A year and a half ago we filed for aid and attendance on behalf of my farther as a Merchant Marine in WWII and a Korea War Vet - He clearly meets the criteria. My dad and mom live in an assistive living facility that is rapidly depleting their life saving - they are well a over 1000 dollars under water in expenses each month and probably only have about 40K left in savings. My dad is 87 and has neurapathy in his feet, some dementia, has flash backs to WWII, falls frequently, is partially deaf, uses a four leg walker, has constant pain so is frequently medicated. My mother is doing better but is a diabetic and on oxygen 24 hours a day for COPD. After a year my dad was qualifed as having PTSD at 50% disability which gave him almost 800 a month. This is not right as they should have qualified for 1900 dollars under the improved pension for Aid and Attendance. So a claim for reconsideration was filed. After 10 more months they recieved a letter that their facility is considered a nursing home rather than assisted living so no further compensation is warranted. This is crazy - where they live is not a nursing home and there are other residents there who are qualified for pension A&A. There are nurses aide available or a fee, but there is not constant medical supervision. We have written at least twice to Senator John McCain's office on this issue and all we get is another form letter. How does this get corrected and how to get this retroactive to recover some of the savings which will be needed for their medical care. Does anyone have any insight in what to do?
