Personal Care

Personal assistance service is in-home personal care and other approved support activities for consumers with functional disabilities who need assistance to accomplish daily living tasks. The services are generally services that the person would perform for herself were she functionally able to do so. They include primarily, “hands-on” personal care assistance with such things as:

• Getting in and out of bed, wheelchair, or motor vehicle;
• Ambulating, with or without mechanical aids, inside the home;
• Routine bodily functions, including eating or feeding (including meal preparation and cleanup) and toileting;
• Bathing, dressing, personal hygiene and grooming

Personal Assistance Services may also include supplemental services such as home support services (shopping, doing laundry, cleaning, seasonal chores, etc.), companion-type services (assistance with transportation, reading, letter writing, etc.), or other household management tasks.