At Home Services

At-Home Services

At-Home Services are targeted to persons 60 years of age or older who are frail, have disabilities, or who are at risk of institutional placement. Priority shall be given to persons who are in the greatest economic or social need and/or residing in rural or geographically isolated areas, with particular attention to low-income minority individuals and individuals with limited English proficiency. PSR offers four types of services for seniors living at home: Homemaker, Care Coordination, Repair and Renovation, and CHORE.

Eligibility

Homemaker services are targeted to persons 60 years of age or older who are frail, have disabilities, or who are at risk of institutional placement. Priority shall be given to persons who are in the greatest economic or social need and/or residing in rural or geographically isolated areas, with particular attention to low-income minority individuals and individuals with limited English proficiency.

Services May Include:

  • Basic housekeeping and home management skills necessary to ensure safe, sanitary conditions in the client’s home, such as dusting, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping. Housekeeping is performed only for the client;
  • Instructing client in home management, including maintaining an orderly environment, proper food storage, preparation of shopping lists, meal planning and preparation;
  • Shopping assistance
  • Personal laundry and mending of clothing

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Assistance May Include:

  • Assistance with eating, including set up, opening containers, and cutting food.
    Feeding is not permitted.
  • Assistance with bathing of areas that the client cannot reach. Bed baths or
    transferring are not permitted.
  • Assistance with dressing of ambulatory clients, such as the fastening of clothing on
    the client. Lifting or putting on braces or other supports is not permitted.
  • Assistance with personal grooming, such as combing hair, brushing dentures and
    shaving with an electric razor. Cutting nails or shaving with a blade is not permitted;
  •  Supportive assistance with ambulation, such as providing stabilization to the client
    while walking. Lifting and transferring are not permitted.

For More Information

For more information, please call
​434-767-5588

Or, email one of the specific areas below:

For more information about our care coordination program
carecoordination@psraaa.org

For more information about our chore program
CHORE@psraaa.org

For more information about our homemaker program
homemakersvcs@psraaa.org

For more information about our repair program
repair@psraaa.org