The Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Program is a MassHealth/Medicaid-funded program that helps people with long-term disabilities live at home by providing the funds to hire attendants to assist with personal care tasks. These services provide physical assistance with activities of daily living that the individual cannot complete because of his or her disability. Activities may include the following:

• Bathing or grooming
• Dressing and undressing
• Taking medications
• Toileting
• Mobility
• Range of Motion Exercises
• Eating

Assistance may also be provided with certain activities that assist the individual in maintaining his or her home such as:

• Preparing meals and cleaning up after a meal
• Laundry
• Grocery shopping
• Housekeeping
• Maintain adaptive equipment such as a wheelchair
• Assistance in attending medical appointments

As a MassHealth–approved Personal Care Attendant Agency, UCP provides intake and orientation services to help individuals learn about the program; evaluation by a Registered Nurse and occupational Therapist to determine eligibility for the program; and on-going skills training, if needed and/or desired, to enable individuals to make effective use of the program.

For more information about Personal Care Attendant Services, please contact UCP at (617) 926-5480 or send an e-mail.