Can the Apa or PCH be used to pay for a home help or family caregiver? - FCH

You can use the FCH to directly hire a home help of your choice. However, some people cannot be recruited in this context:

•  Person you live with as a couple
• Your father or mother
• Your children
• Retired person
• A person engaged in a full-time professional activity.

One exception exists when your state of health requires total help for the majority of essential acts of daily life and a constant or almost constant presence. In this case, the employment of a family member, including the person with whom you live as a couple, is allowed.

The person recruited becomes your employee and you become an employer.

Declarations of wages must then be made to the Union for the Recovery of Social Security Contributions and Family Allowances (Urssaf) by means of Cesu declarative.

The amount of the FCH intended to remunerate home help corresponds to an hourly rate set at €19.34 or €20.10 in the event of gestures related to care or endotracheal aspirations.

You can use the FCH to pay for an agent service.

An agent service is an organization (association or company of personal services) that helps you use home help.

The agent department handles the administrative formalities (contract, payslips, declarations). However,

However, the recruited person becomes your employee and you become an employer.

The amount of the FCH intended to remunerate home help corresponds to an hourly rate set at €21.27 .