Influence of a Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services Program on the lives of persons with mobility impairments

This study supports other findings that consumers prefer CDPAS to agency-directed care and provides new evidence that this preference cannot be explained by an increase in PAS hours that often accompanies enrollment in a CPDAS program. Although CDPAS appear to have subtle positive effects on consumer health and participation, ways in which CDPAS can maximize health status and participation quality among consumers should be explored.