Yesterday, Karen Timberlake, Interim Secretary of the WI Department of Health Services (DHS) told members of the WI Long Term Care Advisory Council that Wisconsin is the first state in the country to ensure all eligible state residents who are elderly or have physical or developmental disabilities can receive Medicaid funded home and community-based services!

 

See the DHS news release below.

 

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Subject: News Release: Wisconsin Eliminates Waitlist for Long-Term Care Services for Medicaid-Eligible Adults

 

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Success achieved in decades-long effort to ensure Wisconsinites who are elderly or have physical or developmental disabilities can receive h

 

 

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News Release

For Immediate Release

March 10, 2021
Contact: Elizabeth Goodsitt/Jennifer Miller 608-266-1683

Wisconsin Eliminates Waitlist for Long-Term Care Services for Medicaid-Eligible Adults

 Success achieved in decades-long effort to ensure Wisconsinites who are elderly or have physical or developmental disabilities can receive home and community-based services

On February 28, 2021, a 40-year-old individual with a physical disability from Adams County was referred to IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct), Wisconsin’s self-directed long-term care program. This individual was the last person waiting to join one of Wisconsin’s long-term care programs that provide home and community-based services to eligible adults who are elderly or have physical or intellectual disabilities.

“Wisconsin’s long-term care programs embrace a person-centered approach that allows people to live their best life in their homes and communities,” said DHS Interim Secretary Karen Timberlake. “This achievement is the culmination of over four decades of work by advocates, state and county agency staff, tribal leaders, legislators, providers, stakeholders, families, self-advocates, and citizens. While we are proud to have reached this important milestone, we will continue to find new ways to keep our state at the forefront of long-term care.”

View the entire news release.

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