A rebate is available to eligible South Australians to help with the electricity costs of running an oxygen concentrator at home.
Supports include:
- The Home Oxygen Therapy Information booklet contains important information about a range of topics for people assessed as eligible to use home oxygen, including concessions and payments available through state and federal government programs.
- If you are a pensioner or hold a health care card, and receive state-funded home oxygen therapy, contact your respiratory/ community nurse or specialist respiratory clinic for more information about the rebate and how to apply.
The Medical Heating and Cooling Concession helps South Australians on a fixed or low income who have a clinically verified medical condition which requires the frequent use of heating or cooling in the home to prevent the severe worsening of their condition.
Supports include:
- The concession is indexed each financial year and is available in addition to the energy concession.
- Have, or be the parent or legal guardian of, a child who has a qualifying medical condition requiring cooling or heating to prevent worsening of their condition.
People can use a personal alert device to call for help if they are unable to use the phone in an emergency. Some newer systems can detect falls, keep working when you leave the house, and find your location in an emergency.
Supports include:
- You can apply for help to pay for an approved system and for monitoring services.
- Seek a My Aged Care Assessment
- Check if you're eligible
The PBS Schedule lists all of the medicines available to be dispensed to patients at a Government-subsidised price. The Schedule is part of the wider Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme managed by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and administered by Services Australia.
Services include:
- All of the drugs listed on the PBS
- Information on the conditions of use for the prescribing of PBS medicines
- Detailed consumer information for medicines that have been prescribed by your doctor or dentist
- What you can expect to pay for medicines.
Check eligibility for public transport concessions
Concession travel on public transport (50% discount) is available for eligible Centrelink or Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) cardholders and full-time students.
Supports include:
- Children under 5 and holders of a South Australian Senior's Card or Special Pass travel free at all times
- Discounted fares are also available for eligible asylum seekers and companions of people with a disability
The Residential Park Resident Concession is a single combined concession to help with the cost of your energy, water and sewerage bills. It is available to eligible people living in a residential park or caravan park. You could also receive the Cost of Living Concession.
To be eligible you must:
- occupy the property as your principal place of residence
- hold an eligible concession card or Centrelink payment
You may be eligible for reduced fees for vehicle registration and driver's licences or be exempt from paying stamp duty on compulsory third-party insurance. A new application is required each time a concession is applied to a vehicle, trailer or motorcycle.
Services include:
- Pensioner concession
- Incapacitated person's concession
- Incapacitated ex-service person's concession
- Primary producer concession
- Incentives for electric vehicles
- Outer areas concession
Help to pay your water and sewerage rates at your principal place of residence is available to eligible South Australians on low or fixed incomes.
Supports include:
- People living in a residential park can apply for a combined concession for energy, water and sewerage
- You must meet additional criteria if you purchase your water from a private water carter or provider, or an emergency collection point.