These programs are designed to promote the highest possible level of comfort and independence for eligible residents of Lincoln and Wayne County, WV. Our services are personalized to meet the needs of each individual.
Personal Care Services are medically-oriented activities or tasks. They are ordered by a physician and provided according to a nursing plan of care. Individuals may benefit from personal care services when assistance is required with activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, or transferring in and out of bed. These services are provided in the home. Individuals receiving personal care services are able to be treated by a physician as an outpatient rather than in an institution.
Homemaker services are medically-oriented activities necessary to the long-term maintenance of health and safety. Individuals may benefit from homemaker services when assistance is required with bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, transferring, and other activities.
Homemaker services may include personal care services, as well as meal preparation, shopping for personal items, medication management, money management, and light housework. Homemaker services enable individuals to be treated by their physician as an outpatient rather than in an institution. The Medicaid Personal Care Program includes hands-on, in-home services provided for those who are medically and financially eligible.
A medical assessment is completed by a physician. Residents of Wayne or Lincoln County, WV, who require assistance with personal care tasks bathing, eating, hygiene, etc. For more information about financial eligibility, please contact your local West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services office.
