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Personal care services are an
optional Medicaid benefit provided to individuals who are not
inpatients or residents of a hospital, nursing facility, intermediate
care facility for the mentally retarded, or institution for mental
disease. This program should not be confused with long term care
insurance. Personal care services must be:
- authorized for an individual
by a physician in accordance with a plan of treatment or (at
the State's option) otherwise authorized for the individual in
accordance with a service plan approved by the State;
- provided by a qualified individual
who is not a member of the individual's family; and
- furnished in a home or other
location.
Personal care services may include
a range of human assistance provided to persons with disabilities
and chronic conditions of all ages which enables them to accomplish
tasks that they would normally do for themselves if they did
not have a disability. |
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