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General Information

Aging and Disability Resource Centers

Consumer 
Information

Program Monitoring and Evaluation

Program Operations

WI Functional Screen

State and Fed Requirements

Encounter Reporting

Data Warehouse

History of LTC Redesign

• In 1980 there were about one half a million people in Wisconsin over the age of 65, by the year 2020 there will be nearly 1 million.
• The elderly population grew by 22% over the past 20 years. It will grow by another 43% over the next 20.
• In 2020 1 in 6 people will be age 65 or older.

The group 85 plus, who are most likely to need services, is growing most rapidly

• The 1960 U.S. Census counted 22,656 Wisconsinites aged 85 and older. In 1990 the number had grown over 200% to 73,487. In 2000 projections indicate an additional 24,000 Wisconsin residents age 85 and older.
• Between 2000 and 2010 the population age 85 and older is projected to increase an additional 29%.

The needs of older people for long term support²

• Eighty percent of the adult long term care population are over 65 years of age.
• Currently it is estimated that 11% of Wisconsinites 65 and older have long term support needs which would allow them to receive care in a nursing home.
• The likelihood of a need for long term care increases with age.
  • 3% of those 65 to 74 years old need comprehensive long term care
  • 11% of those 75 to 84 years old do so; and
  • 39% of those 85 and older are estimated to be at a nursing home level of care.