NJ FamilyCare State Plan services offer members, who are experiencing some degree of functional impairment, Personal Care Assistant (PCA) services to help them with aspects of daily living.  PCA services are non-emergency, health-related tasks performed by qualified staff, such as certified home health aides. 

The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services' Personal Care Assistant Assessment Tool is intended to create a picture of the member who has limitations, abilities, disabilities, needs, and perhaps, some supports already in place.  The PCA Assessment Tool is used by a Registered Nurse who understands that through careful observations of the member, the member's abilities and needs can be clearly defined.

The NJ FamilyCare Care Management process and standards are fond in the Care Management Workbook