Transfer Carer Payment and Carer Allowance from child to adult
You may be getting Carer Payment or Carer Allowance, or both payments. When a child in your care is turning 16, you can transfer your Carer Payment and or Carer Allowance from a child to an adult.
Veteran Payment affects your income support payment
Information to help you make a choice between Veteran Payment and an income support payment.
- How to manage your allowance
- Reviews
Carer Allowance income review
To make sure you’re paid correctly, we may review your income.
- Continence Aids Payment Scheme
- How to apply
Providing more information for your Continence Aids Payment Scheme application
You may need to give us extra documents as part of your CAPS application.
- Carer Payment
- How to manage your payment
Prepare to transfer to Age Pension if you get Carer Payment
If you get Carer Payment and you’re Age Pension age, you can apply to transfer to Age Pension.
- Aged care calculation of your cost of care
- How to manage your aged care costs
Changes to your circumstances and aged care costs
We need to know about changes to your circumstances within 28 days of the change occurring.
- Aged care calculation of your cost of care
- How to apply online
Nominate someone to deal with us if you get a DVA payment and help with aged care cost of care
If you get a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) payment and you're living in an aged care home or get a Home Care Package, you can choose a nominee to deal with us for you.
- Who can get it and how much you can get
- Eligible equipment
What are the alternative names for essential medical equipment
Sometimes eligible medical equipment for the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP) might have a different name.
- Essential Medical Equipment Payment
- Who can get it and how much you can get
Heating or cooling for medical needs
You can get the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP) for heating or cooling used for medical needs.
- Essential Medical Equipment Payment
- Who can get it and how much you can get
Essential Medical Equipment Payment while travelling or living outside Australia
You must be in Australia to get the payment.