3248 Academy Avenue, Suites 22-26
Portsmouth, VA 23703
(757) 686-5004
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The Portsmouth office of the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) offers Personal Assistance Services (PAS), sometimes called attendant care. This service offers a range of non-medical services provided by one or more persons, designed to assist a consumer with a significant physical disability with daily living activities. These consumer directed services include transferring, bathing, eating, dressing or other physical activities.
DARS manages 3 PAS programs: vocational rehabilitation PAS; State-funded PAS; and PAS for individuals with Brain Injury. Each program has general and program specific eligibility criteria..