- Caring for someone
- 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).
- Caring for someone
- Most useful information
Claim for Essential Medical Equipment Payment - Multiple Claim form (SA451)
Use this form if you’re claiming the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP) for more than one person living at the same address.
- Essential Medical Equipment Payment
- Who can get it and how much you can get
Heating or cooling for medical needs
You can get the Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP) for heating or cooling used for medical needs.
- Getting aged care services
- Most useful information
Aged care carer or close relative assessment form (SA483)
Use this form to give us your details if you’re a carer or close relative of someone moving into an aged care home.
Gifting
If you give away your income or assets, they may still count towards your income and assets tests. This also applies if you sell them for less than they’re worth.
- Asset types
- Gifting
What gifts we include in income and assets tests
We may include your gift if you give away, sell or transfer it for less than its market value.
- Asset types
- 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.
- Recently unemployed
- Most useful information
Employment Separation Certificate form (SU001)
You can ask your previous employer to use this form to certify important employment information about you.
Income from outside Australia
Income you get from outside Australia can count in your income test.
- Aged care calculation of your cost of care
- How to manage your aged care costs
Annual and lifetime caps for your aged care costs
There are annual and lifetime caps for your aged care costs. They apply if you started care after 1 July 2014.