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• Qualifying for French Disability Benefits

  Find out who qualifies for disability benefits in France, called Allocation aux adultes handicapes (AAH), and how a legal French resident can apply for assessment and financial aid from CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales).

• Having a Baby in France

  The administrative details you need to know if your family is growing. Who to contact and what to expect from the French system.

• Heat Wave & Water Restrictions in France

  Information and links to daily French government information on the heat warnings and water restrictions for the summer season.

• Death & Dying in France

  Information on what to do if someone dies in France and how and where to report the death. Also how to arrange a burial in a French cemetery; a cremation, and where you may scatter ashes. Plus how to repatriate the body of the deceased to their home.

• Psychiatrists, Psychologists & Psychotherapists in France

  Explanation on the qualifications and training disciplines you can expect from psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts practising in France.

• Termination of Pregnancy/Abortion in France

  Information on IVG and legal, safe abortion in France. Find out when and where it may be performed, who qualifies for this procedure and how to arrange it. With details of the French family planning organisation, hospitals and health centres for IVG.

• Healthcare in France: An Overview

  Find out what to expect from the French medical system if you're moving there to live and work or to retire. Understand how to register with the system and what to do in the event of an emergency.

• Health Care Abroad - Europe

  Information on social security coordination between EU member states for obtaining medical coverage and planned health care. Find out how and when to obtain the S1 form which replaces the E106, E109, E120, E121, and the S2 form which replaces the E112.

• French Health Insurance

  Information on the French medical insurance system, the CMU and top-up insurance: how and why to register in the system.

• Emergency Telephone Numbers

  Where to call for Fire, Police and Ambulance.

• Medecin Traitant or Attending Medical Practitioner

  The role of the referring doctor in France: how to select and nominate a general practitioner or other specialist to be your family doctor.

• Smokers & Smoking in France

  Information on the laws of February 2007 and January 2008 concerning the banning of smoking in public places in France: schools, public transport, hospitals, administrative buildings, office buildings and youth recreation areas. Find out more.

• Bringing up Toddlers and Children in France

  Information for parents with young children moving to or living in France: infant and child health matters (the carnet de sante), private and state facilities for out of school activities, child benefits and financial aid, and school traditions.

• French Medical Terminology

  A comprehensive list of French medical terminology for everything from dental problems and parts of the body to common (and less common) maladies - and their French equivalents.

• Flu Pandemics (Swine flu A/H1N1, Avian flu H5N1 bird flu) in France

  Information on the health and risk situation in France with links to government sources of information (in French), the <i>Info Grippe</i> hotline and further English-language links.

• Social Security in France: Terminology

  This page provides a very useful alphabetical guide explaining terminology used in the French Social Security health insurance system. Find out what is meant by <i>Forfait journalier, Frais de soins</i> or <i>Mutuelle</i>.

• European Health Insurance Card

  Launched June 2004, the "Health Card" is for EU residents to use to access medical resourses when travelling outside of their EU country of residence.

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