PA Link Help Finding Services for Older Adults and People With Disabilities
Pennsylvania Link to Aging and Disability Resources, known as PA Link, is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and helps people with disabilities and older adults find information and connect to support and services in their community. It is Pennsylvania's version of the Aging and Disability Resource Centers, a nationwide effort to take a seamless approach in the way seniors and adults with disabilities who need help with activities of daily living are assisted.
PA Link serves people with disabilities and older adults in Pennsylvania, including Berks County, along with family members helping them. It works through PA Link partner agencies around the state.
Staff can do four things for you:
- Connect you to local help, linking you quickly to local services and support through any PA Link partner agency.
- Look at available options to make sure you have a good plan for staying independent.
- Help you fill out forms to see if you qualify for funding.
- Help you stay in or move back to your community if you have a disability, illness, or accident, or need to leave a care facility.
There is no charge for information and assistance provided by any PA Link or PA Link partner agency.
To get started, contact the PA Link to Aging and Disability Resource Center by phone or email. The toll-free helpline is 800-753-8827, and the email address is carelink@pa.gov. The hours the helpline is answered are not listed.
You can also search on your own. Consumers and family members can use the Home Care Directory to find organizations that offer in-home services and support, looking for specific services like personal care, help with daily activities, companionship, short-term care and skill-building, and filtering the search by county to find agencies in the local area. The directory is at humanservices.dhs.pa.gov/PAcommunitycareLink.
PA Link points people toward many kinds of help across Pennsylvania, including abuse prevention, advocacy, behavioral health, employment, finances, health care, housing, in-home services, legal help, meals, support groups and transportation. Options include both private pay and publicly funded programs, so what you are referred to is not always free.
For reports of harm, three numbers are listed: call 1-800-932-0313 to report child abuse, 1-800-490-8505 to report abuse of an older adult or person with a disability, and 911 if you are in immediate danger.
Source: pa.gov/agencies/aging/local-resources/pa-link-to-aging-an…, read November 3, 2026.
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In Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s words
The PA Link helps people with disabilities and older adults find information and connect to support and services in their community.
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Pennsylvania Department of Aging
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