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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.

  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. Carer Payment
  2. How to keep your payment

Change of circumstances while getting Carer Payment

We need to know about changes as they could increase, reduce or stop your Carer Payment.

  1. Caring for someone
  2. Most useful information

Carer Allowance adjusted taxable income details form (SA489)

Use this form to tell us about your and your partner’s adjusted taxable income for Carer Allowance. This form is for new claims and reviews.

  1. Caring for someone
  2. Most useful information

Claim for Essential Medical Equipment Payment form (SA440)

Use this form if you are claiming for the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP).

  1. Retirement years
  2. Most useful information

Home Equity Access Scheme single application form (SA496)

Use this form if you’re single and are applying for loan payments under the Home Equity Access Scheme.

  1. Who can get it
  2. Meeting the income test

How we use adjusted taxable income

What you claim determines how we work out your adjusted taxable income.

  1. Top payments
  2. Carer Supplement

How much Carer Supplement you can get

Carer Supplement is an annual payment of $600 for each eligible payment you get. You’ll get this on top of your regular payment.

  1. Top payments
  2. Aged care calculation of your cost of care

When you need financial hardship assistance to help meet aged care cost of care

Aged care financial hardship assistance may help if you need assistance to pay your aged care costs.

  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.

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