Rent Assistance (RA) and change of address to and from aged care 065-05050000

Policy

Social Security Guide 1.1.A.110 Aged care (residential)

Social Security Guide 1.1.D.13 Daily fees (residential aged care)

Social Security Guide 1.1.N.140 Nursing home or high level care home

Social Security Guide 1.1.R.250 Respite care

Payability of Rent Assistance (RA)

Social Security Guide 3.8.1.60 Payments that may be treated as rent

Social Security Guide 3.8.1.90 Temporary accommodation & RA

Single rate may be paid to couples who are both in respite care

Social Security Guide 2.2.5.40 Discretion to treat a person as not being a member of a couple for a special reason

Social Security Guide 2.2.5.60, Determining an illness separated couple

Social Security Guide 2.2.5.70, Determining a respite care couple

Legislation

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Social Security Act 1991

• section 4 Family Relationships definitions - couples
• Respite care couple (subsection 8)
• Approved Respite Care (subsection 9)
• Illness separated couple (subsection 7)
• section 13 Rent definitions
• Care situation (subsection 9)
• section 23 Residential care
• Residential care (subsection 4CA)
• section 44-12, The respite supplement