subsídio de apoio ao cuidador informal principal
Published 8 November 2026, 21:11
subsídio de apoio ao cuidador informal principal (allowance for the main carer)
A monthly allowance for someone recognised as the main carer, means-tested on household income. It is worked out like this: take the reference amount (1.1 IAS, €590.84 in 2026) and subtract the carer's own income and the dependency supplement received by the person being cared for. To qualify, average household income per person must be below 1.3 IAS (€698.27 in 2026), using the scale "applicant 1, adult 0.7, child 0.5". If the carer pays voluntary contributions, half the contribution — €57.48 a month — is added to the allowance.
Where you come across it. You apply in your Segurança Social Direta account, together with the application for carer status itself.
€590.84 is not the amount paid into your account but the ceiling: if the person cared for receives a second-degree supplement (€236.16), you are left with €354.68. From 1 January 2026, Decreto-Lei n.º 138/2025 moved the allowance from the solidarity subsystem to the family protection subsystem, so it no longer counts as income in means tests for other benefits.