To find home care for veterans, compare in-home care agencies that say they serve veterans. As a separate step, work out which VA programs fit the veteran's needs. At Rank and Pay, we write plain-language guides to VA benefits.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) runs its own programs with their own eligibility rules. Acceptance of VA-related benefits can differ from one agency office to the next. The comparison table below lists agencies that say they serve veterans, and none of them publishes an hourly rate on its website.
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| Company | Pricing | Best for | Details |
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| Visiting Angels | Not published | Non-medical senior care with veteran benefits info | Visiting Angels offers non-medical in-home care and has veterans pages noting programs like Aid and Attendance can often be used. |
| BrightStar Care | Not published | Veterans seeking home care plus medical services | BrightStar Care provides in-home care and its veterans page covers Community Care Network, Aid and Attendance, and Housebound Allowance. |
| Comfort Keepers | Not published | Elder veterans wanting in-home assistance | Comfort Keepers provides in-home care for seniors and lists a dedicated Veterans Home Care service page. |
| Home Instead | Not published | Companion and personal care for veterans | Home Instead offers companion, respite, dementia, and 24-hour in-home care and says it supports local Veterans. |
| SYNERGY HomeCare | Quote-based | Veterans wanting a free in-home assessment | SYNERGY HomeCare provides senior in-home care, lists Veteran Home Care Services, and says VA benefits may help cover costs. |
| Home Helpers | Quote-based | Veteran care with free in-home assessment | Home Helpers provides in-home care and lists Veteran Care under specialized services, with Veterans Benefits and Military pages. |
| Always Best Care | Quote-based | Veterans seeking help navigating VA financing | Always Best Care offers in-home care and describes a Veterans Assistance Program that helps veterans navigate VA financing options. |
| Caring Senior Service | Not published | Hourly to around-the-clock veteran home care | Caring Senior Service provides home care from a few hours a day to around the clock and lists Veterans Home Care services. |
| ComForCare | Not published | Personal and 24-hour care for veterans | ComForCare provides personal, 24-hour, dementia, and respite in-home care and lists an In-Home Care for Veterans service. |
| Homewatch CareGivers | Not published | Personal and respite care for veterans | Homewatch CareGivers provides personal, respite, and post-hospitalization in-home care and lists a Care for Veterans service. |
| Veterans Home Care | Not published | Aid and Attendance help plus in-home care | Veterans Home Care offers a program combining VA pension application help, a 0% interest care-cost advance, and in-home care through partner agencies. |
| 24 Hour Home Care | Not published | Veterans needing homemaker and home health aide | 24 Hour Home Care provides in-home care, including a Veteran Services program with homemaker, home health aide, and respite care. |
| Assisting Hands Home Care | Not published | Companion care plus veterans program | Assisting Hands Home Care provides franchise-operated in-home care such as companionship, meal preparation, and bathing help, with a veterans program. |
| Maxim Healthcare | Not published | Nursing and personal care for veterans | Maxim Healthcare provides in-home nursing, companion and respite care, and services for veterans and active-duty service members. |
| V A Home Care | Not published | Philadelphia-area veterans needing in-home aides | V A Home Care is a private Philadelphia agency providing in-home aide services and accepts Medicaid, insurance, VA benefits, and private pay. |
| Options Home Care | Quote-based | Live-in and memory care for veterans | Options Home Care provides in-home senior care including live-in, memory, personal, and respite care, plus help through VA home care programs. |
| Best Care MN | Not published | Minnesota personal care assistant services | Best Care provides Minnesota non-medical home care including personal care assistant, homemaking, respite, and waivered support services. |
| 3HC Home Health and Hospice Care | Not published | Eastern North Carolina home health and hospice | 3HC provides home health and hospice care across 17 Eastern North Carolina counties and lists a veterans care service. |
Pricing is as each company publishes it. Confirm current terms before you sign up. Listed here? Update your listing.
Read the price column as a prompt to ask for a quote. Some agencies say the price depends on a free in-home assessment or consultation, so the table shows "Not published" or "Quote-based" for them. The rate you get will depend on the hours of care and the location.
