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Residential aged care calculation of your cost of care form (SA457)

Use this form to give us your financial details. Don’t use this form if you get a relevant income support payment.

  1. Living with disability
  2. Most useful information

Medical Practitioners - Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP) - Medical confirmation form (SA449)

This form is part of the medical assessment for EMEP. It may help cover extra costs of running essential medical equipment, or heating or cooling in your home.

Overdrawn bank account

You can get help to access your money if you have an overdrawn bank account.

Asset hardship provisions

We may stop, reject or reduce your payment because of the assets test. If this is the case, you may be able to apply under the asset hardship provisions.

  1. Housing
  2. Most useful information

Information you need to know about reporting employment and using the Earnings Worksheet form (SU505(i))

Information about how your payment is affected by income from full time, part time or casual employment and what other assistance we may also provide.

  1. Who can get it
  2. Residence rules

Newly arrived resident's waiting period

If you’ve recently arrived as a resident in Australia, you may have to wait to get payments or concession cards.

  1. Getting aged care services
  2. Most useful information

Aged Care Calculation of your cost of care form (SA486)

This form is no longer available.

  1. Who can get it and how much you can get
  2. 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.

  1. Assets test
  2. Asset types

Financial investments

The value of your financial investments counts in the assets test and income test for payments from us.

  1. Caring for someone
  2. Most useful information

Carer Payment and/or Carer Allowance Medical Report for a person 16 years or over form (SA332A)

Use this form as part of the assessment of eligibility for Carer Payment, Carer Allowance or Special Disability Trust beneficiary status.

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