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title: "Alaska VA Aid & Attendance | Funding LTC Marketplace"
url: https://fundingltcmarketplace.com/states/alaska/va-aid-attendance/
description: "VA Aid and Attendance in Alaska: how it adds to a VA pension, the State Veterans Home in Palmer, and the disabled-veteran property-tax exemption."
last_updated: 2026-10-20
author: George A. Mellendorf, CLTC, LTCP (Central States Insurance Services, Inc.)
publisher: Funding LTC Marketplace
note: Educational content; not legal, tax or financial advice. Markdown copy of the HTML page at the URL above.
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Alaska · VA Benefits

# Alaska VA Aid & Attendance

Last updated 2026-10-20

Aid and Attendance adds a monthly payment on top of a qualifying Veteran's or survivor's VA pension. VA extends eligibility to people who need regular help with activities like bathing, feeding, or dressing; who are bedridden; who live in a nursing home because of a disability-related loss of abilities; or who meet a specified visual-impairment standard.

Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits can't be paid at the same time, per VA guidance. A claimant applying from a nursing home needs to submit Form 21-0779 alongside the standard pension claim materials, and VA offers online, mail, and regional-office options for filing. Alaska has one State Veterans Home, located in Palmer, which can factor into how a family sequences this benefit alongside other care arrangements.

## Sources and official resources

- [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Aid and Attendance and Housebound](https://www.va.gov/pension/aid-attendance-housebound/)
- [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Pension Rates](https://www.va.gov/pension/veterans-pension-rates/)
- [Alaska Department of Health: Apply for Medicaid](https://health.alaska.gov/en/services/division-of-public-assistance-dpa-services/apply-for-medicaid/)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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