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| Purpose: | To provide a structured program for the disabled or older adult who may need supervision, companionship and supportive services during the day. Service is provided in a group setting to meet the social, emotional, physical, and leisure time needs of adults. |
| Eligibility: | Over 18, frail or disabled or elderly. |
| Location: |
Almost Home Day Center |
| Cost: | Daily or weekly rate. |
| Contact: | Director |
| Location: |
Regency House Day Center |
| Cost: | Hourly or daily rate depending on length of time at the facility. |
| Contact: |
Bonnie Uhren, Manager |
| Purpose: | To ensure that older people in Wisconsin will have access to health care, adequate housing, nutrition, transportation, education, and other basic needs. |
| Eligibility: | Age 60 and older. |
| Contact: | Coalition of
Wisconsin Aging Groups 5900 Monona Drive, Suite #400 Madison, WI 53716 Phone: 608-257-0023 |
| Birthday Cards: 80 years old and older. | |
| Wedding Anniversary Cards: 50 years or more. | |
| Contact: | Greeting
Department Old Executive Office Building Room 39 Washington, D.C. 20500 |
| Purpose: | To provide support and care for terminally ill persons and their families in the last stages of disease. |
| Location: |
Flambeau Hospice |
| Eligibility: | Residents in Southern Price and Taylor counties. |
| Cost: | Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay. |
| Location: | Hope Hospice Rib Lake, WI 54570 Phone: 715-427-3532 |
| Eligibility: | Residents in Taylor and surrounding counties. |
| Cost: |
Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay. |
| Purpose: | To assist individuals in proving their identity and age (i.e., cashing checks, discount programs, etc.) |
| Eligibility: | 60 years of age or older. |
| Cost: | $2.00 per card |
| Obtainable From: |
Price County Aging Unit |
| Purpose: | To provide talking books on records or cassette. Talking books are on current events and fiction/non-fiction stories. |
| Cost: | Free |
| Contact: |
Library for the Blind |
| Purpose: | To provide assistance with information and referral and advocacy for hearing impaired individuals. May provide a grant of up to $600 to purchase telecommunications equipment. |
| Eligibility: | Open to all with a hearing impairment. Income guidelines for grant. |
| Cost: | Free |
| Contact: |
Office for the
Hearing-Impaired |
| Purpose: | To provide emergency vouchers to purchase food, housing, etc. |
| Eligibility: | Clothing open to all. Need based. |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Contact: |
Jean Klimowski |
| Purpose: | To provide assistance and visual aids equipment for people with visual impairments. |
| Cost: | Free, but may have cost for equipment. |
| Contact: |
Jeff Dietz |
