PCA
Personal Care Assistance (PCA Choice)
Personal care assistance (PCA) services provide assistance and support for persons with disabilities, living independently in the community. This includes the elderly and others with special health care needs. Caregivers come to the home of the individual and help with health-related needs and assist with daily activities such as eating, toileting, grooming, dressing, bathing, transferring, mobility, and positioning. PCA services are available to children as well as adult. PCA services are reimbursed by Medical Assistance, Home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver program, or by health insurance.
Global Health Link providers PCA Choice Services as well!
PCA choice members are responsible for hiring, training, scheduling and terminating their personal care assistants.
What are your responsibilities as a client or responsible party of PCA Choice Services?
- Recruiting, hiring, and training the PCA staff
- Providing back-up staff as needed
- Providing daily supervision and scheduling PCA staff
- Monitoring and evaluating PCA staff
- Maintaining documentation of the PCA tasks and services
- Verifying and signing PCAs timesheets
