Dodge Park Rest Home and The Day Club to Host Free Workshop on VA Aid & Attendance Pension Benefit

May 21, 2009 - PRLog -- According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, about a quarter of the nation's population – approximately 70 million people – are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans.  

The VA Aid and Attendance Pension benefit, one of the many benefits available through the VA, offers eligible veterans or their surviving spouses a significant monthly pension, ranging from $1,056 to $1,949 per month tax-free.  To be eligible, veterans must have served 90 consecutive days or more with at least one day during a wartime period (World War II, Korea, etc) and meet a few medical and financial eligibility criteria.  

As part of our on-going commitment to making eldercare more affordable, we are working to educate the local community about the availability of Aid & Attendance benefits.  During our workshop, we will be reviewing the eligibility criteria and show how thousands of families, EVEN IN CASES OF HIGHER NET WORTH, have become eligible for this benefit helping to offset the cost of the care being provided.

Dodge Park Rest Home and The Day Club is hosting this educational workshop about VA benefits on July 8, 2009 at 6:30p.m.  The event will take place at our community, which is located at 101 Randolph Road, Worcester, MA 01606.  The workshop is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  Please call (508) 853-8180 to register and if you know someone else who could benefit from this information, please bring him or her along.  If you are unable to attend the workshop, please visit www.DodgePark.com for more information about the benefit.

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At Dodge Park Rest Home we are proud of our heritage. What began as the Heald Mansion many years ago when horse drawn carriages pulled buggies down unpaved streets, has evolved into a lovely rest home providing care to Worcester area residents for over 43 years.

Dodge Park is a sixty resident rest home offering it's residents all the amenities of a modern facility combined with the quaintness of the original mansion.

Dodge Park is a licensed facility certified by the Department of Public Health.
Licensed nursing staff and a medical director, who are available 24-hours a day / 7-days a week, allow Dodge Park to provide a unique level of care - more than that ordinarily found in the average assisted living facility - for those who need more care but who are not yet ready for a nursing home.

Dodge Park offers 24-hour supervised management in a warm and friendly environment, whether for a short term stay after an illness or hospitalization or for a long term stay.

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