Personal Care Attendant Services

Personal Care Attendant Services focus on a preventative wellness model with RN oversight that concentrates on a consumer directed- person centered approach with ongoing skills training for individuals who:

This medically oriented services could include assistance with:

• bathing
• dressing
• toileting
• personal hygiene
• transfers
• meal prep
• light housekeeping
• laundry
• grocery shopping
• range of movement exercises
• assistance with medications
• bowel and bladder programs
• other tasks outlined by NH Medicaid

Some tasks your PCA can not perform for you are:

• companionship
• playing games
• yard work
• washing windows
• pet care (unless a service animal)
• babysitting
• doing household tasks for other family members in the home (remember the PCA is there for you)
• errands (a PCA can go grocery shopping though)

Am I eligible for PCA Services?

A GSIL Nurse will go meet with you and determine your eligibility and continual eligibility based on He-W 552.03. A consumer will be determined eligible if they meet the following criteria’s, which is a must for Personal Care Attendant Services eligibility :

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Be his/her own legal guardian
• Is chronically wheelchair-mobile
• Can participate in activities of daily living
• Lives in a non-institutional setting
• Requires at least 2 hours per day of medically necessary PCA services.
• Has a demonstrated need for PCA services, including at least 2 of the 7 following activities of daily living (ADL’s):
  • bathing/grooming
  • dressing /undressing
  • eating
  • mobility
  • passive range of motion exercise
  • taking medication
  • toileting
• can self-direct or has an Authorized Representative to assist:
  •  makes informed choices about PCA services
  • have the willingness to select, direct, supervise and manage the ACE in the implementation of a plan of care

How do I contact you about receiving PCA Services?  

Call: 603.228.9680 or 1-800-826-3700

Email: [email protected]