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Delaware · VA Benefits

# Delaware VA Aid & Attendance

Last updated 2026-10-20

VA Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits are federal monthly payments layered on top of a qualifying veteran's or survivor's VA pension — they aren't part of Delaware Medicaid, but they can work alongside it. A pension recipient may qualify for Aid and Attendance by needing help with daily activities, being substantially bedridden, living in a nursing home due to a disability-related loss of mental or physical capacity, or meeting the VA's severe-vision criterion.

The two benefits — Aid and Attendance and Housebound — can't be received at the same time; it's one or the other. Veterans can apply online, by mail, or in person. A nursing-home applicant needs VA Form 21-0779, while the mail-in path requires VA Form 21-2680, which includes a section for the medical examiner to complete.

Delaware also operates one State Veterans Home with 144 beds, giving veterans an in-state institutional care option, and the state offers a disabled-veterans school-tax credit as an additional benefit outside the VA system.

## Delaware figures

- Delaware State Veterans Home capacity: 144 beds

## 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/)
- [Delaware DHSS: Long Term Care Medicaid Programs](https://dhss.delaware.gov/dmma/home/medicaid/long-term-care-medicaid-programs/)

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

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