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Annual and lifetime caps for your aged care costs

There are annual and lifetime caps for your aged care costs. They apply if you started care after 1 July 2014.

  1. How to manage your allowance
  2. Reviews

Carer Allowance income review

To make sure you’re paid correctly, we may review your income.

How to transfer to Age Pension online

Complete the following steps to transfer to Age Pension. Before you start, check if you can get it.

  1. Getting aged care services
  2. Most useful information

Aged Care Carer or close relative assessment form (SA483)

Use this form to give us your details if you’re a carer or close relative of someone moving into an aged care home.

  1. Carer Payment
  2. How to keep your payment

Working while you get Carer Payment

You may still get Carer Payment if you work up to 100 hours in a 4 week period. There are rules you need to meet.

  1. Who can get it
  2. Income and assets test

Assets test for Carer Payment

The assets test helps us work out if you can get paid Carer Payment. It also affects how much you'll get.

  1. Top payments
  2. Essential Medical Equipment Payment

How to manage your Essential Medical Equipment Payment

Your options and obligations for the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP).

  1. Carer Allowance
  2. How to manage your allowance

Reviews for Carer Allowance

We may review your income and the level of care you give to check if you can keep Carer Allowance.

  1. Top payments
  2. Aged care calculation of your cost of care

How to apply for aged care calculation your cost care by form

If you can't apply online, complete the following steps to get an aged care calculation of your cost of care by using a form.

  1. Essential Medical Equipment Payment
  2. How to manage your payment

Change of circumstances when you get the Essential Medical Equipment Payment

We need to know if your circumstances change when you get the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP). You have 14 days to tell us.

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