Carer’s allowance (ápolási díj)

What

The carer’s allowance is a financial support on monthly basis for adult persons who take care about a handicapped or permanently ill person.

Who

You are entitled to receive this support if you take care about a severely handicapped person or a permanently ill minor.

How

You have to ask the general practitioner for the supporting document and then you can apply for the allowance. You have to submit the application with the supporting documents in the municipality level local government (önkormányzat) or in the government office (kormányhivatal).

You can apply for this if you are either:

  • Hungarian citizen,
  • officially immigrated or settled,
  • stateless,
  • person with the right of free movement if you address and residence status in Hungary,
  • refugee,
  • under temporary protection,
  • under subsidiary protection.

Here you can find more information about this allowance (in Hungarian): http://kormanyablak.hu/hu/feladatkorok/100/JARAS00026

When

You receive the carer’s allowance till the 5th of every month.

You can read more about the Hungarian social security system under “Everyday life – Description of the Hungarian social security system”

Good to know

For information in English about the Hungarian administration system (government offices, government windows, allowances, etc.) you can call the governmental helpline, what you can find under “Everyday life – Governmental helpline” on this link: http://hu.danubecompass.org/archives/situations/governmental-helpline. If you are calling from Hungary call this number: 1818, if you are calling from abroad call this number: +36 (1) 550-1858.

You can read more about the Hungarian social security system under “Everyday life – Description of the Hungarian social security system”

Where

Kormányhivatal (government office)

You can find the contacts of the county level government offices on this link (in Hungarian): http://www.kormanyhivatal.hu/hu/elerhetosegek. However, the page is in Hungarian after you click on the name of the county you can use the translator in your browser and translate to page to English, the translation is satisfying.