Frequently Asked Questions
Questions Frequently Asked by Consumers and Stakeholders
Q: 1. What is long-term care?
Q: 2. What service choices do
I have in this new long-term care system?
Q: 3. What is Family Care?
Q: 4. What is a Long Term
Care District?
Q: 5. What is Family Care
Partnership?
Q: 6. What is IRIS?
Q. 7. Who is eligible for
Family Care and Partnership?
Q: 8. What is the difference
between Family Care and Partnership?
Q: 9. Wisconsin has been a
leader among state in providing long term care service options. Why
is there a need to change the long-term support system?
Q: 10. Isn’t this going to
cost extra money, and where will the money come from?
Q: 11. If there are savings,
where are they going to come from?
Q: 12. What will be different
in the new system?
Q: 13. When will Family Care
and Partnership start and when will consumers get off the waiting
list?
Q: 14. How is this going to
affect family members?
Q: 15. What are Aging and
Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) and how do they fit in the
system?
Q: 16. Will this initiative
address services for children?
Q: 17. Are people with mental
illness included in Family Care or Partnership?
Q: 18. Under Family Care,
will my services be reduced?
Q: 19. If I have more
questions, how do I have them answered?
Questions Frequently Asked by Providers:
Q: 1. How will Family Care
and Partnership affect service providers?
Q: 2. What if a provider does
not want to be a Family Care or Partnership provider?
Q: 3. Will there be enough
service providers to meet the increased number of consumers
receiving services?
Q: 4. How will provider rates
be set?
