Social services for pensioners and disabled people: types and nuances of provision

Disability makes a citizen a less economically and socially protected member of society, therefore the duty of the state is to provide him with support measures, in particular, in the form of pensions.

Depending on whether or not such a citizen has work experience, he may be assigned both an insurance and a social payment, in both cases called a pension.

In this article we will look at in what cases a person is entitled to each of these types of material support, how much they amount in monetary terms, and also how the procedure for their registration in the state Pension Fund occurs.

Governing laws

The above set in its form is a program under which the government provides assistance to individual citizens who, due to age or health reasons, cannot care for themselves or do not have the opportunity to provide for themselves.

Thus, on the basis of Article 39 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, every citizen of Russia has a guarantee of receiving a number of social services. services if he has a disability group or circumstances have arisen in which the person has lost the ability to provide for himself both physically and financially.

Important! The laws also state that some persons, incl. and disabled people have the right to social services. services that may contain support on a permanent, non-permanent or one-time basis, which is aimed at improving living conditions or improving everyday life.

Certain categories of citizens have the right to receive social services

In addition, citizens with a disability group can be guaranteed to receive assistance from the state, which is expressed in the form of various benefits and protection actions, which are specified in Federal Law No. 178. The amount of assistance provided is regulated at both the federal and regional levels. The laws establish that the list of services that citizens will be guaranteed to receive is established by regulations approved by law. There are certain GOSTs, where there is a complete list of social networks. services provided under government assistance programs.

Thus, citizens with a disability group can count on receiving medications. All procedures for receiving are enshrined in law within the framework of providing first, special or emergency medical care based on approved lists in the legislation. In addition, citizens with disabilities have the right to receive special nutrition at the expense of the state.

Important! The entire list of food products is fixed by law.

Citizens have the right to receive medications, visit a sanatorium, etc.

Disability categories

Group I. Citizens who have complete incapacity, namely: they cannot provide for themselves because they are unable to move, have poor orientation in their surroundings and are unable to control their behavior.

Group II. Disabled people in this group can cope independently and are able to perform vital activities, but with the help of another person.

III group. The presence of minor functional disorders of the body that were caused by a certain disease or as a result of injury.

What categories of citizens are entitled to receive social services?

All information on the list of citizens who can be provided with the above services is found in Law No. 178-FZ in Article 6.1 and in the order of the Ministry of Health dated December 29, 2004 under number 328.

Invalids of war

These include:

• citizens who were participants in the Second World War and received a disability group;
• those who were equated to war invalids:
• employees in the armed forces and citizens of various types of police departments, employees of the fire fighting service, employees of criminal investigation authorities and the penal system who received a disability group in connection with the implementation of their professional activities;
• citizens who are former prisoners of concentration camps who were underage at that time, various ghettos and other places that were organized by the Nazis, where citizens were kept against their will during the Second World War; those who have been declared disabled due to illness; those who were injured during work (except for cases where the disability was received due to actions amounting to illegal).

Disabled war veterans have the right to social services

WWII participants, military veterans serving in the Russian Armed Forces

WWII participants, military veterans serving in the Russian Armed Forces

Other categories of citizens

1. Citizens who were awarded the distinctive sign "Resident of besieged Leningrad».

   Receive social benefits for citizens awarded the badge “Resident of besieged Leningrad”

2. Citizens who carried out labor activities during the Second World War at air defense facilities, built defense facilities, naval bases, airfields and other military facilities within the borders of the rear of the front, zones of fleet operations, areas near the front on railways and roads; crews of transport fleet ships that were recruited for service at the beginning of the Second World War in the ports of other countries.
3. Family of deceased war invalids, WWII participants and military veterans; family members of WWII participants who died and were members of the personnel of groups protecting various air defense infrastructure facilities, as well as family members of workers who died in hospitals and clinics in the city of Leningrad.
4. Families of employees in the armed forces, citizens of various types of internal affairs bodies, fire fighting service workers, employees of criminal investigation agencies and the penal system who died while fulfilling their professional obligations and serving.
5. Families of members of the armed forces who died in captivity were considered missing in the areas of military operations from the moment they were no longer listed as serving on the list of the military unit.

   Children with disabilities are also entitled to this privilege

6. Children with disabilities.
7. Citizens who received a dose of radiation due to the accident of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as well as due to nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site, and persons who are equivalent to them.

Benefits established at the federal level

Benefits certainly depend on the assigned group, but now we will look at the benefits provided at the federal level for disabled people of the second group.

The above benefits must be available in every region, since they are federal, and accordingly apply to all subjects of the Russian Federation.

Where to get it?

