Steps to claim financial hardship assistance with aged care costs
Complete the following steps to claim aged care financial hardship assistance.
Bereavement Declaration form (FA008M)
Use this form if you are the birth mother or partner of the birth mother, and you want to claim payments for a child who was stillborn or who has recently died.
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.
Income maintenance period
This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.
What happens when you give us a medical certificate for JobSeeker Payment
We use your medical certificate to work out if you need an exemption from your requirements for a short time. This is so you can keep getting JobSeeker Payment.
How to manage electronic messaging
Your options and obligations for electronic messaging.
Work Bonus if you work
If you work, we’ll apply your Work Bonus balance to offset your Work Bonus eligible income. We’ll do this before we apply the income test.
Claiming again - Disability Support Pension
Before claiming Disability Support Pension (DSP) again, you should check you meet the eligibility rules.
Granny flat interest
A granny flat interest is an agreement for accommodation for life. It can affect your eligibility or rate of payment and we may include it in your assets test.
Who can get JobSeeker Payment
You need to meet some rules to get JobSeeker Payment.