Pro Senectute free advice and financial aid for the elderly
Pro Senectute - kostenlose Beratung und Finanzhilfen
Paid by Pro Senectute Schweiz (mit Bundesbeiträgen über AHV) · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 4 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
Where this comes from
Unsere Fachpersonen vor Ort beraten Sie kostenlos, vertraulich und kompetent zu Finanzen, Pensionierung, Gesundheit, Lebensgestaltung, persönlicher Vorsorge und Wohnen.
https://www.prosenectute.ch/de/dienstleistungen/beratung.html
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.prosenectute.ch
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Related reading: How to read a grant eligibility rule
Other income support in Switzerland
13 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Survivors' pensions (widow's/widower's pension AHV)
- Supplementary benefits to AHV/IV (EL/PC)
- AHV helplessness allowance
- IV helplessness allowance
- IV personal assistance contribution
- Bridging benefits for older unemployed (ÜL)
- Social assistance (cantonal/municipal)
- Asylum-seeker and refugee social assistance
- Caritas Switzerland hardship aid (charity)
- Swiss Winter Aid (charity)
- Swiss Food Bank (Schweizer Tafel)
- Tischlein deck dich food distribution
- Victim support under the Victim Support Act (OHG)
Similar programmes
Victim support under the Victim Support Act (OHG)
Kantone (kantonale Opferhilfebehörden und Beratungsstellen)
Swiss Food Bank (Schweizer Tafel)
Stiftung Schweizer Tafel (spendenfinanziert)
Tischlein deck dich food distribution
Verein Tischlein deck dich
Old-age pension (AHV/AVS, 1st pillar)
Ausgleichskassen AHV (Bund/Kantone)
Disability pension (IV/AI)
IV-Stellen / Ausgleichskassen
Survivors' pensions (widow's/widower's pension AHV)
Ausgleichskassen AHV