Since the above social services in the form of a package are part of the monthly payment; to receive the package you need to contact the pension authorities of the Russian Federation. There is no need to write a special application for this. A citizen must contact the Pension Fund of Russia at the place of registration or another body of his choice in order to be provided with a monthly cash payment. After a citizen is assigned payments every month, he has the right to receive social services in their appropriate form. For citizens who were exposed to radiation, the procedure is different. They must submit an application for the issuance of a set of social services. services, which will begin to be implemented on January 1 of next year.

The Russian Pension Fund issues the applicant a certificate of a certain type stating that he has the right to provide a set of social benefits. services.

Important! This document indicates the following information: the type of benefit received by the citizen; the period for which payments will be made each month; what types of social services are included in the set.

You can receive monetary compensation instead of direct social services

This certificate has legal force throughout the country. In the case when a citizen applies to medical institutions or suburban railway ticket offices, he provides these papers:

• a document that identifies the citizen;
• a document that confirms the citizen’s right to receive monthly cash payments;
• a certificate issued by the Pension Fund of Russia, which confirms the citizen’s right to receive a set of social benefits. services.

It is necessary to provide documents confirming the right to such benefits

Reasons for appointment

If there is a disability of group 2, the applicant is entitled to an insurance or social disability pension. In the first case, payments are calculated taking into account such indicators as length of service, individual score, minimum labor pension, and age. The second purpose is a social pension, which is established for the entire period of confirmation of disability. Therefore, if the ITU has recorded group 2 indefinitely, then the pension will need to be applied for once and received on a regular basis.

On a note!

On specialized websites you can find an online calculator that allows you to calculate a disability pension of the second group. You just need to decide whether it will be an insurance or social group of payments.

What does the set include and its price

Based on established legislation, the range of social services includes the following.

1. Free provision of medical supplies for the provision of primary or specialized medical care, if there is a doctor’s prescription, to all of the above types of citizens. Children are provided with special food from goods that are specified by order number one of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
2. Sending for treatment to sanatoriums and resorts based on medical information. indications, which are also enshrined in laws, in order to carry out preventive measures against diseases for all types of citizens. Only the duration of treatment differs. For example, children are treated in sanatoriums and resorts for more than twenty-one days, and disabled people - more than eighteen days. Disabled people who have a spinal cord or brain injury are treated from twenty-four days to forty-two days.
3. Reimbursement of funds for travel expenses spent by citizens to travel to treatment sites - this also includes the cost of the return trip. Funds are reimbursed for the use of suburban and railway transport for all of the above types of citizens and persons who accompany disabled people of the first group and children. In addition to reimbursement for travel, the travel package is also paid for in full from the federal budget.

The specified categories of citizens can periodically receive a free trip to the sanatorium

In addition, based on existing legislation, disabled people from the first to third groups have the right to receive the following types of services:

• serving citizens in order to make their life and life easier;
• personal care and health support, provision of health measures and periodic examinations by doctors to identify diseases;
• social and psychological assistance so that a citizen can more easily adapt to life in society, carrying out corrective measures for a person’s mental health due to the disability group received;
• adaptation in society by getting a job;
• legal services to protect your rights and interests both in the courts and in cases with social authorities. help;
• social services adaptation to all types of citizens, incl. and children.

If necessary, citizens with disabilities can be provided with their services, psychological, legal assistance and much more.

All of the above services are provided to persons with disabilities free of charge at the expense of budget funds according to the rules established in the legislation of Federal Law No. 178, in quantities that are subject to indexation every year.

Important! Persons with disabilities have the right to use these services for the entire calendar year from the date on which they acquired these rights until December 31.

Who are group 2 disabled people?

• 1 Who are group 2 disabled people?
• 2 Reasons for appointment
• 3 Documents to confirm the status of a disabled person
• 4 Amount of labor pension
• 5 Amount of additional payments
• 6 Reader questions

Disability of the second group is a status that is assigned to a person who meets certain criteria. It applies for serious congenital injuries, anomalies/acquired as a result of mechanical damage or diseases.

Conditions for enrollment in the second category:

• limited ability for self-care, which is provided by outside help and improvised devices;
• partial inability to move independently;
• inability to work without the provision of special conditions, inventory, equipment;
• ability for stationary learning;
• ability to self-control and adequately assess the situation;
• possession of spatial and temporal orientation skills;
• the ability to contact other members of society through available means.

On a note!

Obtaining disability must be assisted by the attending physician, who gives a referral for a medical and social examination. The ITU Bureau is responsible for assigning status and issuing a medical certificate.

Most often, the following ailments serve as indications for assigning the appropriate group:

• insufficiency of the cardiovascular system;
• hypertension of a progressive type with regular exacerbations;
• pulmonary cirrhosis and failure;
• pathological disorders of brain function;
• visual, motor dysfunction;
• oncological diseases requiring surgical intervention;
• epilepsy with periodic exacerbations;
• spinal cord injuries of mechanical origin.

Attention!

There is no group for children under 18 years of age. They are paid a disability pension on a general basis. Group 1.2 is assigned to the applicant upon reaching adulthood.

Services or their equivalent in money

Citizens choose how they can receive support in the form of social benefits. services: in their natural form or in cash. Then you need to submit an application to the Pension Fund at the place of registration. It is submitted only once - every year there will be no need to confirm the citizen’s choice in favor of the type of service provided. The document is valid until the person changes his mind about his decision. If a citizen wants to change his choice, he will need to submit an application to the Pension Fund at the place of registration before the first of October. The changes will come into force on January 1 of next year. Also, for the convenience of citizens, it will be possible to use the services of the MFC, since they have an agreement with the Pension Fund of Russia.

Important! There is also the possibility of electronic appeal via the Internet on the State Services portal.

You can contact the Pension Fund or MFC branch to write an application

It is worth remembering that the set of social services are included in the EDV, so payments will be made based on the decision to refuse the NSO in full. In other words, if a citizen receives social services in their proper volume, then their cost will be deducted from the amount of payments made every month. If a person does not want to receive social services, but chooses cash, then their price will not be deducted from the amount of monthly payments.

Each service has a monetary equivalent

When submitting an application, you only need to have a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation with you.

Amount of labor pension

For those who are interested in how a pension is calculated taking into account disability, 2 groups, we will offer a calculation formula. So, we take into account this method of calculation:

RTPI = PC/(T x K) + BS

, here:

RTPI

– the size of the disabled person’s labor pension;

PC

– the pension capital of the insured person (employee), established at the time the pension was assigned;

T

– the number of months of the entire period of payment of the insurance pension;

TO

– insurance experience coefficient, calculated in months;

BS

– basic fixed rate of labor pension.

The “K” indicator remains at 12 months until the disabled person reaches 19 years of age. After which it increases annually by 4 months until it stops at around 180 months.

For applicants whose pension was accrued since 2012, 216 months were taken into account; since 2013, the figure of 228 months was used.

The basic amount of labor accruals in 2020 is:

• 4805.11 rub. - for one disabled person;
• RUB 6,406.81 — taking into account the interests of 1 dependent;
• 8008.51 rub. – paid to an applicant with 2 dependents;
• 9610.21 rub. – will be accrued if there are 3 people on the payroll.

3 dependents is the maximum, which affects the size of the pension benefit.

The social group of payments does not depend on the applicant’s work experience. So, how is such a disability pension calculated for holders of group 2? The presence of health problems that are confirmed in a medical report is an independent basis for the assignment of social benefits.

The amount of disability pension for group 2 applicants is determined taking into account factors such as:

• origin of health problems (congenital, acquired);
• presence and number of dependents;
• the base rate established at a specific point in time.

If you are interested in how to calculate the social disability pension for group 2 participants, then there are no formulas. The law defines a minimum, which is indexed taking into account inflation rates.

As of 2020, the social pension is:

• 4959.85 rubles in the standard version, when calculating assistance for acquired disability;
• 9919.73 rubles is the amount paid to disabled children.

We’ve sorted out the social pension for disabled people and the old-age pension, now let’s see what additional payments are due in this case.

On a note!

The law establishes a federal cash payment of EDV, which is received by certain preferential categories of the population.

For citizens with disabilities of the second and third groups

Today, the “Accessible Environment” program is being implemented, which allows citizens with disabilities to be full-fledged members of society. All government institutions have ramps. Citizens with a disability group are provided with special means that allow them to move, incl. strollers and even vehicles from Russian manufacturers.

Every citizen who is a recipient of a monthly payment and his close people should be aware of their rights. Employees of the organization providing social assistance help every day in serving people with disabilities: purchasing groceries, helping around the house.

To find out about your rights, you can contact the Pension Fund office

Important! Persons of retirement age and veterans who, due to current circumstances, are left without relatives, are sent to nursing homes, where they can find friends and find a home.

What types of social assistance can be

Citizens with disabilities are provided with a fairly large list of types of social assistance, including:

• provision of drinking water in the absence of running water;
• fuel delivery if a person with a disability lives in a private house;
• providing assistance if necessary to resolve legal issues;
• delivery of food and medicines;
• if it is difficult for a person to get to a medical facility for examination, then escort is provided;
• cleaning the house if necessary.

And many other services regulated by regulations.

But they are provided free of charge only if a person with disabilities lives alone or the average monthly family income is below the subsistence level. Under other circumstances, such services may be partially reimbursable.

