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CAPS Checker

The Continence Aids Payment Scheme criteria and current payment.

The Continence Aids Payment Scheme, or CAPS, is a program that pays a yearly amount towards continence products for people who meet its criteria. It is run by the Department of Health and is separate from the NDIS. This page shows the current annual payment and sets out what the program looks at, so you can compare your situation against its published criteria.

What CAPS is

CAPS makes a single yearly payment to help with the cost of continence products for people with a permanent and severe loss of bladder or bowel control from a qualifying condition. The current payment amount is shown above, drawn from the constants file.

The payment is not tied to receipts for specific products. It is a lump sum you use towards continence products of your choice, which is what makes the scheme simple to work with once you are on it.

CAPS and the NDIS are separate

CAPS is its own program with its own rules and its own application, and NDIS rules do not apply to it. Some people receive support from one, some from the other, and the interaction between them is set by each program.

Because the two are separate, this page reports the CAPS criteria and payment as published and points you to the official program page. Whether CAPS suits you, and how it sits with any NDIS support, is a matter for the program and your own circumstances.

The published figures this tool uses

The Continence Aids Payment Scheme pays $739.40 per year to eligible people. As of 2026-07-01 · CAPS - Department of Health

See the Continence Aids Payment Scheme criteria and the current annual payment amount.

Interactive version coming soon

The interactive check is on the way. The current CAPS annual payment is shown above, and the criteria are set out below, straight from the program.

What the program looks at

  • A permanent and severe loss of bladder or bowel control, from a qualifying neurological condition or other specified condition
  • Being of a set minimum age at the time of applying
  • Meeting the residence conditions the program sets
  • Not receiving certain other continence support that the program excludes

CAPS is a separate program from the NDIS, with its own rules and its own application. The official program page has the current criteria and forms.

How it works

  1. Read the current annual payment shown above.
  2. Check your situation against the program criteria below.
  3. Follow the official link for the full rules and the application form.
  4. The official program page explains how to apply.

What it cannot tell you

  • Whether you will be accepted. The program decides that on your circumstances.
  • How CAPS interacts with your NDIS plan. Each program sets its own rules.
  • The full clinical criteria. The official program page carries those in detail.

Official sources

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