Health Secretary Rachel Levine said Tuesday that she had removed her 95-year-old mother from a personal care home amid a statewide coronavirus outbreak that has been particularly devastating to facilities that house elderly populations.

“My mother requested and my sister and I as her children comply to move her to another location,” Levine said at a press conference, responding to a question from ABC27. “During the COVID-19 outbreak. My mother is 95 years old. She is very intelligent and more than competent to make her own decisions.”

Department of Health spokeswoman April Hutcheson declined to name the facility but said the elder Levine and her children were notified of residents who tested positive and lived nearby within the personal care home.

Levine was careful to note that her mother was in a personal care home, not a nursing home, and that the facility in question fell under the jurisdiction of the state Department of Human Services, not her own agency.

In Pennsylvania, a personal care home is legally differentiated from a nursing home or assisted living facility. All three are licensed by the state with the key difference being the level of care. According to the Department of Human Services, which regulates personal care homes, the facilities offer assistance for people who need help with daily tasks — such as bathing and doing laundry — but do not need medical care. They’re designed to allow residents to live with greater autonomy for long periods of time before eventually transitioning to more advanced care.