Self-Directed Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

As a Participant of PA Health and Wellness, you have a number of Home and Community-Based Service options, including PAS. PAS can help you with daily activities such as meal preparation, dressing, and bathing. It can also include household chores, laundry, cleaning, and grocery shopping, etc. This helps you to be more actively involved in your community and increases your independence.

Did you know that you can direct your own services with the help of PA Health & Wellness or Services My Way*?

These are called Participant-Directed Services. With Participant-Directed Services, you can:

• Hire someone you know or trust to be your direct care worker.
• Choose how and when the services authorized under your Person-Centered Service Plan are delivered.
• Maintain a budget and determine worker pay for your authorized services.

With Participant-Directed Services, you are the boss and in charge of your care.

To learn more about Participant-Directed Services, talk to your Service Coordinator. Together, you can build a plan for the services that are best for you. They can also help you with all the paperwork and gathering the information you will need to get participant-directed services.

*The Services My Way Program also offers participants in the CHC program more choice, control, and flexibility over the services they receive by offering participant directed services as an alternative to traditional personal care services. If you would like to direct your services, equipment or supplies, while maintaining a budget, you can do this through Services My Way. This will assist in your safety, productivity and independence while living in your home and becoming an active member of your community.