Thanks for the link above. That does sound like what my we are looking at through this agency. I think there are, like, 3 levels of benefit. To me it's very confusing. I do feel I wouldn't have made this much progress without the agency. Here is their web site:

Veterans Care Coordination | Seniors who served yesterday, benefit today

It seems a shame that a private company has to make money off of my friend getting a benefit, in order for my friend to get it. I'm sure it's not absolutely necessary, but, if it gets him what he needs, without taking from his benefit, I'm okay with it.

It was actually the home care agency that contacted the agency above. Here is the link for the home care agency:

Addus HealthCare

I think it's very odd that the VA social worker hasn't answered, or returned, any calls made over the past 2 weeks by either me or my friend's daughter. She told me to call her if we did not hear from a nurse soon. We didn't.

The support person at my friends HUD complex called the home care agency. They got the ball rolling by coming out and meeting him. Then they called the agency above that does the paperwork. This just occurred to me: Maybe the home care agency pays something to "Veterans Care Coordination." I'm going to ask them: just how do they get paid?

Ultimately, everyone is getting paid by the American public. Doesn't this all seem a rather round-a-bout wasteful way to get things done?