Carer's allowance

[Indadhanu]

Don't be too disappointed about it though, better not to qualify really IYKWIM.

[~clover~]

Lol, yeah. I'm not too fussed. Just thought I'd check. Mum tends to blow things slightly out of proportion iykwim.

[Astrolady]

I get carer's allowance for Ashton who has speech therapy. The doctor also wrote down that he his lactose and fructose intolerant as well, but used speech delays as the major point. He told me I should have done it way back when for Kameron who had severe delays as a 4 yr old, but back then I didn't know i could be entitled to it.

[~clover~]

Really? Bri is 4 & is pretty far behind. She also has intolerance/allergies, but not lactose...only food colourings etc.
Her speech is the only thing I'm worried about with her starting school next year, but because everyone else is confident that she's ready in every other way, I'm just going to keep up the therapy & send her. The school is more than happy to have her & help out with her speech where they can.
Do you have any idea what I would do to enquire further?

[kawazuki]

doesnt hurt to fill out the form does it

[Pretty Butterfly]

I find it amazing the people who do and dont qualify. It is completley up to how your doc fills out the form from Centrelink.

I have recieved nothing for Kane, with all the problems we have, and will have for years to come, speech being a HUGE one. We have to travel to Sydney for speech testing and therapy, and still not a cent.

I have had 2 different docs fill out the form, and we still didn't get it.....

Good luck sweets. If you are entitled, I hope you get it.

P.S..... Its a lengthy form for a doc to fill out... you will payment depending on how Cenrelink assess that form.....

[~clover~]

Really? I wonder why you don't? That seems unfair?
I'll ask about it. Have no idea how it'd go, but I may as well.

[Pretty Butterfly]

Definatly babe.
Just call Centrelink and they can post you the forms. There is a Carers Allowance, and Carers Payment , 2 seperate things.
You take them to her doc and they have to fill them out.

It really is 50/50 weather you will or not.
A friend has 3 asthmatic kids, who require nothing more than puffers through winter, and she gets it for 3 kids.
I have 2 asthmatic sons, on meds full time, I didn't get it for them ....

[Lulu]

Apply anyway.
You never know. Is the speech therapy costing you much?

[~clover~]

Apply anyway.
You never know. Is the speech therapy costing you much?

Not right now, coz I'm through the public one, but she hasn't been returning calls & stuff so I'm thinking I'll have to find someone else who will keep up with it, which would mean going private. I'd like it to be more than once a month too.