Aid and Attendance adds a monthly payment on top of a qualifying veteran's or survivor's VA pension. VA eligibility criteria include needing regular help with activities such as bathing, feeding, or dressing; being bedridden due to illness; being a nursing-home patient because of a disability-related loss of ability; or meeting specified vision criteria.
A person can't collect Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits at the same time. Anyone applying from a nursing home also needs to submit VA Form 21-0779, and the VA decision is entirely separate from whatever Kentucky Medicaid decides — approval under one program doesn't determine the outcome under the other.
Kentucky adds two features worth coordinating with the federal benefit: four State Veterans Centers serving veterans around the state, and a Kentucky-specific $90 nursing-facility VA pension rule that interacts with how Medicaid treats a resident's income in a facility setting.
Kentucky figures
- State Veterans Centers
- 4
- VA nursing-facility pension rule
- $90
Sources and official resources
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Aid and Attendance and Housebound
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Pension Rates
- Kentucky Medicaid: Nursing Facility Services
Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.