- Aged care calculation of your cost of care
- If you’re in financial hardship
Steps to claim financial hardship assistance with aged care costs
Complete the following steps to claim aged care financial hardship assistance.
- Aged care calculation of your cost of care
- If you’re in financial hardship
Financial hardship assistance eligibility for aged care cost of care
Not everyone can get financial hardship assistance to help with aged care costs. You will need to meet eligibility requirements to have your claim assessed.
- Who should apply
- You own your home
Aged care carer or close relative assessment for aged cost of care
If you’re a carer or close relative of a person moving into an aged care home, you may need to do an assessment.
- Centrelink online account
- What details you can view and update online
Update your carer details using your Centrelink online account
You can update your carer details using your online account.
- Essential Medical Equipment Payment
- How to claim
Supporting documents for the Essential Medical Equipment Payment
When you claim the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP), we’ll ask you for some documents to support your claim.
- Asset types
- Granny flat interest
How we assess granny flat interests
You need to tell us the value of the granny flat interest so we can assess if this affects your payments.
- Granny flat interest
- How we assess granny flat interests
Examples of granny flat interests
We’ve put together some common examples to help you understand how we assess granny flats. These examples don't cover every situation.
- Prove your identity
- Proving your identity online
How to prove your identity to Centrelink using your Digital ID
How to prove who you are to Centrelink using your Digital ID.
- If you’re employed
- What to report
Pre-filled information for employment income reporting
There are some things you need to know about income, Single Touch Payroll (STP) and other details we pre-fill for you.
- How to keep your payment
- Working while you get Carer Payment
Examples of working while getting Carer Payment
Understand how taking time off caring could affect your Carer Payment.