Personal Care is available through Medicaid to individuals under the age of 21. PCS is medically necessary, physician-authorized, and enables the recipient to accomplish tasks that they would be able to do for themselves if they did not have a medical condition. PSS offers children assistance with all aspects of personal hygiene and grooming, meal preparation, ambulation, guidance, and verbal prompting to increase their skill sets.
Personal Cares services provide assistance and training to the person in activities of daily living, such as eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, and preparation of meals.
When specified in the support plan, this service can also include heavy household chores to make the home safer.
This service can provide access to community-based activities that cannot be provided by natural or unpaid community supports and are likely to result in an increased ability to access community resources without paid support.
Personal Cares is designed to encourage community integration. Personal care in supported living is also designated to teach the person about home-related responsibilities.
Includes:
- Bathing and grooming
- Dressing
- Feeding
- Mobility and ambulation
- Oral hygiene
- Toileting and incontinence care