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  1. Carer Allowance
  2. How to manage your allowance

Breaks from caring when you get Carer Allowance

You can still get Carer Allowance if you take a break from providing care or your care receiver is in hospital.

  1. Continence Aids Payment Scheme
  2. How to manage your payment

Buying continence aids products

We don’t supply or sell continence aids products.

  1. Carer Allowance
  2. How to manage your allowance

Change of circumstances when you get Carer Allowance

We need to know about changes as they could increase, reduce or stop your Carer Allowance or Carer Allowance Health Care Card.

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.

  1. Who can get it
  2. Getting a DVA payment

Veteran Payment affects your income support payment

Information to help you make a choice between Veteran Payment and an income support payment.

  1. How to manage your allowance
  2. Reviews

Carer Allowance income review

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

  1. Carer Payment
  2. How to claim

Other forms you may need to complete - Carer Payment

When you make your claim for Carer Payment, we may ask you to give us more information.

  1. How to keep your payment
  2. Reviews

Confirm or update your caring details for Carer Payment

If you get Carer Payment, we may send you a letter asking about your caring details and address. We’ll ask you to confirm or update these details.

  1. Carer Payment
  2. 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.

  1. Aged care calculation of your cost of care
  2. Who should apply

You own your own home for an aged care calculation of your cost of care

If you own the home you live in and you’re moving into aged care, we need to know about it.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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