Seniors: financial assistance to pay for a home care worker

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

Do you have trouble doing certain everyday things? You can get financial assistance (called household help) to remunerate a person (called home help) who will come to your home to do some household chores (for example, help with meals, cleaning, laundry). To do this, you must meet age and resource requirements. We present you with the information you need to know.

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      The tasks supported depend on your needs.

      These are tasks performed by an authorized Help Desk, such as:

      • Cleaning your home
      • Maintenance of laundry
      • Preparation of meals on site.

      FYI  

      The help to perform the toilet is generally reserved for persons with a great loss of autonomy, and who can therefore claim to be the Apa.

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      The duration of the presence of the person working at your home is determined by your department. This duration varies according to your needs. But it cannot exceed 30 hours per month (or 48 hours if each member of the couple is entitled to this assistance).

      You must meet conditions of loss of autonomy, resources and age.

      Condition of loss of autonomy

      You may have difficulty performing the main household tasks. And a home health worker should help you stay at home.

      Warning  

      If you meet the conditions for personalized home support allowance (Apa), you shall receive the aid provided for in this framework. They are not stackable with home care benefits.

      Resource Condition

      The rules are different depending on whether you live alone or in pairs :

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      You live alone

      If you live alone, you are entitled to the home help offered by your department if your monthly resources (excluding housing assistance) are less than €1,034.28 per month.

      FYI  

      If you do not meet this resource requirement, but you are retired, check with your pension fund. Maybe she can give you a housekeeper. Indeed, pension funds are authorized to determine themselves their rules for allocating financial assistance to remunerate home help, the amounts paid, the duration of presence of the home help.

      You live as a couple

      If you live as a couple, you are entitled to the home help offered by your department if your couple's monthly resources (excluding housing assistance) are less than €1,605.73 per month.

      FYI  

      If you do not meet this resource requirement, but you are retired, check with your pension fund. Maybe she can give you a housekeeper. Indeed, pension funds are authorized to determine themselves their rules for allocating financial assistance to remunerate home help, the amounts paid, the duration of presence of the home help.

      Age condition

      You are entitled to the home help offered by your department:

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      General case

      From the age of 65.

      FYI  

      If you do not meet this age requirement, but you are retired, check with your pension fund. Maybe she can give you a housekeeper. Indeed, pension funds are authorized to determine themselves their rules for allocating financial assistance to remunerate home help, the amounts paid, the duration of presence of the home help.

      You're deemed unfit for work

      From the age of 60.

      FYI  

      If you do not meet this age requirement, but you are retired, check with your pension fund. Maybe she can give you a housekeeper. Indeed, pension funds are authorized to determine themselves their rules for allocating financial assistance to remunerate home help, the amounts paid, the duration of presence of the home help.

      To obtain the home help paid by your department, you must apply to your city council (CCAS: titleContent).

      General case
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      In Paris

      The aid financed by the Department shall be paid:

      • Either directly to the authorized home help service, provided that he is entitled to social assistance,
      • Either yourself, if you prefer to call on an employee whom you employ yourself.

      FYI  

      This aid cannot be combined with the Apa.

      A financial contribution may be requested.

      Warning  

      The financial assistance to pay for a home help that is paid by your department is an advance, repayable after death, on your estate. Reimbursement is only made if the estate exceeds €46,000.

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