In-Home Personal Care
Home is where your heart is. And ours.
People with disabilities, the elderly, and veterans with physical limitations often need professional care to continue to live active lives, happily and safely – in their own home. Serving Central Pennsylvania and beyond, UDS specializes in providing a wide range of the highest quality non-medical personal home care and private duty services to help people in need do just that.
Independent Living Services- This is the name of our in-home personal care program serving Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill counties.
Angels At Your Service - This is the name of our in-home personal care program serving Lehigh and Northampton counties.
In addition to personal home care, we can also arrange for needed home modifications, home medical equipment, personal emergency response systems, care management, and much more. We also provide personal care and caregiver support services for individuals living in alternative housing, retirement homes, assisted living and nursing facilities.
We are proud of the quality of services we provide to our clients. Our caregivers are trained, bonded, insured, and receive PA State Police criminal and child abuse background checks. Our goal is to improve and enrich each client's quality of life and provide family members with peace of mind knowing that their loved one is being well cared for.
All the services you need to get the most out of your home life
Answers and advice
We're here to answer your questions, provide practical advice, and give you access to a wide range of handicap products and disabilities services designed to make your life easier and better.
Care assessments
We're experienced in assessing the needs of people with disabilities and the elderly, and can help you identify specific problems and provide solutions that will improve your life.
Care coordination
We can coordinate the services you need, whether from UDS or other providers.
Care management planning
We can help you create a care management plan that meets your changing needs, allowing you to remain at home longer and live better.
In-Home personal care
As part of your comprehensive home health care plan, we find you the perfect match, hiring and monitoring the right qualified in-home caregivers for you.
Long-distance care assistance
We can provide care management and assistance to family members who are not local or otherwise available to do so, giving you peace of mind, even when you can't be there.
Caregiver respite
We can provide assistance and advice on reducing caregiver stress, and fill in when your caregiver needs time off.
Home assessments
We can arrange for home inspections and assessments to determine your specific accessibility, livability, safety, and comfort needs, and provide any needed specialized equipment and modifications to your home.
Accessible home modifications
We can recommend and arrange for necessary home modifications like handicap ramps, accessible showers, walk-in tubs, grab bars, and stair lifts for greater independence. Making a home better suited to wheelchair living is our specialty.
Home medical equipment
We offer a full line of durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, power wheelchairs, hospital beds, lift chairs, shower seats, walkers, and personal emergency alert systems. We can even provide customized wheelchair seating for individuals with severe disabilities.
Service dogs
For people with a wide range of disabilities, a UDS-trained service dog can perform many daily tasks such as opening and closing doors, retrieving and delivering, and picking things up, while providing affectionate companionship.
Housing options
We can provide advice and assistance in exploring housing options to meet your independent living needs.
Special needs trusts and other financial arrangements
We can work with your financial institutions, attorneys, and advisors to help you maximize the extent and utility of medical care funds, trusts or settlements, while ensuring the best, personalized care. We can connect you with resources to advise on agreements that allow an adult child or other relative to be supported from an aging parent's assets.
Specific day-to-day services
We have a one-hour minimum, but no long-term requirements. And we are flexible to your changing needs. Whether you need assistance for just an hour a day, three days a week, or 24-hour in-home personal care, we'll be there for you.
- Personal assistance
- Sensitive, caring companionship
- Bathing and dressing assistance
- Meal planning and preparation
- Medication reminders
- Laundry and light housekeeping
- Shopping and errands
- Nighttime monitoring
- Transportation assistance
- Updating of family members
Counties served in Pennsylvania
UDS In-Home Personal Care serves Berks, Carbon, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties. Independent Living Services serves Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill counties. Angels At Your Service serves Lehigh and Northampton counties.
For more information
Call our Independent Living Resource Center at 1-888-837-4235 or email us at ResourceCenter@udservices.org.
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We find payment options that work for you
Depending on your needs and financial situation, our in-home personal care services can be paid for privately or may be covered by your insurance. In many cases, our services can be paid for with medical assistance funding available through the state. We'll help you determine the best payment option for you.
Our Care Managers are here to make your home life easier
UDS Care Managers are here to help you with the important information and practical solutions you need to help you live a more independent, active, fuller life. Knowledgeable, experienced, compassionate professionals, our Care Managers are highly skilled at providing personalized guidance and planning – working with you to create and implement an independent living plan, helping you determine if financial assistance is available, and guiding your progress for as long as you desire. Their focus is on your specific needs and situation – and on making your independent living easier.