Attendant Care Program
412-683-7100 or 412-371-7700
The purpose of the Pennsylvania Attendant Care Program is to enable individuals with physical disabilities to perform activities of daily living. Consumers have ultimate control of their attendant care services including the right to recruit, hire, train, supervise, pay and, if necessary, terminate their attendants.
Who is Eligible?
Pennsylvania residents ages eighteen (18) through fifty-nine (59) inclusive who are mentally alert and have physical disabilities.
Contact Information
Consumers interested in receiving Attendant Care Services or providers interested in participating in the Attendant Care Programs may contact in Pittsburgh, United Cerebral Palsy Association, 412-683-7100 or Three Rivers Center for Independent Living, 412-371-7700.
Program Services
Services provided by the Attendant Care Act 150 Program and the Attendant Care Medicaid Waiver:
- In-home personal assistance services such as help with bathing, dressing, meal preparation and housekeeping. These services recognize the consumer’s right to make decisions regarding the level and intensity of care; and provide hands-on personal care services that are available at any time, dependent on the consumer’s needs.
General Eligibility
Basic Program Eligibility Requirements for Both the Attendant Care Act 150 Program and the Attendant Care Waiver Program. Individuals must:
- Be at least eighteen (18) years of age but less than sixty (60) years of age
- Be mentally alert and capable of:
- Selecting, supervising and, if needed, firing an attendant
- Managing one’s own financial affairs
- Managing one’s own legal affairs
- Experience any medically determinable physical disability that can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months or that may result in death.
- Due to physical disability(s), require assistance to complete functions of daily living, self-care and mobility.
- Be a citizen of the United States or immigrant lawfully admitted for permanent residence
- Be a resident of Pennsylvania
Additional requirements to participate in the Attendant Care Medicaid Waiver:
- Individuals must require nursing home care facility level of care for a period of twelve (12) months or longer
- Total countable resources for persons over the age of 21 must be $8,000 ($2,000 Medicaid limit that includes a $6,000 resource disregard) or less. Resources include, but are not limited to, cash on hand, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, life insurance and vehicles.