Amada Central Houston, Texas is an Accredited VA Provider

Many senior veterans and their spouses are not aware of potential eligibility for VA benefits that can help pay for home care costs. Let our senior care advisors at Amada Central Houston provide guidance to your family.

Amada Senior Care of Central Houston is a fully accredited provider with the VA and is firmly committed to supporting our veterans! We serve vets and their families throughout the Central Houston, Texas area, including Katy, League City, Friendswood, Pearland, Deer Park, West University Place, Bunker Hill Village, Hunters Creek Village, and beyond. At Amada Central Houston, we work closely with the Veterans Administration’s excellent team of social workers in the Community Care Network. We work hard to make sure senior veterans get every care hour of service and benefit they are entitled to for their service to our country.

  • Wondering if you quality for VA-funded home care benefits?
  • Do you need some help at home to live independently?
  • Would you like assistance to apply for VA health care?
  • Need a consult for home health aide services?

Amada Central Houston can help! Call us today at 281-652-5492 to learn how we serve as your advocate. Or, to find out more about Aid and Attendance and other VA benefits for veterans, please

Click here for a Free Veteran’s Care Needs Consultation.

 

Attention Veterans!: Don’t Miss Out on the Home Care Benefits You’re Entitled To

The VA offers many programs to veterans and their surviving spouses so that they receive the care they deserve, including home care, respite care, and help around the house. Amada Senior Care of Central Houston, Texas is proud to be a licensed provider for those who served our country!

For more information on veterans benefits, check the Department of Veterans Affairs website at www.va.gov. When discussing Homemaker and Home Health Aide and Respite Care benefits with your VA Primary Care Physician, explicitly state your preference for Amada Senior Care as your designated caregiving provider. Please ensure to provide our NPI number, 1871909267, to facilitate this request.

Read on for a description of the different benefits you or your loved one may be eligible for and that we can help you access.  Call us today to learn more about how we honor and support Central Houston, Texas veterans!

Homemakers and Home Health Aides (HHA):  Home Care Assistance for Veterans

Trained professionals provide personalized care in the home to meet a veteran’s specific needs, including activities of daily living (ADLs) such as dressing, bathing, ambulating, incontinence care, medication reminders, as well as light housekeeping tasks like laundry and meal preparation.

Respite Care: Trusted Professional Care for Your Loved One so You Can Take Care of Yourself

Amada Senior Care of Central Houston and the VA understand the toll that taking care of a loved one can take. The VA offers a respite care benefit in an effort to reduce caregiver stress and burnout, and to support the health and well-being of both veterans and their caregivers. With respite care, a family member gets a break by being relieved from everyday caregiving tasks by a trained caregiver. During the respite, the spouse or other family member can take a well-deserved break or attend to other household matters, confident that the senior loved one is in the capable, trusted hands of an Amada caregiver.

VA Aid and Attendance:  Benefits for Veterans or Surviving Spouses

The VA Aid and Attendance benefit provides home care for a qualifying veteran or surviving spouse. This benefit can be used in conjunction with HHA so that the veteran receives more comprehensive care. Certain qualifications need to be met:

  1. Military Service
  • Served at least one day of active duty during wartime.
  • Honorably discharged or retired.
  • Be 65 years or older.
  1. Personal Care Needs
  • A veteran or their surviving spouse needs to be certified by a physician as needing assistance with activities of daily living, such as walking, eating, toileting, or dressing.
  1. Assets
  • Less than $150,000 net worth (excluding 1 home, vehicle, and 2 acres of land).
  1. For Surviving Spouses
  • All of the above.
  • Married to veteran for at least 1 year at the time of passing.
  • Not remarried.

How Benefits Can Help You and Your Family

Seniors gain more financial flexibility for their care, including:

  • More in-home care.
  • The community and agency of their choice.
  • Benefits paid monthly with no repayment required.
  • Benefits are paid directly to claimants by the United States Treasury and are tax-free.

Please consider contacting us today at 281-652-5492 to learn how Amada Senior Care of Central Houston serves as your advocate so that you can acquire the veterans’ benefits you deserve and be able to use them to help cover the costs of in-home care or an assisted living community.