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Home Health Care
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| Purpose: | To assist people to remain in their homes or home of relatives/friends as an alternative choice to nursing homes. |
| Eligibility: | Persons who would qualify for care in a skilled nursing home. These include persons needing long-term support due to chronic mental illness, Alzheimer’s or like dementia, chronic conditions of aging, developmental disabilities, drug or alcohol abuse, or physical disability. Must meet physical and financial screen. |
| Cost: | Variable |
| Contact: |
Price
County Human Services |
| Purpose: | To provide skilled nursing and personal care. Home assessments/visits by Registered Nurses, Physical and Speech Therapists, Home Health Aides, Personal Care Workers, and Companions. |
| Eligibility | Price and surrounding counties. |
| Cost: | Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay. |
| Contact: |
Director
or Home Care Coordinator. |
| Purpose: | To provide elderly/disabled persons who live alone with an emergency communication system that attaches to the home telephone. |
| Eligibility: | Anyone |
| Cost/Contact: | Flambeau
Hospital – Discharge Planner Phone: 715-762-2484 Price Electric Cooperative Phone: 715-339-2155 |
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North Country Independent Living Center |
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| Purpose: | To provide assistance regarding home accessibility and modification evaluations, reducing barriers to independent living; advocate for consumer rights. |
| Eligibility: | Open to everyone with a disabling condition. |
| Cost: | Free |
| Contact: | North
Country Independent Living Center Room 105, Suite B, 201 Main West Ashland, WI 54806 Phone: 1-800-499-5676 |
| Purpose: | To provide home health equipment, rentals, and sales. Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay. |
| Cost: | Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay. |
| Contact: |
American
Home Patient 204 East Upham Street Durable Medical Equipment, Flambeau Hospital |
