Sadly Wisconsin Gemini Cares Closing

On Wednesday April 8, 2015 The Wisconsin State Journal reported Gemini Cares is closing.  Since 1981 Gemini Cares has delivered personal, supportive, respite care to Wisconsin families.  Gemini Cares offered a continuation of support as families transitioned from a private payment to a public funded programming.  This allows the same workers to continue to help the elder when they start to use public funded programming. 

With the aging of the Wisconsin population clinic and hospital providers have adjusted their practice to treat chronic progressive disease processes.  Payers have separated reimbursement eligibility for medical verses non-medical care delivery.  This is a cost containment strategy preventing the out flow of public resources at the higher medical level reimbursement for non-medical care provision.

A big part of reducing the populations compulsion to seek help for non-medical care through the medical delivery system is having a strong network of personal- supportive- respite care providers throughout the service area.

Gemini Cares had staff who help Wisconsin families when an elder needs assistance performing activities of daily living.  Activities of daily living - meals, bathing, dressing, scheduled toileting, medication reminders, hygiene are the things we all do to maintain health and wellness.

Without adequate local providers of personal supportive care, Wisconsin pay sources like Care Management Organizations, Insurance Plans, and the VA will be unable to deliver the benefit contained within the funds they are authorized to manage. 

The closing of Gemini Cares is evidence of the immediate disassembling of the Wisconsin Long Term Care System.  Employees and providers are changing and leaving unwilling to wait for the actual ruling of the proposed Wisconsin 2015 State Budget.

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