Human life expectancy rose with the medicine and health progress, which led governments to implement social programs supporting elderly populations in their daily acts. In France, the Personalized Autonomy Allowance (APA) is granted to elderly people depending on their degree of autonomy loss. In 2019, more than 1.3 million people benefited from this social and financial assistance. Furthermore, most of them belonged to the iso-resource group "GIR 4", gathering 585,950 beneficiaries. The second group with the most numerous recipients was the "GIR 2" group.
Beneficiaries distribution of the Personalized Autonomy Allowance (APA) in France in 2019, by dependency level
* GIR 5 and 6 include unknown GIR, emergency, and fixed APA allowances.
** In France, the dependency level is classified into six iso-resource groups, called GIR:
- GIR 1: people at the end of life or confined to a bed or chair, whose mental functions are severely impaired, and who require the continuous and indispensable presence of caregivers.
- GIR 2: people confined to a bed or chair, whose mental functions are not totally impaired, and who require care for most activities of daily life OR people whose mental functions are impaired but who can move about and requires constant supervision.
- GIR 3: people who retained his mental autonomy, partially his locomotor autonomy, but who need daily and several times a day assistance for body care.
- GIR 4: people not able to transfer alone but who, once rose, can move around the house and who need help with washing and dressing OR people who do not have locomotor problems but who need help with body care and meals.
- GIR 5: people who only need occasional help with washing, meal preparation, and cleaning.
- GIR 6: people still autonomous for the essential acts of daily life.
People belonging to GIR 1 to 4 can benefit from the APA allowance. People belonging to GIR 5 and 6 do not benefit from it but can ask for other care supports.
Results of the survey "Aide sociale" (Social assistance) conducted in December of each year.
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DREES. (December 1, 2020). Beneficiaries distribution of the Personalized Autonomy Allowance (APA) in France in 2019, by dependency level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1223998/apa-benificiaries-france-dependency-level/
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