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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

This 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.

Recording absence details of an adult care receiver or their dependent child

Step	Action
1	Is it the dependent child or the lower Adult Disability Assessment Tool (ADAT) score adult care receiver who is absent? + Read more ... If the dependent child is absent, go to Step 3 If the adult care receiver is absent, go to Step 2
2	Lower ADAT score adult care receiver is absent + Read more ... The correct procedure will be one of the following: Coding a one-off absence for Carer Allowance (CA)/Carer payment (CP) when the care receiver is absent Coding a regular absence for Carer Allowance (CA)/Carer Payment (CP) when the care receiver is absent Procedure ends here.
3	Is the adult care receiver getting CA for the dependent child? + Read more ... Yes, the absence will need to be coded in the adult care receiver's record as well as the carer's record. To code the absence in the adult care receiver's record, see: Coding a one-off absence for Carer Allowance (CA)/Carer Payment (CP) when the care receiver is absent Coding a regular absence for Carer Allowance (CA)/Carer Payment (CP) when care receiver is absent Carer Allowance (CA) child care receiver undertakes education, training or treatment Go to Step 5 No, go to Step 4.
4	Record the absence in the record of the adult care receiver who has the dependent child + Read more ... There is no requirement for the dependent child to be linked to the carer, only to the adult care receiver. The child must be either under 6 or from 6 to less than 16 and attracting CA (child). The absence screens are not coded in the adult care receiver's record but in the carer's record. However, a DOC must be on the adult care receiver's record. In these circumstances, create a DOC with the following format: Summary Line: Number of <Respite/Hospitalisation> Days in <current year> = NNN for <Care Receiver's Name> Where NNN equals the running total of days of this particular type of absence that will have been used by the end date of this particular absence For example, Number of days of Hospitalisation in 2001 = 14 for Joe Bloggs Keyword: code 'TAB' Text: provide information about the absence, including start and end dates
5	The absence of the dependent child must also be registered on the record of the carer of the lower ADAT score adult care receiver + Read more ... This absence has already been coded in the adult care receiver's record and now must be coded in the record of the carer (of the adult care receiver). For help with this coding, see: Coding a one-off absence for Carer Allowance (CA)/Carer payment (CP) when the care receiver is absent Coding a regular absence for Carer Allowance (CA)/Carer Payment (CP) when care receiver is absent Carer Allowance (CA) child care receiver undertakes education, training or treatment