Assisted Living Directories and Glossary of Terms
The assisted living directories include four (4) provider types that
the State of Wisconsin licenses, certifies, registers and regulates as
follows:
Directories can be
utilized to identify the location, type of assisted living facility,
client groups served, capacity and/or number of apartments as well as
minimum/maximum rates charged to residents.
We also encourage you to
review the pamphlet entitled "Community
Based Residential Facility Checklist (PDF, 57 KB)."
You may also want to contact organizations that represent a wide range
of health and community care contacts including:
Following are the glossary of terms you will find in each provider
directory:
Capacity: Licensed capacity of the AFH or CBRF, i.e., the maximum
number of residents in care at one time. Capacity in an RCAC means the
number of apartments for which they are certified/registered.
- RCACs
wishing to establish eligibility for Medicaid waiver reimbursement must be
certified and may serve tenants who need access to public funding and/or
who are private pay. RCACs that serve private pay tenants only may be
registered.
Classes under DHS 83. The following classes of licensure became
effective on 1-1-97 and are found in DHS 83.04(2). License classifications
apply only to CBRFs.
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The class field will be blank on the AFH and ADC directories.
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On the RCAC directory, the term "certified" or
"registered" will appear in the class field.
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Certified RCACs may
accept both private pay tenants and tenants who qualify for Community
Options Program (COP) or Medicaid (MA) waiver funding through county
departments of health/human services.
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Registered RCACs serve private pay
only tenants.
CBRF Classifications:
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Class A Ambulatory (AA). A Class A Ambulatory CBRF may
serve only residents who are ambulatory and are mentally and
physically capable of responding to an electronic fire alarm and
exiting the facility without any help or verbal or physical prompting.
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Class A Semiambulatory (AS). A Class A Semiambulatory CBRF
may serve only residents who are ambulatory or semiambulatory and are
mentally and physically capable of responding to an electronic fire
alarm and exiting the facility without any help or verbal or physical
prompting.
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Class A Nonambulatory (ANA). A Class A Nonambulatory
CBRF may serve residents who are ambulatory, semiambulatory or
nonambulatory, but only if they are mentally and physically capable of
responding to an electronic fire alarm and exiting the facility
without any help or verbal or physical prompting.
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Class C Ambulatory (CA). A Class C Ambulatory CBRF may
serve only residents who are ambulatory, but one or more of whom are
not mentally or physically capable of responding to an electronic fire
alarm and exiting the facility without any help or verbal or physical
prompting.
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Class C Semiambulatory (CS). A Class C Semiambulatory
CBRF may serve only residents who are ambulatory or semiambulatory,
but one or more of whom are not physically or mentally capable of
responding to an electronic fire alarm and exiting the facility
without help or verbal or physical prompting.
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Class C Nonambulatory (CNA). A Class C Nonambulatory
CBRF may serve residents who are ambulatory, semiambulatory or
nonambulatory, but one or more of whom are not physically or mentally
capable of responding to an electronic fire alarm and exiting the
facility without help or verbal or physical prompting.
Contact Person/Administrator: The person to contact at the facility location.
Facility Name and Address: Self-Explanatory.
Gender: The assisted living facility serves male and/or female
residents.
Initial License/Certification: Date facility was first
licensed/certified/registered.
Licensee Name: Name of the person or corporation holding the
license to operate the assisted living facility.
Low/High Rate: Monthly minimum and maximum rates charged to the
residents/tenants by the facility. Assisted living facilities are not
required to report this information to the Division of Quality Assurance.
Typically, monthly rates are determined by the amount of services a
resident/tenant may need. The Division recommends checking directly with
facilities to verify monthly rates.
Mailing Address: The address to which all official notices from the
Division of Quality Assurance are sent. This may be the same or a different
address from the facility location address. It is not, in all cases, the
address of the licensee.
Specialty Programs:
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Advanced Aged (60 + years)
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Alcohol/Drug Dependent
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Alzheimers/Irreversible Dementia
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Correctional Clients
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Developmentally Disabled
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Emotionally Disturbed/Mental Illness
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MA Waiver (facility has contract with county to accept residents
with federal waiver funds)
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Persons With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDs)
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Physically Disabled
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Pregnant Women Who Need Counseling
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Terminally Ill
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Traumatic Brain Injury
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Veterans Administration
Note: Specialty Programs are not listed on the RCAC directory.
RCACs primarily serve advanced aged persons.
Telephone: Telephone number at the facility location.
Last Updated: June 05, 2013 |
