Care allowance for pensioners

The care allowance for pensioners is intended to help pensioners with a long-term illness or disability with their daily activities, to assist with the maintenance of their functional status, and to support their care and rehabilitation. It also provides compensation for some of the costs arising from a decline in functional capacity.

The care allowance for pensioners is payably only to pensioners whose functional status remains impaired on account of an illness or disability for a continuous period of at least one year. Another requirement is that the illness or disability must be associated with a regular need of assistance, guidance or supervision or result in additional costs on a continuous basis.

Kela pays the care allowance also for persons in institutional care.

Updated 10/31/12