Elderly bonus of 850 euros per month, from caregiver to assistance services: who can ask for it, how it works
The contribution to cope with the care and assistance expenses for the elderly subjects with an age equal to or over 80 years of age, owners of accompanying allowance and which a very serious level of need for need has been recognized
News on the elderly bonus front. The INPS In a message published at the end of March provided the operating instructions to request for the monthly contribution of 850 euros, aimed at supporting the expenses of care and assistance for the elderly subjects with an age of 80 years of age, owners of accompanying allowances. People in possession of an indicator of the equivalent economic situation (ISEE) not exceeding 6 thousand euros to which a very serious level of need was recognized.
The bonus, paid by INPS monthly from the first day of the month of submission of the application, For two years, from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026 It is interested in the fragile elderly: those who are unable to provide for themselves independently because they are suffering from a physical, psychic, sensory or relational disability.
How to spend the bonus
As specified by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies, « the bonus can be spent to cover the cost of the care and assistance labor, carried out by domestic workers for at least 15 hours per week, With personal assistance duties, owners of employment relationships in accordance with national sector collective agreements. And then possible to buy « services intended for care and assistance work and provided by companies and professionals qualified in the non -residential social assistance sector ». However, support for the most fragile risks concerning few people. Based on A CGIL elaborationthe bonus will concern a maximum of 24,500 people, compared to an audience of 3.8 million non -self -sufficient elderly.
The demographic factor
An audience that risks widening as mentioned by INPS these days During an audition to the Chamber on the effects of the demographic transition. «The dependence index of the elderly is the relationship between population over 65 years of age and population of active age. And if for the EU to 27, the value of this report will go from 36.1% to 59.1% in 2070, in Italy estimates speculate an increase from 40.8% to 65.5% in 2070, with a ratio of 3 people of work age every 2 elderly people « . This increase, explains the institute, does not happen « only due to the aging of the population, but, more and more, for the reduction of the population of working age, caused by the arrest of the fertility rate which is less than the value of 1.5, stabilizing a scenario that has not changed for over 40 years ».
