Nice Story: 110-year-old Pa. widow gets WWI benefits boost: From $36 to $1k a Month

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August 13, 2012

I bet she could tell some stories, via Fox.

A 110-year-old Pennsylvania widow is getting a benefits boost because of her husband's World War I service.

Family members say Alda Collins is now getting about $1,000 a month to assist with her stay at a nursing home near Ebensburg. She had been getting $36 a month.

Her son tells the Daily American of Somerset (http://bit.ly/OURXLU) that Collins lived by herself in a trailer until she was 106. She can use a walker, feeds herself and knows the Pirates are in second place.

For years, she taught in a one-room schoolhouse.

Comments:
  1. Kevin M says:
    August 13, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    This benefit, called “Aid & Assistance” is available for any veteran of a shooting war (or their spouse) to pay for medical costs related to infirmities of age. It is $1094/mo for a widow, more for the veteran himself.
    A number of veteran’s organizations will help fill out the forms. It can be especially helpful to children trying to keep Mom in a safe home.
    http://moveteranaid.org/2011/10/aid-and-attendance-benefit/2012-va-aid-and-attendance-pension-increases

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