Not asking for myself LOL.

My mum is nearly 60 and is about to have major knee surgery in the next couple of weeks. Not that it will impair her work any as she works with her hands from home.

But come March she will be having carpal tunnel surgery and something else done on her wrist. She has already been told by the surgeon that will do her wrist that there is a good chance she may never be able to work again. She is a small business owner who works from home, as has done so for the last 24 years.

I mentioned that maybe she could look into a disability pension, but all I could find on the centrelink site was a disability support pension and from the sounds of it, it was only temporary and she would have to look for work again. Not really something she wants to do at the age of 60.

Her husband (my step-father) works full time, but earns under $50,000 a year.

Does anyone know what she could be entitled to if she does end up never being able to work again.

She is going to and speak to them herself when it gets closer to the time, but wants to know what she is talking about, as she has never dealt with centrelink.