Aging

The VA Aid and Attendance benefit can help some vets and spouses pay for nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home health care. But the…

The VA pilot program places federally-backed volunteers in the homes of veterans to help with cooking, cleaning and other low-skill tasks. 92 year-old…

For thousands of elderly veterans, long term care means living in a nursing home or institutional care setting. But some have found a much homier…

The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years. On a recent morning in…