HARRISBURG – On Thursday Gov. Tom Wolf announced the launch of the Pennsylvania Link to Community Care Web site, which connects older Pennsylvanians and individuals with a disability or behavioral health need to services and support available in their community.
The Pennsylvania Link to Community Care Web site provides users with a wide variety of resources, including a home care directory and an information referral tool.
?We have been working hard to help individuals with a disability and older Pennsylvanians to live where and how they choose, just as any of us would want,? Wolf said.
?This new Web site is a tremendous tool to help you or your loved one to make the best and most informed decision about care and services.?
The Web site is the result of collaboration between the departments of Aging (PDA) and Human Services (DHS), and serves as an extension of PDA?s Aging and Disability Resource call center.
With this online resource, the commonwealth is adding to its continuing efforts to help Pennsylvanians locate and get the best use of services at the local level.
?Our capacity to link seniors and their families with community resources is critical to helping them live and age well at home,? said Secretary of Aging Teresa Osborne.
?Today?s launch empowers older Pennsylvanians and their caregivers to proactively explore the service options that are available to them as they seek to remain independent and age in place.?
The site features 12 service and support categories, including Advocacy, Behavioral Health, Employment, Finance, Health Care, Housing, In-Home Services, Legal, Meals, Protection from Abuse, Support Groups and Transportation.
Users can find information about organizations, services and programs within these categories. One major component to the site is its home care directory, which connects individuals to in-home services available in their county.
More than 350 in-home service providers appearing on the searchable directory may offer personal care, assistance with activities of daily living, companionship services, respite care and or habilitation services.
?We are committed to serving Pennsylvanians where they want to be ? in their homes and communities,? said DHS Acting Secretary Teresa Miller. ?This website is a great resource to connect an individual to the services they need to provide a choice in where they live.?
Following the launch of Pennsylvania Link to Community Care, the departments of Aging and Human Services will continue to enhance the website using data and feedback from users, and expand the resources and information provided throughout the site.
If you are a provider licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and would like to appear on the home care directory, you may submit your information by navigating to the footer of the site and clicking on ?Apply.?
To learn more about the Pennsylvania Link to Community Care Web site, or to find information on resources available in your county, visit www.carelink.pa.gov.