What support can an elderly person in a precarious situation receive?

Verified 01 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

From a certain age, certain aids can be given to you if you live at home and with few resources. The amount varies depending on whether you live alone or as a couple.

You can estimate the aid you may be entitled to using this online service:

Know what social benefits you may be entitled to

Please note

Whatever your need, do not hesitate to contact your city hall, your pension fund or your supplementary pension fund.

You live as a couple

Tableau - Support for elderly couples living at home and with limited resources

Need

Help Name

Main conditions

Amount of aid

Have an income or supplement your income

Solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa)

  • Have resources less than or equal to €1,605.73 (gross) per month
  • From 65 years (62 years if you are disabled or disabled)

Up to €1,605.73 (gross) per month for 2 persons

Simple allocation

  • Not having a retirement pension and after refusal ofAspaAspa : Solidarity allowance for the elderly
  • From the age of 65 (60 if you are unfit for work)
  • Have resources less than or equal to €1,605.73 (gross) per month

Up to €1,605.73 (gross) per month for 2 persons

Supplementary Invalidity Allowance (Asi)

  • Have resources less than or equal to €1,574.24 per month
  • Be recognized as disabled (by at least 2/3)
  • Not being old enough to get Aspa (legal retirement age)

Up to €1,574.24 per month for 2 people

Specific Solidarity Allowance (SSA)

  • Be a job seeker
  • Have resources less than or equal to €2,091.10 (net) per month

Up to €570.30 per month for 1 person

Active Solidarity Income (RSA)

From 25 years

€953.56 per month for 2 people

Pay the rent

Ask the CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund (or the MSAMSA : Agricultural social mutual society if you are dependent on the agricultural system)

Have a complementary health (mutual)

Complementary Solidarity Health (CSS)

Paying a person to do household chores

Household help

  • Not being able to do some household tasks alone (cleaning, laundry, toilet, preparation of meals...)
  • From the age of 65 (or 60 if you are unfit for work)

Ask the services that can offer this help:

  • Your Town Hall
  • The services of your department

    • Pay for hot meals served at home

    Meal porting aid hot to drink at home

    Not being able to leave your home because of your medical condition

    Ask your town hall

    Eating in a communal setting

    Foyer restaurant which serves meals at moderate prices

    Ask your town hall

    Being helped to move

    • Transportation on Demand
    • Assistance for races or procedures

    Ask the services that can offer this help:

  • Your Town Hall
  • The services of your department
  • Your pension fund

    • Paying for work to adapt your home

    MaPrimeAdapt': adapting housing to loss of autonomy

    Need to do work to make your home accessible or to avoid accidents

    Pay someone to do household chores and monitor your health

    Apa

    • From 60 years
    • Being in loss of autonomy (difficulties to get up, wash, dress, walk, prepare meals, follow medical treatment, care,...)

    Ask your department's services

    You live alone

    Tableau - Support for older people living alone at home and with few resources

    Need

    Help Name

    Main conditions

    Amount of aid

    Have an income or supplement your income

    Solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa)

    • Have resources less than or equal to €1,034.28(gross) per month
    • From 65 years (62 years if you are disabled or disabled

    Up to €1,034.28 (gross) per month

    Simple allocation

    • Do not have a retirement pension and after refusal of your applicationAspaAspa : Solidarity allowance for the elderly
    • From the age of 65 (60 if you are unfit for work)
    • Have resources less than or equal to €1,034.28(gross) per month

    Up to €1,034.28 (gross) per month

    Supplementary Invalidity Allowance (Asi)

    • Have resources less than or equal to €899.56 per month
    • Be recognized as disabled (by at least 2/3)
    • Not being old enough to get Aspa (legal retirement age)

    Up to €899.56 per month

    Specific Solidarity Allowance (SSA)

    • Be a job seeker
    • Have resources less than or equal to €1,330.70 (net) per month

    Up to €570.30 per month

    Active Solidarity Income (RSA)

    From 25 years

    €635.71 per month

    Pay the rent

    Ask the CafCaf : Family Allowance Fund (or the MSAMSA : Agricultural social mutual society if you are dependent on the agricultural system)

    Have a complementary health (mutual)

    Complementary Solidarity Health (CSS)

    Paying a person to do household chores

    Household help

    • Not being able to do some household tasks alone (cleaning, laundry, toilet, preparation of meals...)
    • From the age of 65 (or 60 if you are unfit for work)

    Ask the services that can offer this help:

  • Your Town Hall
  • The services of your department

    • Pay for hot meals served at home

    Meal porting aid hot to drink at home

    Not being able to leave your home because of your medical condition

    Ask your town hall

    Eating in a communal setting

    Foyer restaurant which serves meals at moderate prices

    Ask your town hall

    Being helped to move

    • Transportation on Demand
    • Assistance for races or procedures

    Ask the services that can offer this help:

  • Your Town Hall
  • The services of your department
  • Your pension fund

    • Paying for work to adapt your home

    MaPrimeAdapt': adapting housing to loss of autonomy

    Need to do work to make your home accessible or to avoid accidents

    Pay someone to do household chores or monitor your health

    Apa

    • From 60 years
    • Being in loss of autonomy (difficulties to get up, wash, dress, walk, prepare meals, follow medical treatment, care...)

    Ask your department's services

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