Personal Care Assistance I Northern Virginia

Personal care assistance services" means a range of support services necessary to enable the waiver individual to remain at or return home rather than enter a nursing facility and that includes assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), access to the community, self-administration of medication, or other medical needs, supervision, and the monitoring of health status and physical condition.  

 What is Personal Care? 

Personal Care (PC) Services provide necessary support that enable Medicaid waiver members to remain at or return home rather than enter an institution. Providing these services appropriately ensures members have the opportunity to thrive as active participants in their communities. 

These services are available in the: 

• CCC Plus: Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus Waiver 

• DD Waivers: Community (CL) Waiver & Family and Individual Supports (FIS) Waiver 

• Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (or EPSDT) Program