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 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 Fiscal Support Contact Form.
We’re Here for You
Ayan Alinur
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Kelly Anderson
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Kia Xiong
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Debbie Hanna
Registered Nurse | Qualified Professional
Ayan Alinur
Ayan Alinur has worked in the social services field for six years as a refugee resettlement case manager, community/direct support staff and as a contracted CADI and DD waiver case manager for both Ramsey and Hennepin counties. Ayan is excited to continue the work she is passionate about by helping clients and their families get person-centered services that will enhance their quality of life. Ayan recently moved to Minnesota from New York and is fluent in Somali and Swahili. In her free time, Ayan likes to go for walks, play rugby, eat Sushi, and spend time with her family and friends.
Kelly Anderson
Kelly Anderson has been working in the human services field for more than 20 years and strives to be empathetic to the needs of her clients while providing a solution to each unique situation. She feels passionate about providing people choices to live their lives to the fullest and with meaning. In her personal life, she loves to be outdoors biking, playing tennis, walking, and being
active. She also enjoys spending time with her family.
Kia Xiong
Kia Xiong began working with Lifeworks in August of 2018. Kia earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Kia has been working in the disability sector for over seven years and has experience with waiver case management and service coordination. Kia lives in White Bear Lake with her family and two children. Kia enjoys traveling with family, taking walks in the park, and working out!
Debbie Hanna
Debbie Hanna started working at Lifeworks in 2018 as RN Qualified Professional. She earned her RN degree at Inver Hills Community College in 2003.
As a QP, she is enthusiastic about helping families through an often complicated health care system. During her personal time, she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, traveling and church.
We’re Here for You
Ayan Alinur
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Kelly Anderson
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Ayan Alinur
Ayan Alinur has worked in the social services field for six years as a refugee resettlement case manager, community/direct support staff and as a contracted CADI and DD waiver case manager for both Ramsey and Hennepin counties. Ayan is excited to continue the work she is passionate about by helping clients and their families get person-centered services that will enhance their quality of life. Ayan recently moved to Minnesota from New York and is fluent in Somali and Swahili. In her free time, Ayan likes to go for walks, play rugby, eat Sushi, and spend time with her family and friends.
Kelly Anderson
Kelly Anderson has been working in the human services field for more than 20 years and strives to be empathetic to the needs of her clients while providing a solution to each unique situation. She feels passionate about providing people choices to live their lives to the fullest and with meaning. In her personal life, she loves to be outdoors biking, playing tennis, walking, and being
active. She also enjoys spending time with her family.
Kia Xiong
Fiscal Service Coordinator | Qualified Professional
Debbie Hanna
Registered Nurse | Qualified Professional
Kia Xiong
Kia Xiong began working with Lifeworks in August of 2018. Kia earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Kia has been working in the disability sector for over seven years and has experience with waiver case management and service coordination. Kia lives in White Bear Lake with her family and two children. Kia enjoys traveling with family, taking walks in the park, and working out!
Debbie Hanna
Debbie Hanna started working at Lifeworks in 2018 as RN Qualified Professional. She earned her RN degree at Inver Hills Community College in 2003.
As a QP, she is enthusiastic about helping families through an often complicated health care system. During her personal time, she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, traveling and church.
We’re Here for You
Ayan Alinur
Ayan Alinur has worked in the social services field for six years as a refugee resettlement case manager, community/direct support staff and as a contracted CADI and DD waiver case manager for both Ramsey and Hennepin counties. Ayan is excited to continue the work she is passionate about by helping clients and their families get person-centered services that will enhance their quality of life. Ayan recently moved to Minnesota from New York and is fluent in Somali and Swahili. In her free time, Ayan likes to go for walks, play rugby, eat Sushi, and spend time with her family and friends.
Kelly Anderson
Kelly Anderson has been working in the human services field for more than 20 years and strives to be empathetic to the needs of her clients while providing a solution to each unique situation. She feels passionate about providing people choices to live their lives to the fullest and with meaning. In her personal life, she loves to be outdoors biking, playing tennis, walking, and being
active. She also enjoys spending time with her family.
Kia Xiong
Kia Xiong began working with Lifeworks in August of 2018. Kia earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Kia has been working in the disability sector for over seven years and has experience with waiver case management and service coordination. Kia lives in White Bear Lake with her family and two children. Kia enjoys traveling with family, taking walks in the park, and working out!
Debbie Hanna
Debbie Hanna started working at Lifeworks in 2018 as RN Qualified Professional. She earned her RN degree at Inver Hills Community College in 2003.
As a QP, she is enthusiastic about helping families through an often complicated health care system. During her personal time, she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, traveling and church.