What should parents do after the death of their only child?

The state provides special subsidies. In addition, standards vary from place to place, mainly related to the level of economic development. 1. The state has fully implemented the special disability support system for family planning families since 2008. For couples who have not had any more children or legally adopted children after the death of their only child, both husband and wife can receive special subsidies since the woman reaches 49 years old. In 2012, the standard of special subsidies was raised. Various localities have also formulated and introduced a series of policies and measures to support and care based on actual conditions. Since 2013, the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and other five ministries and commissions have jointly issued the "Notice on Further Improving Support for Families with Special Difficulties in Family Planning" to increase support for only children in terms of economic assistance, pension security, medical security, and social care. The support provided to the families of the deceased women has further clarified the responsibilities of the local government. Since 2014, the special allowance standard for families whose only child died has been increased to 340 yuan per person per month in urban areas and 170 yuan per person per month in rural areas. 2. Special assistance funds. Standards vary from place to place. Taking Guangdong Province as an example, its standards are higher than the national standards. 1. Raise the standard of special assistance: Since 2014, the special assistance for families whose only child died has been increased from 150 yuan per person per month to no less than 800 yuan per person per month. For families with an only child who is disabled, special assistance will be provided. The subsidy is increased from 120 yuan per person per month to no less than 500 yuan per person per month, and the special assistance standards are dynamically adjusted according to regulations according to the annual per capita living consumption expenditure growth of rural households. The required funds are based on the "Guangdong Provincial Plan" The funding sources for the Implementation Plan of the Special Assistance System for Maternity Families shall be borne by the provincial, municipal and county finances. Where conditions permit, the special subsidy standard will be appropriately increased. 2. Improve the pension support system for families with special difficulties in family planning: (1) Give priority to placement in public welfare nursing institutions. Members of families with special difficulties in urban household registration and family planning who are over 60 years old and have lost the ability to take care of themselves must, in accordance with the principle of locality and voluntariness, be given priority in senior care institutions run by the government, or provide home care services by purchasing services. Elderly people from rural households with family planning difficulties who are over 60 years old and have no ability to work or have no source of income can apply for five guarantees and be arranged to stay in rural nursing homes based on the principle of proximity and voluntariness. (2) Those who participate in the social pension insurance for urban and rural residents shall be provided with insurance payment subsidies in accordance with regulations. (3) Community centers provide support services to family members with special difficulties in family planning through government purchase. For family members with special difficulties in family planning who choose home care, services such as life care, housekeeping services, rehabilitation care, medical care and safety assistance are provided. Provide nursing subsidies to the elderly who are members of families with special difficulties in family planning and are unable to take care of themselves for a long time and have financial difficulties. (4) When applying for social assistance for low-income residents, the various assistance funds enjoyed are not included in the family income. (5) Families with special difficulties in family planning who live in poverty and have housing difficulties in urban areas who apply for affordable housing such as public rental housing must be given priority; families with special difficulties in family planning in rural areas must be given priority in dilapidated housing in rural areas in accordance with relevant regulations. scope of transformation. (6) Under the same conditions, give priority to their adopted children. (7) If a member of a family with special difficulties in family planning dies, necessary funeral service subsidies can be provided. (8) Provide spiritual comfort and living subsidies to family members with special difficulties in family planning through the "Maternity Care Fund" and other forms.