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Residential aged care property details for Services Australia and DVA customers form (SA485)

Use this form to give us your home details if you get a relevant income support payment.

Real estate assets

Information about how real estate assets affect your payment under the assets test.

  1. Carer Allowance
  2. Who can get it

Carer Allowance rules for the person you care for

To get this payment, both you and the person you care for need to meet some rules.

Weekly payment option

Some people can get income support payments paid each week instead of each fortnight.

  1. Relationship changes
  2. Most useful information

Relationship details - Separated under one roof form (SS293)

Use this form if you’re separated but live under the same roof as your ex-partner. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.

Income streams

These are regular payments made from your superannuation fund or purchased using either superannuation money or savings.

  1. Non-medical rules
  2. Income and assets tests

Income test for Disability Support Payment

Your income can reduce how much we pay you. We use the pension income test to assess Disability Support Pension (DSP).

  1. Top payments
  2. Carer Payment

How to claim Carer Payment

Complete the following steps to claim Carer Payment. Before you start, check if you can get it.

Deeming

Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to determine your payment rate.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. Centrelink online account help guides

Centrelink online account help - Request a document

Instructions on how to view, print and save your documents using your Centrelink online account.

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