Can the Apa or PCH be used to pay for a home help or family caregiver? - FCH
Verified 01 janvier 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Your situation
- You are receiving the Disability Compensation Benefit (DCP)
- You want to compensate a family caregiver
You can use the FCH to compensate a family caregiver.
You must not have subordination link with that person.
This compensation is a sum of money and not a salary.
Its amount is calculated on the basis of 50% the net hourly minimum wage applicable to family jobs, or €4.78 of the time or €7.16 if the family caregiver reduces or abandons his professional activity.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
You perceive the Apa
Local information point dedicated to the elderlyYou collect PCH
Departmental House for Disabled Persons (MDPH)
Definition of caregiver of a person with a disability
Definition of caregiver of an elderly person (Article L113-1-3)
Possibility of using the Apa to employ a caregiver with the exception of the person with whom you live as a couple (article L232-7)
Use of the PCH to compensate or compensate the family caregiver (L245-3 and L245-12)
Definition of caregiver (R245-7), use of PCH to pay caregiver (D245-8)
Service Public
Service Public
Service Public
National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (CNSA)
