If we were in England it would be much easier to know what is available in the Health and Social Services and how we would go about accessing care and help. It is much more difficult knowing what is available here in France and then how to go about getting help.
ADMR stands for Aide a Domicile en Milieu Rural.It is a benevolent association formed to help people at home if they are disabled, elderly or have severe health or family problems. The link to the ADMR website is below and from it you can see that there are people to help you with housework, small garden jobs and small 'bricolage' jobs around the house.The forms to fill in are available at your local ADMR office and they will decide if assistance can be provided and at what cost. Whether the cost can be covered by government benefits or tax credits depends on individual circumstances.The forms are complicated if your level of French is not very good so getting help from some one who speaks good French is worth thinking about. The girls on the ADMR team are a really professional bunch and can whizz through your house in no time [they are younger]. We have discovered that they much prefer being referred to as 'aides domicile' than 'femmes de menage'
Click the link below for more info.
http://www.admr.org/#
For people aged over 65 the Departments may provide assistance at home on the same lines as above, but with reimbursement of costs dependent on income (less than about 1200 euros per month maximum for a couple).
See the link below
http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/F245.xhtml
