Community Living Brief: Framework for Building State Level Personal Assistance Services Infrastructure

This brief addresses personal assistance services which are the hands-on support that people with disabilities use to participate more fully in community living. These services are related to personal care that people would do for themselves if not for a disability, e.g. bathing, eating, dressing, getting in or out of bed or a chair, using the toilet, housekeeping, these personal care services are known as Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs).