In response to member inquiries, the National Council on Medicaid Home Care – a NAHC affiliate - researched state adoption and utilization trends of personal care services (PCS) as a Medicaid benefit. While defined differently by state, PCS usually refer to activities of daily living (ADLs) assisted by a personal care attendant such as bathing, dressing, eating and drinking, grooming, mobility, toileting, and transferring. Personal care attendants usually assist beneficiaries in performing these ADLs under PCS.
PCS is defined in the Federal Register (42 CFR 440.167) as follows: