Poverty barrier for people with disabilities

Family The number of households that benefit from the Home Care Service provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Services to people with disabilities who need care reached its peak in 2023. While in 2011 home care was provided to 352 thousand 859 households; In May 2023 it increased to 569 thousand homes. The data published by the Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya Yanık, revealed the poverty of the disabled and their families. In May, 569,000 people began to need home assistance. In December 2022, 560 thousand 693 people benefited from home assistance. To receive home assistance, disabled people must document their illness with a report and the average monthly income of household members must be less than 2/3 of the minimum wage (5,000,670 TL). Derya Yanık, Minister of Family and Social Services, stated that the Home Care Allowance for the period January-July 2023, which is given to citizens with severe disabilities and their families, has been increased from 3,336 TL to 4 thousand 336 TL. month, we started depositing 2.449 million TL in home care assistance into the accounts. This month, 569 thousand of our citizens benefit from Home Care Assistance.

The number of households increased 20 times

2007 With the Home Care Assistance, which was launched in 2017, citizens with family members with severe disabilities who need care and who cannot work because they take care of them, benefit from support. Although the number of people benefiting from Home Care Assistance was 28,583 in 2007, this number increased almost 20 times, reaching 569,000 as of January 2023. The total amount paid since 2007 has reached 67 billion. The majority of Home Care Assistance recipients are women with disabilities over the age of 60.