Legal analysis: When an elderly person in rural areas dies, if the elderly person participated in the basic pension insurance and the cause of death is due to illness or non-work-related death, his or her surviving family members can receive funeral subsidies and pensions.

The funeral expense standard is calculated according to the funeral expense subsidy standard stipulated in the area where the accident occurred.

If the elderly person does not participate in basic pension insurance, or the death is a normal and natural death, there will be no funeral expenses.

Funeral expenses are collected by the immediate family members of the deceased. If there are no immediate family members, the funeral expenses are collected by the person or organization organizing the burial, depending on the circumstances. Relevant certificates are required.

Funeral expenses are uniform and vary only with time and region, and are not affected by the age of the deceased or other factors.

If a rural elderly person was an employee of a unit or in the civil service system during his lifetime, the funeral expenses should be paid according to the pension regulations.

Expenses incurred during the funeral process include: renting a venue for the farewell ceremony of the deceased's friends and relatives, organizing the deceased's remains, cremation fees, corpse transport fees, corpse refrigerated parking fees, booking a hearse, and ashes storage.

Legal basis for expenses such as purchasing tombstones: Article 16 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China. Individuals participating in the basic pension insurance who have made cumulative contributions for fifteen years when reaching the statutory retirement age shall receive a basic pension on a monthly basis.

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Individuals participating in basic pension insurance who have paid less than fifteen years of cumulative contributions when they reach the legal retirement age can pay for fifteen years and receive basic pensions on a monthly basis; they can also transfer to new rural social pension insurance or urban resident social pension insurance.

, enjoy corresponding pension insurance benefits in accordance with the regulations of the State Council.

Article 17 If an individual participating in the basic pension insurance dies due to illness or not due to work, his or her surviving family members may receive funeral subsidies and pensions; if an individual becomes disabled due to illness or not due to work before reaching the legal retirement age, he or she completely loses the ability to work.

Yes, you can receive disability allowance.

The required funds are paid from the basic pension insurance fund.

Derived question: What materials are needed for funeral expenses?

Death cancellation certificate (issued by the police station where the deceased’s registered permanent residence was located); enterprise retiree death declaration form (provided by the social security office. The recipient of the death benefit must be consistent with the ID card of the recipient. The certificate provided by the social security office must indicate the recipient of the benefit and the person who died.

relationship); the cremation certificate (provided by the Civil Affairs Bureau or the funeral home), if it is not a cremation area, the Civil Affairs Office will issue a non-cremation area certificate; it is a copy of the front and back of the recipient's ID card.