What is PCA Choice?
PCA Choice is a self-directed program for people with disabilities that allows you to hire, train, schedule, and manage personal care assistants.
How do I know if I’m eligible for PCA Choice?
To be eligible for PCA Choice, you must:
- Be able to manage the responsibilities of hiring, training, scheduling, and firing employees or live with someone who can make those decisions for you
- Be eligible for PCA services through Medical Assistance
- Have a physical or mental condition, illness, or injury that requires the level of support a PCA can provide
PCA Choice recipients must also complete an annual face-to-face assessment and approve the staff’s time.
How Can Lifeworks Help?
As a PCA Choice provider agency, Lifeworks offers a variety of services to make your life easier, including:
- Providing Qualified Professional supervision
- Paying and withholding taxes for personal care assistants
- Administering background checks
- Maintaining written agreements with you, personal care assistants, Qualified Professionals, and responsible parties
- Ensuring your staff has completed required training
Lifeworks is glad to assist you with hiring the staff you select, which can include your family, friends, and neighbors!
Lifeworks is invested in our capability to ensure culturally appropriate service by translating materials into a variety of languages, hiring native speakers in Spanish, Hmong, and Somali.
Our knowledgeable staff are here to answer all of your questions! All you have to do is give us a call at 651-454-2732 or tell us a little bit about yourself through our Referral Form. To learn more about which services work together, view the Lifeworks Fiscal Services Matrix.
TIMEKEEPING AND SPENDING-SUMMARY SYSTEM
Learn about the upcoming Lifeworks timekeeping and spending-summary system!
Announcements & Resources
● Lifeworks PCA Proposed Distribution Plan
● Fiscal Services Matrix – View Which Services Work Together
We’re Here for You
Dana Bistrup
Registered Nurse | Qualified Professional
Taylor Brandt
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Marissa Dayton
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Olivia Hampe
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Dana Bistrup
Taylor Brandt
Marissa Dayton
Marissa graduated with a Sociology Degree from The College of Saint Benedict. She started her career in social services working as a Relocation Coordinator and eventually transitioned to working as a Waiver Case Manager. Marissa joined Lifeworks in September 2021 as a PCA Coordinator.
When not working, Marissa enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs (Honey and Odin), visiting family, and watching Grey’s Anatomy.
Olivia Hampe
Olivia Hampe joined Lifeworks in January 2022. Olivia earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Child, Adult, and Family Services at Iowa State University. Prior to Lifeworks, Olivia was a Developmental Support Specialist at a nonprofit in Iowa.
In her free time, she enjoys hiking, boating, cooking, and walking her dog.
We’re Here for You
Dana Bistrup
Registered Nurse | Qualified Professional
Taylor Brandt
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Dana Bistrup
Taylor Brandt
Marissa Dayton
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Olivia Hampe
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Marissa Dayton
Marissa graduated with a Sociology Degree from The College of Saint Benedict. She started her career in social services working as a Relocation Coordinator and eventually transitioned to working as a Waiver Case Manager. Marissa joined Lifeworks in September 2021 as a PCA Coordinator.
When not working, Marissa enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs (Honey and Odin), visiting family, and watching Grey’s Anatomy.
Olivia Hampe
Olivia Hampe joined Lifeworks in January 2022. Olivia earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Child, Adult, and Family Services at Iowa State University. Prior to Lifeworks, Olivia was a Developmental Support Specialist at a nonprofit in Iowa.
In her free time, she enjoys hiking, boating, cooking, and walking her dog.
We’re Here for You
Dana Bistrup
Taylor Brandt
Marissa Dayton
Marissa graduated with a Sociology Degree from The College of Saint Benedict. She started her career in social services working as a Relocation Coordinator and eventually transitioned to working as a Waiver Case Manager. Marissa joined Lifeworks in September 2021 as a PCA Coordinator.
When not working, Marissa enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs (Honey and Odin), visiting family, and watching Grey’s Anatomy.
Olivia Hampe
Olivia Hampe joined Lifeworks in January 2022. Olivia earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Child, Adult, and Family Services at Iowa State University. Prior to Lifeworks, Olivia was a Developmental Support Specialist at a nonprofit in Iowa.
In her free time, she enjoys hiking, boating, cooking, and walking her dog.