Most useful information for caring for elderly

1. Essential Medical Equipment Payment
2. 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.

1. Carer Allowance
2. How to manage your allowance

Adjusted taxable income for Carer Allowance

We use your adjusted taxable income to work out if you can get Carer Allowance.

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. Asset types
2. Gifting

How gifting can affect your payment

If you or your partner gift money, income or assets, we may assess it in your income and assets tests.

1. Carer Payment
2. How to keep your payment

Reviews for Carer Payment

If you’re getting Carer Payment, we may do reviews. This is to help us understand your caring circumstances.

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.

Proving your identity over the phone with Centrelink

How to prove who you are over the phone.

1. Employment income reporting
2. When to report

Unscheduled reporting

If your employment income changes, you need to tell us within 14 days. We call this unscheduled reporting, as it can happen any time.

How to get reminders to report income to Centrelink

If you have to report your income each fortnight, we’ll send you an SMS reminder on the day your report is due.

1. Aged care calculation of your cost of care
2. If you’re in financial hardship

Length of aged care financial hardship assistance

How long you can get aged care financial hardship assistance depends on your situation. We work this out when you claim.