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Social Security Act 2018

Assistance - Supported living payment - Supported living payment on ground of caring for another person

41: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: application must include certificate

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“You need a doctor's note to get money for caring for someone full-time”

When you want to get a supported living payment because you’re caring for someone, you need to include a special paper with your application. This paper is called a certificate. A doctor or another health expert needs to write this certificate for you. The certificate must say two important things. First, it must say that the person you’re caring for needs you to look after them all the time. Second, it must say that if you weren’t looking after them, they would have to live in a place like a hospital or a care home. This certificate is very important because it helps show that you really need the supported living payment to take care of someone.

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Supported living payment: Supported living payment on ground of caring for another person

41Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: application must include certificate

  1. A person (C) who applies for a supported living payment on the ground of caring for another person (P) must include in the application a certificate that complies with this section.

  2. The certificate must be given by a prescribed health practitioner and must certify—

  3. that P requires C’s full-time care and attention; and
    1. that, were it not for that care and attention, P would have to receive institutional care.

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