As an adult with a disability who lives in the the community and requires the assistance of a Personal Care Assistant on a daily bases to complete daily activities such as getting out of bed, getting dressed, bathing, cleaning house, toileting, etc. I have persoally experienced the difficulties of hiring PCA’s due to the shortage of dependable persons that are willing to be a PCA. The lack of persons willing to work as PCA’s in the community has everything to do with wages and benefits. Who is going to want to work as a Personal Care Assistant for $8.40 an hour and no benefits when they can work at McDonald’s for $9-$10 per hour plus benefits?