Program
Pennsylvania local aging offices
Your county Area Agency on Aging for in-home help and caregiver support.
What it can pay for
- a home care aide
- personal care
- adult day care
- homemaker help
- caregiver pay
- respite care
- assistive devices
- grab bars
- meals
- rides
- Official name
- Pennsylvania's 52 Area Agencies on Aging — OPTIONS, Caregiver Support Program, PACE/PACENET, meals, transportation
- Where
- PA
- Status
- Program running
- Most it pays
- $5,000 lifetime
- About the amount
- Caregiver Support Program: up to $600/month and $5,000 LIFETIME for home modifications or assistive devices (effective Aug 10, 2021, Act 20 of 2021), reimbursed 100% at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, sliding to 10% just under 380% FPL. OPTIONS has cost-sharing with no published dollar cap.
- Housing rules
- Not explicitly stated for OPTIONS/Caregiver Support; services delivered wherever the person lives.
- How long it takes
- Not published; call any day, but no published service-start timeline.
- How to apply
- Call your county Area Agency on Aging, or PA Link for help finding it.
- Does not pay for
- OPTIONS's cost-share tables and exact excluded items were not published on pages opened; ask your AAA for its written cost-share schedule.
- Official source
- pa.gov
- Last checked
- August 10, 2021