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Veteran Daycare Benefits

Numerous healthcare programs are available to current or past veterans who need assistance with an injury or disability that they acquired in the military or during a non-service period. This care is available to active veterans, past veterans and retired veterans over the age of 18. To apply, a veteran must submit discharge papers and military service records. Officials determine eligibility status based on how long the veteran served, the character of the veteran's discharge and the veteran's current income.

  1. Adult Daycare

    • Veterans can use their benefits for adult daycare, which is a therapeutic program to help elderly veterans or disabled adult veterans over the age of 18 through medical or rehabilitation services while in a group environment. Veterans may find daycare programs across the U.S. These programs work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide care for eligible veterans through project grants. The American Veterans Adult Day Health Care Center is a community-based day care program in California that helps restore the elderly, disabled or injured veterans to self care, and it delays or prevents institutionalization. The Long Island State Veterans Home has provided an adult daycare program for 15 years and includes nursing, dental, podiatry, barber shops and more.

    Daycare Eligibility and Benefits

    • To be eligible for adult daycare, the Federal Grants Wire states that a veteran must have a service-connected disability, have a non-service-connected disability that the veteran cannot afford to pay for, have been discharged from active duty because of an injury or disability or be a retired veteran entitled to disability compensation. The average amount of assistance each veteran receives equals about $93,882, and there is no time limit for care. Each daycare facility must provide skilled nursing services, numerous therapy services and psychological services, among others. All areas of health are monitored, including body care, eating habits, self-medication and personal hygiene.

    Daily Assistance

    • According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, compensation or benefits package may be given to a veteran who needs daily care to come to his home and aid him in basic functions. To qualify for benefits outside of a daycare program, the veteran must be blind or nearly blind, in a nursing home, homebound with a chronic disease or proven to need aid under some other established criteria. The Veterans Administration provides care to veterans with non-service disabilities if the veteran served at least 90 days on active duty and at least one day of service during a war. Benefits are also available for veterans' spouses. Care may include meal preparation, companionship, housekeeping, help with daily chores, medication reminders and more.

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