Carers Payment/Allowance

Just wondering when & how much the bonus payments for carers are paid?
I receive this for Immy (both payments) & I am wondering when & how much the payments are.
Thanks in advance gorgeous ones! :hug:

Innana, the Carers Supplement is $600 for each person you care for (e.g. if you receive carers allowance for 3 people, you will be entitled to $1800) and is being paid from 1st of July.

Thanks I actually thought it was $1000 for Carers Payment and $600 for the allowance. Has that changed has it?

an additional $1000 was paid in December 2008 as part of the Economic Security Strategy but was a once off only - the ongoing supplement is $600 for those in receipt of an eligible payment.

I can never keep up with these payments so I am not of much assistance but I also read about a child disability assistance payment also (seperate to the carers supplement), of up to $1000 for each child you recieve carers allowance.

The payments are made from July 1st. I just figured I would wait to see what arrives in my bank :D.

Yes it says on the website that it's $1000 on top of the supplement for each payment too... So now I'mconfused... :think: Hopefully Briggsy's Girl will come in and tell me...

I am pretty sure it's a $1000 payment per year.

i have deleted my interpretation of the payment and added the link so that it comes direct from c'link. saves confusion!

ETA - if you go to C'link website and put carer supplement in the search function, you'll get the info about the 600 payment. from there, you can link to the child disability assistance payment (which is the 1000)

EDIT AGAIN! - here are the details

Okay well I "think" I've worked it out but I would like someone with knowledge to conirm.

$600 in bonus is paid to recipients of either carers allowance or carers payment from 1st July. Each payment you receive (so if you get both allowance & payment you receive $600 x 2) attracts the payment.

On top of this is the disability supplement (not correct terminology) that attracts a $1000 payment for each of the payments of $600 received. So this would mean $3200 for each child?

I have some heavy and expensive bills for Immy coming up... :wall:

Thanks BG so you are not sure either?
It's a very frustrating thing to find out! :hug:

to be honest, the wording of the CDAP (child disability assistance payment) on the net is ambiguous. i don't want to say yay on nay on your calculations. i don't think it is 3200 per child. i THINK it is 600 for each person you get CA for, 600 for being in receipt of CP, and 1000 for each child you receive CA for (so CP isn't involved there) which would, in your circumstances, make it 2200, not 3200. BUT, i can't confirm atm - i have emailed myself at work to check with a DSP consultant on Tuesday when i'm there. i don't want you budgeting on an amount and finding you get signficantly less

Child Disability Assistance Payment

Purpose of payment
The Child Disability Assistance Payment is a $1000 annual payment made for a child with disability under 16 years who attracts a payment of Carer Allowance for their carer. The payment can be used to assist families purchase support, aids, therapies, or respite that they require for their child with disability. Importantly, the payment will help carers to purchase the form of assistance that best suits the needs of the family.

Carer Allowance is a supplementary payment to people who provide daily care and attention in a private home to a person with disability or severe medical conditions. Carer Allowance (child) is paid to a carer of a child under 16 years with a disability.


So the above is the CDAP. That seems fairly clear - it's paid for every child that you receive carers allowance for so I would only get that once.

But BG you think that you get a payment supplement of $1000 for carers payment & $600 for carers allowance. So that would mean a total of $1600 for that.

Can you tell me is it with your first payment in July?

on that bit that you've put in, it's saying you get the 1000 for only ONE of the payments (carer allowance) - there is no mention of carer payment at all

with the carer supplement, it would be 600 once for you getting carer allowance, and a second time for carer payment.

that would get you 1200 - so 2200 in total

i believe it is generated either before or with your first payment generated in july (so payments that arrive in your bank from July 5 onwards - any before that are generated in June)

Oh no I was hoping I would get it with my first payment in July (which is the 1st for me) as then I wouldn't be so tight to pay for the specialists etc she has to see the following Tuesday. What a bummer. When it said it will be paid from the 1st of July I was having a woo hoo... :wall:

generally the systems aren't updated until july 1 to generate those one off payments. you could check your payments through online services before then to see when it will be coming through though. you've received your last payment in June now, so you could have a look and see what it says...

just about to PM you hun

I get my payments on the 14th July. One is $1000 and the other is $600

I received my carers allowance supplement on the 7th with the regular payment. I know of someone who got it the week before. Hopefully you have yours now :hug:

Thanks Raven I am due to get mine this Thursday... It's actually worked out okay as Immy's big assessment has been changed until later this month so that's all good. Thanks for asking though - money is so tight & tough right now I was feeling stressed! :hug:

I get mine next week too - I didn't think I would because he was granted in March and I nearly cried when the guy told me. Just gotta hang in there for another week!

as long as you qualify on the date that it is granted (either june 30 or july 1 - can't recall - i think july 1) you get it - no matter when it was granted

for once it's something that looks at the future, not pro rated backwards!

Can i just ask you chicks in the know, the difference between the carer's allowance and carer's payment? I have the forms here and think I've moved from bewildered to numb... :lol:

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as long as you qualify on the date that it is granted (either june 30 or july 1 - can't recall - i think july 1) you get it - no matter when it was granted

for once it's something that looks at the future, not pro rated backwards!

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Yes I realised that last year. Ashton was only the intent to claim. Did that about a week before the financial year ended, and when we were accepted to get the carers allowance we got the supplement as well. Was fully not expecting it being on the intent to claim list at that stage.

Carer Payment is an income support payment, the Allowance is a supplementary to those looking after kids/adults with a condition or disability.

So - if I get FTB, I don't need to worry about the carer's payment?

no it's on top of that, and if you provide extra care etc - do you have a dx yet hun?

careers payment is completely different to FTB hon.

Not a formal dx yet. We're waiting till Nov, but the paed just looked sorry for me when i asked if he was sure we were eligible. :lol:

So do i apply for both? I'm very confuuused.

you'll need a medical practitioner to fill in the forms anyway. You will need some sort of formal dx, so you will have to wait till November hun.

Sorry, I am being confusing. We do have a dx, but it may change in Nov.

Nelle. IMO, it wouldn't hurt to let them know of your intent to claim. Get the forms you need for carers payment/allowance and get a GP to fill them in for you with the dx that you have. If you don't get the extra support you don't get it and there is no harm done 'cept for a few missing brain cells ;)

If it changes in Nov then so be it :) least you would have had a few months of extra support iykwim.

The paed is going to fill them in for me, so that's all fine. I'm just not sure if I'm supposed to be applying for the allowance AND the payment.

Nelle - Carer Payment is for lower income families who provide care for a child/adult with a disability. it would be based on your partners wage as well as the dx. if you jump onto the c'link website and run an estimator, you could check from there if your partners income would qualify you for the carer payment (if the dx was deemed a qualifying "disability"). if his income is close to the thresholds, i would apply for it - better to apply and have it confirmed whether you are or aren't eligible, as opposed to assuming you aren't kwim?

carer allowance is not means tested. it is based purely on the dx and whether or not it is deemed the person requires additional care.

Thankyou Beeg, now i understand! :D

glad i could help!