Refusal procedure

As practice shows, not all citizens with disabilities, for various reasons, want to be recipients of a set of social benefits. services. Therefore, it is possible to switch from services to monthly payments. Based on current legislation, people with disabilities have the right to refuse social services when applying to the Pension Fund at the place of registration. Applications in the prescribed form must be submitted.

In addition, in accordance with the procedure established by law, a disabled person has the right to refuse only part of the services that the citizen does not need or does not have the opportunity to use them before October of this year. Once an application is received, services to the person with a disability will be suspended for the year following the year in which the application was submitted.

Important! Likewise, it is possible to resume receiving services.

You can only refuse some services

A set of social services is not inherently something obligatory for citizens with disabilities, but, on the contrary, gives them rights. By law, people with disabilities have the right both to receive support from the state and to lead a full life.

Nuances you need to know

When the allocated amount of state aid was established, but was not used at the appointed time without a valid reason, it must be paid for the previous period. But no more than 12 months before the application for its receipt was made. But if the amount of state assistance was not paid due to the fault of employees of the bodies authorized to do so, then it must be paid for the past without any time restrictions. In such a situation, benefits are transferred that were not used for good reason by the recipient, with compensation for late payment of the due benefit.

Registration of refusal

Providing payments to citizens is regulated at the level of federal legislation. However, the pensioner has the right to refuse in-kind support.

If a citizen wants to receive payments every month as equivalent to services, then he needs to submit an application in writing.

You must submit an application to receive payments.

Procedure

Stage one. Based on current legislation, it is recommended to contact the following authorities:

• to the Pension Fund department;
• in the MFC;
• to the Russian Post office.

It is also possible to submit an application via the Internet through the government services portal or on the website of the Russian Pension Fund. To do this, you will need to go to your personal profile on the web page.

You can also submit your application online

Stage two. The citizen who is the recipient of the payment should choose which component of the service he wants to refuse. Here are the possible ways:

• in the component of refusal to provide and purchase medications free of charge that were prescribed by doctors;
• in the component of free use of railway transport;
• regarding treatment in sanatoriums and resorts;
• fully.

Stage three. It is important that the citizen knows about the amount of funds that will be compensated.

Important! A citizen can receive eight hundred rubles if he refuses medications and one thousand two hundred rubles if he refuses completely.

You can refuse, for example, only the opportunity to go to a sanatorium

Sample application

Example.

IN___________

(name of institution)

Me, full name, date of birth, place of birth, SNILS, passport details

(or) Representative of the applicant:

Full Name.

Information about the date and place of birth.

A document identifying the applicant.

Documents that confirm the presence of a family relationship (guardianship), power of attorney.

Statement.

In accordance with Article 6.2 178 of the Federal Law “On State Social Assistance”, we ask you to provide a voucher on preferential terms to citizen ___ and his accompanying person, citizen___ for the purpose of recovery in a sanatorium or resort. A health certificate in form 070/у-04 is attached.

Reliability of data verified_________________

Application accepted ____________ (full name of specialist)

It is important to complete the application correctly

FAQ

Question No. 1. What documents are needed to obtain a ticket to a sanatorium for a group 2 disabled person?

You will need an application, a medical referral, a passport and a certificate of disability. If necessary, Social Security may request additional materials.

Question No. 2. What is more profitable – social or insurance pension?

The size of the insurance pension, even if you have a minimum length of service, will be higher than the social pension, so it is better to apply for it.

Lawyer answers

To whom can social services be provided? services in the form of social services at home?

Recipient of social data services is a citizen who has been recognized as in need of social services. service and to whom these services are directly provided.

Social services in the form of home maintenance are provided at the place of residence or stay of the citizen (women over fifty-five years of age, men over sixty years of age), as well as to persons with disabilities.

What should I do if I have only recently learned about the possibility of providing such services?

You need to immediately contact the Pension Fund, MFC to submit an application. This can also be done via the Internet. The faster you do this, the faster you can receive either the cash equivalent or the directly needed service.

EDV as a replacement for surcharges

Since 2005, there has been the concept of EDV, that is, a monthly cash payment to disabled people. This is essentially a replacement of benefits, expressed in monetary terms.

For example, a disabled person of group 2 is entitled to resort treatment, free travel, etc. A pensioner can replace the benefits with natural-value supplements to the pension; it is enough to submit an application to the social security authorities.

In the same government agency you can find out the procedure for accrual, the list of persons who are entitled to additional payment. Typically, payments are made by the structure from which the disabled person receives the basic pension (PFR).

Such additional payments are compensatory in nature and are subject to annual indexation. Since February 2020, a person with disability group 2, as well as a disabled child, can count on an amount of 2804.28 rubles. In comparison, for group 1 – 3926.69, for group 3 – 2244.85 rubles.