Social benefits

Personalized independent living allowance: help to keep you in your home

Publié le 30 octobre 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Are you 60 years old or older, and you are in a situation of loss of autonomy? You can get the personalized home support allowance, subject to conditions. This help allows you to pay for some or all of the goods and services you now need to stay at home. Your level of support can be increased if you have a caregiver who needs respite.

The Personalized Independence Allowance (PDA) at home is used to cover some of your expenses necessitated by your loss of independence; if you wish to continue living at home, this financial assistance may, depending on your situation, allow you to:

  • to pay for home help services;
  • pay for a carry-on service for meals at home;
  • acquire equipment (grab bars, a path of light to reduce the risk of falling when you get up in the middle of the night...);
  • have fit-up work done in your home to make it suitable for your situation.

To qualify for this allowance, you must:

  • at least 60 years of age;
  • be in a situation of loss of autonomy (need help to do everyday things, or be in a state of health that requires constant supervision);
  • to reside in France on a stable and regular basis (at your home, with a relative who is hosting you or with a friendly family...).

There are no resource requirements you must meet to obtain the personalized home support allowance; however, the amount of the APA depends on the level of your resources.

Please note

If you are housed in a medical-social facility (for example, in an Ehpad or in a Long-Term Care Unit), you can benefit from the residential APA. This help allows you to pay part of the dependency rate set by the establishment. You can find the specific modalities of this device on our custom autonomy allowance worksheet.

FYI  

ABS cannot be combined with certain social benefits, so you cannot receive it if you receive, for example:

What steps do you need to take to receive APA at home?

The personalized home support allowance is paid by your department of residence. Depending on the department, you can online application or with a form (to be sent once completed to your department's autonomy department or to your pension fund depending on your level of autonomy loss). To find out what to do in your department, you can use the research tool of the Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l’autonomy.

You must provide the following supporting documents with your application:

  • a photocopy of your front and back identity card, passport or family book;
  • a photocopy of your last income tax or non-income tax notice;
  • a bank identity statement;
  • a photocopy of your most recent property tax assessment notice (in some cases);
  • a medical certificate (in some departments).

Once your file is complete, a professional from your department's medical and social team will visit your home, determine your degree of loss of autonomy and assess your situation and needs. It also examines, if necessary, the situation and needs of your caregiver.

The amount of your APA depends in particular on your degree of loss of autonomy ; it can be up to €1,955.60 per month. The level of your assistance may also be increased if the presence of a caregiver at your side is essential, and that caregiver needs respite; this increase is used to finance respite arrangements (day care, temporary accommodation, etc.).

You can discover on our custom autonomy allowance worksheet the maximum amount of APAs at home that you can receive depending on your level of dependency, as well as the full terms and conditions of the scheme.

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