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Personal Care Agency Home Visit Guide
… How often? _________ 04 Does _____________________ review your care with you? Yes No 05 Does someone: (Use comment section.) Set up your medications? Yes No Hand you your medications? Yes No … -
Influenza
… when they cough or sneeze. The virus is found in droplets from the throat and nose. When someone coughs or sneezes, those droplets can be breathed in by people around them. The virus can also spread when someone touches an object with the virus on it. If that person then touches their face, mouth, or … -
How to Safely Manage Fentanyl Contamination: A Guide for School Staff
… taste it, or smell it. Two milligrams—as little as several grains of salt— is enough to kill someone. Photo source: United States Drug Enforcement Administration Don’t touch powders! Leave … -
Moving Prevention Upstream (8.5 x 11 Tri-Fold)
… all coming from? Life jackets are being handed out when there is a distant scream. Upstream, someone falls through a hole in an old bridge and splashes into the river below. That’s it! If someone doesn’t post warning signs or repair the bridge, more people will fall in. Heading … -
Moving Prevention Upstream (14 x 8.5)
… all coming from? Life jackets are being handed out when there is a distant scream. Upstream, someone falls through a hole in an old bridge and splashes into the river below. That’s it! If someone doesn’t post warning signs or repair the bridge, more people will fall in. Heading … -
Moving Prevention Upstream (8.5 x 11)
… all coming from? Life jackets are being handed out when there is a distant scream. Upstream, someone falls through a hole in an old bridge and splashes into the river below. That’s it! If someone doesn’t post warning signs or repair the bridge, more people will fall in. Heading … -
Resources for Assistance in Wisconsin
… Wisconsin. Anyone can call 2-1-1 at any time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to talk with someone. Assistance finding help with housing, utilities, food, employment, addiction recovery … -
Assisted Living and Adult Day Care Centers: Standards of Practice Resources
… positive for SARS-CoV-2 with a viral test Has symptoms of COVID-19, or Had a known exposure to someone with COVID-19 (or a higher-risk exposure for health care personnel). Visitors who have … close contact (residents and visitors) or a higher-risk exposure (health care personnel) with someone with SARS-CoV-2 infection, for 10 days after their exposure Source control is recommended … (goggles or face shield), gown, and gloves. Asymptomatic residents with close contact with someone with SARS-CoV-2 infection should have a series of three viral tests for SARS-CoV-2 … -
ADRC Enhanced Options Counseling: Working with Private Pay Customers
… to rely. The vast majority of private pay customers (84.9%) said that they either live with someone or live close to a friend or relative who can provide assistance. Understanding the costs … situation and three out of four customers surveyed said that the main factor that would tell someone it was time to contact the ADRC was when they needed help. Most view the ADRC as a place … less favorable ratings however, the majority (88.2%) said they would recommend the ADRC to someone else and almost two- thirds (64.0%) of those customers who did not agree that they were … -
Sign Language Interpreters
… location. • Name of preferred interpreter (if applicable): A preferred interpreter could be someone you or your agency has worked with in the past or someone the consumer specifically requested. Where to find an interpreter: • Wisconsin ASL … -
Back to School Checklist for Parents and Families
… to stay home from school and away from others to quarantine if they have close contact with someone with COVID-19 and they are not fully vaccinated. Make an action plan to address any … Year Stay Safe and Healthy Talk about bullying. Encourage your child to speak up if they or someone they know is hurting, struggling, or in danger. Encourage positive social connections and … -
Hepatitis C
… hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV is spread when blood from a person with HCV enters the blood of someone who is not infected. Acute hepatitis C refers to the first several months after someone is infected. Most people who have HCV develop a chronic, lifelong, infection. Chronic … -
Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
… and who gets gonorrhea? Gonorrhea is spread by having vaginal, anal, and/or oral sex with someone who has it. Babies can get gonorrhea during birth if the mother has it as well. If you … between periods. If you get these symptoms it is usually 3-10 days after having sex with someone who has gonorrhea. P-42048 (02/2023) Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) … -
Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis)
… and who gets Chlamydia? Chlamydia is spread by having vaginal, anal, and/or oral sex with someone who has it. Babies can get Chlamydia during birth if the mother has it as well. If you … to urinate more often. If you get these symptoms it is usually 1-2 weeks after having sex with someone who has Chlamydia. P-42036 (02/2023) Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) … -
Polio
… fecal oral route. This means the virus is swallowed and then multiplies in the intestine. Someone who is infected with polio can spread the disease to others before they develop symptoms and up to two-weeks after symptoms appear. Someone can become infected with polio through: Contact with the poop of an infected person. … -
Cholera
… Cholera is a diarrheal disease that affects the intestines. Someone can get cholera after eating or drinking food or water contaminated with the bacterium … A stool sample needs to be submitted to diagnose the disease. Prevention If you think you or someone you know has cholera, seek medical care immediately. Severe cases may require intravenous … -
Wisconsin Adult Long-Term Care Functional Screen
… Alone With Spouse/Partner/Family With Non-Relatives/Roommates With Live-in Paid Caregiver(s) Someone Else’s Home or Apartment Family Non-relative Certified Adult Family Home (1-2 Bed AFH) or … Prefers to Live Stay at current residence Move to their own home or apartment Move to someone else’s home or apartment Move to an apartment with onsite services Move to a group … Not applicable Stay at current residence Move to their own home or apartment Move to someone else’s home or apartment Move to an apartment with onsite services Move to a group … -
Medicaid Eligibility Handbook Release 16-02
… Representatives Except when: 1. Guardian: When an application is submitted with a signature of someone claiming to be the applicant’s guardian, obtain a copy of the document that designates … guardian of the person and the estate, or guardian in general may sign the application. When someone has been designated as the guardian of the estate, guardian of the person and the estate, … appoint another representative. or 2. Authorized Representative: The applicant may authorize someone to represent him or her. An authorized representative must be an individual, not an …