How Home Care for Veterans Works
In-home care agencies sell hands-on help at home, such as bathing, dressing and companionship. VA programs can help some veterans pay for care at home. Which program applies depends on the veteran's needs, enrollment in VA health care, and what is offered locally.
Treat hiring an agency and applying for VA help as two decisions that run side by side. Most agencies in the comparison table are franchise networks. At least one says that not every franchise location accepts VA-related benefits.
A national website that mentions veterans does not tell you what the office near the veteran will accept. Ask that local office directly which VA benefits it takes. Price follows the same local pattern, because rates depend on the hours of care and the location. Ask for the quote in writing after the in-home assessment, with the weekly hours spelled out.
VA Programs That Relate to Home Care
Four VA programs come up when a family plans in-home care services for veterans: Aid and Attendance, the Housebound benefit, homemaker/home health aide services, and skilled home health care. The first two appear on the VA pension pages. The last two are listed as VA long-term care services, and our VA benefits hub links to guides on other programs.
Aid and Attendance and the Housebound Benefit
The VA Aid and Attendance and Housebound page describes Aid and Attendance as monthly payments added to the amount of a monthly VA pension for qualified veterans and survivors. One example of a qualifier the VA gives is needing another person to help with daily activities like bathing, feeding and dressing. Bathing and dressing are also among the services in-home care agencies sell.
A veteran cannot get Aid and Attendance and Housebound benefits at the same time. A household budget for home care should count only one of the two.
The VA Aid and Attendance page does not say the benefit can be used to pay an in-home care agency. When an agency says it accepts VA-related benefits, ask which VA program it means and how payment works at that office. Our Aid and Attendance guide covers the pension side of Aid and Attendance home care planning in more detail.
Homemaker/Home Health Aide Services
Under VA homemaker/home health aide services, a trained caregiver supervised by a registered nurse comes into the home to help the veteran with self-care. The VA lists this service on its long-term care page. Which long-term care services a veteran qualifies for depends on the veteran's needs and whether the service is available in the area.
Enrollment in VA health care is required for these services. If the veteran is not enrolled, start with our VA health care guide.
Skilled Home Health Care
Skilled home health care covers tasks such as wound care and physical therapy. Community-based home health agency providers come to the home to deliver it. The same VA long-term care rules apply: the veteran's needs, local availability, and enrollment in VA health care.
The agencies in the comparison table describe help like bathing, dressing and companionship. If the veteran needs wound care or physical therapy at home, the VA describes that as skilled home health care. Look at a private agency if the VA service is not offered locally or the veteran is not enrolled. A private agency also fits if you want companionship, which the agencies list among their services.
What to Ask an Agency
Ask every agency the same six questions so the quotes line up.
- Does this local office accept the specific VA benefit the veteran has? Not every franchise location accepts VA-related benefits.
- When the agency says it accepts VA-related benefits, which VA program does it mean?
- What does the free in-home assessment or consultation cover, and how soon after it will you get a written rate?
- How many hours of care per week does the quote assume? Rates depend on the hours of care and the location.
- Which daily tasks will the caregiver handle, such as bathing, dressing or companionship?
- Does the agency offer skilled care such as wound care or physical therapy, or only hands-on help with daily tasks?
Write the answers next to each agency's row from the comparison table. Two quotes built on the same weekly hours let you compare veterans home care agencies on price.
Before You Hire
Work through these steps before you sign with an agency.
- Confirm the veteran's VA health care enrollment using our VA health care guide, since VA long-term care services require enrollment.
- Read the VA long-term care page to learn how homemaker/home health aide services and skilled home health care work, then ask the VA whether they are available where the veteran lives.
- If the veteran receives a VA pension, read the VA Aid and Attendance and Housebound page and plan around only one of those two benefits.
- Book in-home assessments with at least two agencies from the comparison table and ask the six questions above.
- Compare the written quotes on the same weekly hours before you choose an agency.
Our guidance would change if the VA Aid and Attendance page stated that the benefit can pay an in-home care agency. It would also change if the agencies in the table published hourly rates, because you could then compare price before booking an assessment.
Today, open the VA long-term care page and note which home care services the VA describes. Then book assessments with two agencies from the comparison table to price home care for veterans on the same weekly hours.