Hey please post for me!
My son has bronchiectasis (lung condition scarring of the lungs) he become unwell quite frequently 12 admission to hospital and he is 2. He is unwell every couple of weeks during winter on continuous antibiotics to prevent more damage.
We applied for centrelink and have been knocked back for the careers allowance and payment. I have resigned from my full time job as I was more home then at work. My gp said it will be best to be home to prevent further illness.
Is it worth contesting the rejection! Hard to go from 2 income to 1 with a sick child.
Carers payment
Carers payment
Posted in:
Baby & Toddler, Kids
6 Replies
It’s hard to get careers pension for under 3 unfortunately as Centrelink see that a child under 3 already needs full time care :(
It depends on why you were rejected.
If they deem this as being something your son will grow out of then it won’t be considered severe enough for disability payment.
If it was rejected based on your means test then you won’t qualify either.
We appealed my application because my son had multiple severe life long disabilities. The standard for child disability payment is quite high. We were approved on appeal and we had no other income.
Thanks for your reply the scarring to the lung is almost always permanent! The lady I talked to from Centrelink said they do regular check up to confirm the payment is still required and lead you to believe you will get the payment. I will call them Monday. With his condition it rare in children so hard to tick boxes on the form for the doctor to fill out. They gave us a health care card tho!
He will continue to have regular admission to hospital and he is also asthmatic, sleep apnea and have a turned eye that requires surgery!
They should have stated in the letter why you were rejected. So base any decision off of that.
It's not more money than parenting payment. Can you just apply for that? I'm wondering whether the issue is your husband's income? Phone and ask for more details
I’ve been getting carer allowance for my son since he was a baby, but at the time I applied he had other issues that meant he had frequent hospital appointments and possible admissions. He was diagnosed with bronchiectasis at about 5 1/2, after being sent to emergency by a gp with possible pneumonia. The person who read the X-ray decided to compare the X-ray to earlier X-rays they had in the system and recommended further testing. Two weeks later we saw my son’s general paediatrician and two weeks after that saw a respiratory specialist. Another before official diagnosis by CT scan and bronchoscopy. It’s now been about 5 1/2 years since the bronchiectasis diagnosis. No admissions for 2 1/2 years, no antibiotics for nearly a year, still doing daily physio (much to his dismay). Follow the doctors instructions regarding treatment. So daily antibiotics, twice daily physio during exacerbations (it takes time but helps so much), any other medications the doctor has prescribed. You can also give decongestants if he is snotty (phenergan, dimetapp, etc) as long as it doesn’t contain a cough suppressant. As much as the cough is irritating, if he’s coughing he’s trying to shift the mucus which is what you want. It does take time but it will improve. Change in season, even change in weather still sets my son off, but as soon as I detect a slight wetness to his cough I increase physio and if that isn’t helping after a week or so I’ll get onto the hospital to organise an appointment with respiratory for a change in antibiotics. It’s hard! Good luck! You can do this!