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

Verified 01 April 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

From a certain age, you may be given some help if you live at home and with limited resources. Their amount is different depending on whether you live alone or as a couple.

You can estimate the aid to which you may be entitled using a simulator:

Know the social benefits to which you may be entitled

Please note

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

You live as a couple

Tableau - Aid 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 €1,620.18 (gross) per month
  • From the age of 65 (62 if you are disabled or disabled)

Up to €1,620.18 (gross) per month for 2 persons

Simple Allocation

  • Not having a retirement pension and after refusal ofAspa: titleContent
  • From the age of 65 (60 if you are unfit for work)
  • Have resources less than or equal to €1,620.18 (gross) per month

Up to €1,620.18 (gross) per month for 2 persons

Supplementary Disability Allowance (Asi)

Up to €1,542.84 per month for 2 people

Specific Solidarity Allowance (SSA)

  • Be a job seeker
  • Have resources less than or equal to €2,142.80 (net) per month

Up to €584.40 per month for 1 person

Active Solidarity Income (SSA)

From 25 years

€977.54 per month for 2 people

Pay the rent

Ask the Caf: titleContent (or the MSA: titleContent if you depend on the farm plan)

Have complementary health (mutual)

Complementary health solidarity (CSS)

Paying a person to do household chores

Household help

  • Not being able to do some household chores (cleaning, laundry, toileting, preparing 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

Help with carrying meals hot to consume at home

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

Ask your town hall

Eating meals in a collective structure

Foyer restaurant that serves meals at moderate prices

Ask your town hall

Being helped to move around

  • Transport 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

Pay for work to adapt your home

MaPrimeAdapt': work to adapt housing to the loss of autonomy

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

Paying a person 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 a medical treatment, do his care...)

Ask the services of your department

You live alone

Tableau - Aid for elderly people living alone 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 €1,043.59(gross) per month
  • From 65 years of age (62 years of age if you are disabled or disabled

Up to €1,043.59 (gross) per month

Simple Allocation

  • Do not have a retirement pension and after refusal of your applicationAspa: titleContent
  • From the age of 65 (60 if you are unfit for work)
  • Have resources less than or equal to €1,043.59(gross) per month

Up to €1,043.59 (gross) per month

Supplementary Disability Allowance (Asi)

Up to €922.17 per month

Specific Solidarity Allowance (SSA)

  • Be a job seeker
  • Have resources less than or equal to €1,363.60 (net) per month

Up to €584.40 per month

Active Solidarity Income (SSA)

From 25 years

€651.69 per month

Pay the rent

Ask the Caf: titleContent (or the MSA: titleContent if you depend on the farm plan)

Have complementary health (mutual)

Complementary health solidarity (CSS)

Paying a person to do household chores

Household help

  • Not being able to do some household chores (cleaning, laundry, toileting, preparing 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

Help with carrying meals hot to consume at home

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

Ask your town hall

Eating your meals in a collective structure

Foyer restaurant that serves meals at moderate prices

Ask your town hall

Being helped to move around

  • Transport 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

Pay for work to adapt your home

MaPrimeAdapt': work to adapt housing to the 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 a medical treatment, do his care...)

Ask the services of your department

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