Definition
This cluster may be applied to informal carers associated with clients of specialist disability services.There are additional cash payments available to carers (such as Carer Supplement and Child Disability Assistance Payment), eligibility for which generally is receipt of Carer Payment and/or Carer Allowance; hence, these other payment types are not included in this cluster because they don't add substantively to the information collected by the two data elements included.There are additional cash payments available to carers (such as Carer Supplement and Child Disability Assistance Payment), eligibility for which generally is receipt of Carer Payment and/or Carer Allowance; hence, these other payment types are not included in this cluster because they don't add substantively to the information collected by the two data elements included.
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
Data Elements
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal carer—financial assistance type, carer benefit code N | - | - | optional | 1 |
Comments
Guide for use:
Because a carer can receive more than one type of benefit, and for more than one care recipient, all four items should be asked for each carer associated with a client.
There are additional cash payments available to carers (such as Carer Supplement and Child Disability Assistance Payment), eligibility for which generally is receipt of Carer Payment and/or Carer Allowance; hence, these other payment types are not included in this cluster because they don't add substantively to the information collected by the two data elements included.
References
Related content
| Relation | Count |
|---|---|
| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |