work is impacted. Any period of military service is acceptable and there are no financial eligibility requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non\u2013service connected pension<\/strong> &#8211; This important program covers disabilities that have no relationship whatsoever to active duty military service. However, the veteran must have had qualifying active duty military service with a minimum of one day during a period of war or conflict. Pension is also based on financial need; however, in many cases all unreimbursed, regular, prospective medical expenses (including in-home care and residential care costs) are deductible from income when determining income and need.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important care benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistance for surviving spouses<\/strong> &#8211; Both the Service Connected Compensation and Non-Service Pension Programs have provisions for assisting the surviving spouses of qualified veterans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special monthly benefits<\/strong> &#8211; Special monthly benefits for veterans or qualified spouses who are homebound or in the need of the regular aid and attendance of another person, due to their disabilities, may also qualify for awards in addition to the basic Service Connected Compensation or Non-Service Pension Programs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about our\u00a0Veterans Assistance Program, or for a no obligation care consultation, please call (805) 563-6440.<\/p>\n  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