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Aid and attendance is a Veteran’s Administration benefit available to veterans or their surviving spouses so long as they meet certain income and asset qualifications to qualify for the pension program and they are in need of care for their health, welfare, and safety, or they are homebound.

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Veterans compensation is a benefit paid to veterans who were disabled due to an injury or accident during their military service. Pension is a benefit available to certain war-time veterans with low income who need to provide and pay for their care.

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Under Medicaid there is what’s referred to as the lookback period. This is the period of time in which the federal and state government have determined that your finances can be reviewed. At this time it is currently five years. In that lookback period Medicaid agencies are looking for transfers for less than fair market value or gifts of your property.

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Undue influence describes the actions of an individual to make another individual include them or change an estate plan. Undue influence includes actions like hiring an attorney for an individual, taking that individual to the attorney, telling the attorney would should go in the will, supplying the witnesses for a will signing, or taking control of the documents after the will is signed.