Wisconsin's 2011-13 State Budget legislates a cap on enrollment in the Family Care, Partnership, PACE, and IRIS programs. The cap limits the number of people who can be enrolled in to managed care programs. The programs were created to reduce the waiting lists for long term care in Wisconsin. By limiting access, the waiting lists will continue to exist.
Managed care programs provide in home services to seniors and individuals with a disability. The programs also provide funding in assisted living facilities for those individuals who are in need of long term placement.
The 2011-13 biennial budget provides 12.6 million dollars each year for meeting urgent needs. The Department of Health Services (DHS) is working on a plan to implement the enrollment cap and determine how individuals on wait lists who are in urgent need of long term care services can be served using the 12.6 million.
Services will continue to be administrated from the Aging and disability resource center( ADRC), seniors are encouraged to continue to be evaluated for eligibility in to long term care publicly funded programs.
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com coordinate elder home care assistants to seniors needing help in south central Wisconsin.
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