Definitions for "Personal Assistance Services"
Keywords:  daily, did, disability, iadl, adl
Services designed to assist an individual with a disability to perform daily living activities on or off the job. These may include dressing, meal preparation and transportation.
Include many different kinds of assistance to people with disabilities who need help with Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL's). The main payment methods are cash payments to consumers or their representatives, payments to vendors or vouchers.
a range of services, provided by one or more persons, designed to assist an individual with a disability to perform daily living activities on or off the job that the individual would typically perform if the individual did not have a disability. Such services shall be designed to increase the individual's control in life and ability to perform everyday activities on or off the job.