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Adult Day Care: Initial [2]

Initial certification for a day program that provides the elderly and other adults services when their caregivers are at work or need relief.

Adult Family Home: Original [4]

Initial license to operate a place where three or four adults who are not related to the operator reside and receive care, treatment or services that are above the level of room and board and that may include up to seven hours per week of nursing care per resident.

Community-Based Residential Facility (CBRF): Probationary [6]

An initial license to operate a place where five or more unrelated people live together in a community setting. Services provided include room and board, supervision, support services, and may include up to three hours of nursing care per week.

Hospice: Continuation [11]
A licensed agency that provides care to terminally ill persons who have a life expectancy of 6-12 months.
Personal Care Agency: Initial Certification [13]
The personal care agency (PCA) application process is for any individual, tribe, county department, or independent living center intending to provide only personal care services as a free-standing agency, to individuals in their place of residence. Personal care services includes assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, ambulating, or eating, or accompanying a client to a medical appointment.
Residential Care Apartment Complex Certification: Original [15]

Independent apartment units (assisted living apartments), accepting individuals who pay for services themselves or through Medicaid payments, in which the following services are provided: room and board, up to 28 hours per week of supportive care, personal care, and nursing services.

Residential Care Apartment Complex: Registration [16]

Registration for independent apartment units in which the following services are provided and the recipients pay on their own: room and board, up to 28 hours per week of supportive care, personal care, and nursing services.

Last Revised: December 23, 2014
Source URL (modified on 12/23/2014 - 15:06): https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcare-index.htm

Links
[1] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/adc-cont.htm
[2] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/adc.htm
[3] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/afh-cont.htm
[4] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/afh.htm
[5] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/cbrf.htm
[6] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/cbrf-prob.htm
[7] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/corp-guardian.htm
[8] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/icf-iid.htm
[9] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/hha-cont.htm
[10] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/hha-prov.htm
[11] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/hospice.htm
[12] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/nh.htm
[13] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/pca.htm
[14] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/pca-renewal.htm
[15] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/rcac-cert.htm
[16] https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/regulations/residcomm/rcac-reg.htm