Personal Assistance Services (PAS), Emporia

The Emporia 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.