Eligibility for Carer Payment (CP) under the Lower Adult Disability Assessment (ADAT) Tool 009-04010010

For payment of CP (adult) to be granted under these conditions, the disabled adult must have a score of at least 20 under the Adult Disability Assessment Tool (ADAT), including a Treating Health Professional's (THP) score of at least 8.

This is referred to as the lower ADAT score. The THP score is obtained from responses provided on the Carer Payment and/or Carer Allowance - Medical Report (for a person 16 years or over) form (SA332a).

The disabled adult's dependent child must be either less than 6 years of age, or from 6 to less than 16 years and attracting Carer Allowance (CA). The carer must be directly involved in providing care for the adult care receiver but does not have to be directly involved in caring for the child. The constant care provision can be satisfied if the disabled adult care receiver is caring for the child and the carer is supervising the provision of care.

The care must be provided in the residence of the care receiver (the disabled adult) and the carer must satisfy the usual qualifications for CP including provision of constant care, the pensions Income and Assets Test, and residency requirements. The care must be required permanently or for a minimum period of 6 months, unless the condition is terminal.