Lower Adult Disability Assessment Tool (ADAT) score Carer Payment (CP) where there is an absence of the adult care receiver or their dependent child 009-06040040
Expand allThis document outlines information about recording absence details where the adult care receiver or the dependent child of a lower Adult Disability Assessment Tool (ADAT) score adult is absent from the caring situation.
Eligibility
Where a carer on Carer Payment (CP) provides care for a lower ADAT score adult care receiver, and that care receiver provides care for a child, an absence of either the adult or the child is counted as an absence for the carer.
Note: for a carer to qualify for CP lower ADAT the care receiver'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).
Respite care
The carer has only one allocation of respite care days, and an absence by either the adult care receiver or the child is counted as an absence for the carer. When it is the child who is absent, details must be recorded on both the care receiver's record (for CA purposes) and the record of the CP carer.
Overseas absence
If the carer is absent due to being overseas, the rules for temporary cessation of care and portability may differ between CA and CP depending on the situation.
Related links
Temporary Cessation of Care (respite) provisions for Carer Payment (CP) and Carer Allowance (CA)
Carer Allowance (CA) child care receiver undertakes education, training or treatment
Adult Disability Assessment Tool (ADAT)