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Benefits and social assistance for the elderly in USA

Who is eligible for benefits and payments?

The category of older people is defined differently in different countries. Thus, WHO (World Health Organization) experts refer to the group of elderly people at increased risk as people over the age of 80, or living alone, suffering from serious illnesses, or living on a minimum allowance from the state. According to WHO standards, such people need supervision and qualified assistance.


  • social old-age pensions - women over 60 and men over 65 who are unemployed and have lived in Russia for at least 15 years;

  • subsidies for housing and communal services - low-income elderly people;

  • benefits for payment of housing and communal services , registration of compensation for the care of another person - who have reached the age of 80 years.

Social pensions for old age

The state guarantees pensions to all citizens who have reached a certain age. The main source of income for Russian pensioners is insurance pensions. However, to receive them, a person must have a certain insurance experience (at the moment it is 9 years , and by 2024 it will reach 15 years), as well as a certain number of pension points. Many people who reach old age, for various reasons, do not have the necessary length of service, and the state provides for a system of social pensions for them.

A social old-age pension is assigned to all women who have reached the age of 60 and to all men who have reached the age of 65 who have lived for at least 15 years in Russia (for representatives of the indigenous peoples of the North, respectively, 55 and 60 years). The amount of the social pension was indexed from April 1, 2018 and now stands at 5,180.24 rubles per month. However, the amount of the social pension can be increased in the following cases:

  • in the area where the pensioner lives, a regional coefficient is established, by the amount of which the payment increases;

  • at the time of reaching 60 (65) years old, the pensioner received a labor disability pension.

In this case, the social old-age pension will not be lower than the previously received pension;

  • the subsistence minimum in the region where the pensioner lives is higher than the size of the social pension. In this case, the pension is increased to the subsistence level.

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