Nursing supplement to pension (75+ or totally incapable of independent existence)
Dodatek pielęgnacyjny do emerytury lub renty
Paid by Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS) / KRUS · 🇵🇱 Poland
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 3 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.
1 document you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Dodatek pielęgnacyjny przyznamy osobie, która jest całkowicie niezdolna do pracy oraz do samodzielnej egzystencji albo ukończyła 75 lat.
https://www.zus.pl/swiadczenia/dodatki-do-swiadczen-emerytalno-rentowych/dodatek-pielegnacyjny
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.zus.pl
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Other income support in Poland
16 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Supporting benefit for adults with disabilities (WZON 70–100 points)
- Nursing (care) allowance for persons with disability and persons 75+
- Parental complementary benefit for parents who raised 4+ children
- 13th pension (additional annual cash benefit for pensioners)
- 14th pension (second additional annual benefit)
- Annual indexation of pensions (from 1 March)
- Minimum pension guarantee (top-up to the statutory minimum)
- Sickness allowance
- Rehabilitation benefit after exhaustion of sickness allowance
- Survivor's (family) pension
- Permanent allowance (social assistance)
- Periodic allowance (social assistance)
- Targeted (earmarked) grants from social assistance
- In-kind assistance: meals, shelter, clothing for persons in need
- Pre-retirement benefit
- Independence assistance for care-leavers (social assistance)
Similar programmes
Complementary benefit (up to 500 zł) for persons unable to live independently
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS)
Nursing (care) allowance for persons with disability and persons 75+
Gmina (budżet państwa)
Parental complementary benefit for parents who raised 4+ children
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS) / KRUS
Minimum pension guarantee (top-up to the statutory minimum)
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS) / KRUS
Survivor's (family) pension
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS) / KRUS
Annual indexation of pensions (from 1 March)
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (ZUS) / KRUS