Completing the form - Review of care provided for Carer Payment and/or Carer Allowance when caring for a person 16 years or over (SA010) 009-03030010

This section is care receiver. The care receiver's name, date of birth, address and, if known, their Customer Reference Number (CRN).

This section contains questions about how the care receiver usually manages on a daily basis and covers:

• the care receivers' abilities which include what he or she can do when using aids, appliances or special equipment items
• taking care of their own treatment and medication
• dressing and grooming
• mobility around the house
• where the care receiver's disability or medical condition is only apparent at certain times the questions should only be answered for when the care receiver is not experiencing a flare up of the medical condition

These questions relate to the care receiver's perception and communication abilities, and includes:

• understanding what people are saying
• letting other people know their feelings and what they want by speaking, using sign language or using a communication aid
• knowing where they are
• knowing the time of day
• remembering things that happened that day

This section contains questions about the care receiver's behaviour and covers whether they:

• wander or 'run away' from home
• physically harm or threaten other people
• damage possessions or objects
• deliberately harm themselves
• have unusual, inappropriate or repetitive behaviours
• withdraw from contact with other people, or appear as depressed or fearful

This section contains questions to obtain information such as:

• domestic arrangements of the carer and care receiver and the location of where the care is provided
• this section should be used to investigate any CA (adult) changes, that is, from s954 to s954A or vice versa
• any temporary absences from care including TCC (respite), hospitalisation and overseas travel
• any changes in the amount of care provided
• paid employment, self-employment, voluntary work, education or training activities of the carer (for Carer Payment carers)

The carer must sign the SA010 before their entitlement to payment can be reviewed.