What is the Assistance and Support benefit initiative?

Assistance and support is a phrase that pertains to the VA enhanced pension plan. What it entails is an initiative that offers a monetary allowance to specific veterans of wartime, or their surviving partners, in order to assist with the costs associated with extended medical care. It can contribute towards in-home medical assistance, provided at their place of residence. It can also help with expenses incurred at a facility for assisted living, and to a certain extent, toward the cost of nursing home care. There are specific prerequisites. The veteran must satisfy a service obligation, and there are also income and asset requirements.