8.7 Travel

The attendant care provisions cannot be used to fund the costs of an attendant carer travelling with a veteran. This is because travel and accommodation costs do not fit the definition of attendant care services in section 213 of the MRCA and section 4 of the DRCA.

Case law in Wilby v Comcare informs the policy outlined in section 6.10 in this library.  This enables payment of the travel and accommodation costs of professionally qualified attendant carers accompanying a veteran, in need of 24-hour care, to attend approved psychosocial rehabilitation activities. Payment is authorised via a rehabilitation plan. 

The policy regarding travel costs for people accompanying a veteran (an attendant in the literal sense) to approved treatment can be found in section 9.1.2.8 of the MRCA Policy Manual and chapter 90 of the DRCA General Handbook.