Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program
HB101 Minnesota - Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program The personal care assistance (PCA) program helps people with common daily activities so that they can be more independent in their homes and communities. Most PCA services are at home, but they can also help people wherever their daily activities take them, like the supermarket, at work, or at the library. PCA services are for people who get Medical Assistance (MA) benefits and need help with the types of physical care and other supports that a personal care assistant performs. Some people with MinnesotaCare also qualify. How It Helps This program pays for a personal care assistant (PCA) who can help you with physical care like dressing, bathing, grooming, eating, toileting, transferring, mobility, and positioning. The PCA may also help with other things, like meal preparation, shopping, paying bills, reminders, and travel with the person to medical appointments or communit...