Most useful information for caring for elderly

1. How to manage your payment
2. Prepare to transfer to Age Pension

Transfer to Age Pension

If you’re Age Pension age and get an eligible payment, you can apply to transfer to Age Pension.

1. Getting aged care services
2. Most useful information

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.

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.

Employment income

This is pay you get for work you've done for an employer.

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Claim for a Health Care Card form (SS050)

Use this form to claim a Low Income Health Care Card or a Health Care Card for a foster child.

1. Who can get it
2. Income and assets tests

Real estate assets

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

1. Contact us
2. How to get more information from us

Explanations and formal reviews

Find out what you can do if you want more information or disagree with a decision we've made.

Proving your identity online for Centrelink

How to prove who you are to Centrelink online.

Income streams

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

When to report your income to Centrelink

If you’re getting an income support payment, we’ll tell you when you need to report any other income you get.