Child Disability Payment decision making guide

Day and night criteria

CDP individuals who receive dialysis during:

  • either the day or night are entitled to the middle rate care component (CDP regs, reg. 16(3))
  • both the day and night are entitled to the highest rate care component (CDP regs, reg. 16(4))

Day and night must be considered relative to the routine of the household where the individual lives (CDP regs, reg. 11(6)(a)). This is likely to be different for each individual.

For CDP, this generally involves considering when the parents or carers get up and go to bed, rather than the individual’s bed times. If the individual’s parents or carers either:

  • stay up to provide attention
  • get up to supervise the individual

when they would normally have already gone to bed if they did not have to care for the individual, this counts as night-time care.

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