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Elderly: financial assistance to pay for home care
Verified 02 février 2021 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (CNSA)
If you have difficulty doing certain daily actions, you can get financial assistance (said household help) to pay a person (called home help) who will come to you to perform certain household tasks (help with meals, cleaning, laundry, ...). Financial assistance is granted under age and resource conditions. It can be assigned by your department or, failing that, by your pension fund. This aid cannot be combined with the Apa.
What applies to you ?
Depending on your personal situation, the steps to take may vary.
The supported tasks depend on your needs.
These are tasks performed by an authorised help service, such as:
- Cleaning your home
- Linen maintenance
- Preparing meals on site
FYI : the aid for the toilet is usually reserved for people who have lost a lot of autonomy and can therefore claim the Apa.
Video: Activities for which home support is available
Video: Find a home help service
Difficulties in doing household chores
You must have difficulty in performing the main household tasks. And the help at home should allow you to stay at home.
Warning : if you qualify for Home-based Personalised Autonomy Allowance (APA), you benefit from the aid provided for in this framework. They cannot be combined with the benefits of home help.
Resource Cap
If you live alone, you are entitled to the home help offered by your department if your monthly resources (excluding housing aid) are less than €906.81 per month.
If you live in a couple, you are entitled to the home help offered by your department if your couple's monthly (excluding housing) resources are less than €1,407.82 per month.
Age condition
You are entitled to the home help offered by your department:
General case
From age 65
You are found unfit for work
From age 60
If you are retired
If you do not meet age or resource requirements, but you are retired, ask your pension fund. This may be a way to give you some help.
Pension funds are allowed to determine their own rules for granting household aid, the amounts paid, and the length of time the home help is available.
In order to benefit from the help offered by your department, the request must be made to your town hall (CASE).
General case
In Paris
Who shall I contact
The length of time that the person working at your home is present is determined by your department. It varies according to your needs. However, it may not exceed 30 hours per month (or 48 hours if each member of the couple is entitled to this assistance).
The aid financed by the department is paid:
- Either directly to the authorised home care service, provided that it is entitled to social assistance,
- Either yourself, if you prefer to call on an employee you employ yourself.
A financial contribution may be requested.
FYI : the home help offered by your department is an advance, refundable after death, on your estate. Reimbursement is only made if the estate exceeds €46,000.