Despite the war, Ukrainians continue to receive pensions and other social benefits. To retire in 2023 in Ukraine, you must reach retirement age and have at least 30 years of experience. But there are some categories of people who can retire earlier. The Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFU) told whether mothers of seriously ill children have the right to this.

Can the mother of a seriously ill child retire earlier?.

The PFU noted that mothers who raised seriously ill children (who have not been diagnosed with disability) up to the age of six are entitled to an early retirement pension after reaching the age of 50 and with at least 15 years of insurance experience (Art.. 115 of the Law of Ukraine "

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In st. 1 of the Law defines the term " These children include children who have not been diagnosed with disability, patients with severe perinatal damage to the nervous system, have a severe congenital malformation, a rare orphan disease, oncological, oncohematological disease, cerebral palsy, severe mental disorder, type I diabetes mellitus (insulin-dependent) acute.

“The presence of such a disease is confirmed by a certificate from a medical institution about a disease that occurred before the age of six,” the report says..

Earlier we wrote what documents are needed to receive assistance for a child of a single mother.