PORTAGE County Residential Options

Definitions of residential and health care options (assisted living facility types, etc.)

Portage County Health & Human Services (exit DHS)

• Your county's human services department is an important first stop for accessing federal and local funding assistance and other services

• Aging & Disability Resource Center (Portage County) (Wisconsin Department of Health Services Aging website)

Nursing Homes

• List of Portage County Nursing Homes (PDF, 8 KB)

• Portage County Consumer Information Reports

• Nursing Home Directories, Profiles, Selection Guides

• This page contains statewide lists, resident rights information, links to material on choosing a facility, and more

• Nursing Home State Citations (statewide)

• Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  Nursing Home Compare (exit DHS) for most recent federal survey information on individual nursing homes

Assisted Living

• Portage County Assisted Living Facility Directories and Profiles (includes group homes, adult day care)

• Wisconsin Affordable Assisted Living (exit DHS)

Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities (FDDs)

• FDD Directories (statewide)

• Portage County Consumer Information Reports

• Also check Assisted Living section for group homes serving people with developmental disabilities

Home Health and Hospice (plus other in-home care and support programs) - also check your county's Human Services department

• Home Health Agencies Serving Portage County (PDF, 25 KB)

  • Note: these agencies may be based in other areas

• Statewide Home Health, Hospice Agency Directories

• Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  Home Health Compare (exit DHS) - This site gives detailed information about Medicare-certified home health agencies.

• Wisconsin Health Care Benefits Programs (BadgerCare, SeniorCare, Medicaid, HIRSP, and more)

• Wisconsin Family Care (exit DHS)

  • Aging & Disability Resource Center (Portage County) (exit DHS)

  • Community Care of Portage County

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Last Updated: November 15, 2011