DANE County Residential Options

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

Dane County Department of Human Services (exit DHFS)

• Your county's human services department is an important first stop for accessing federal and local funding assistance and other services
• Area Agency on Aging of Dane County (exit DHFS)

Nursing Homes

• List of Dane County Nursing Homes (PDF, 18 KB)
• Dane 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 DHFS) for most recent federal survey information on individual nursing homes

Assisted Living

• Dane County Assisted Living Facility Directories (includes group homes, adult day care)

• Assisted Living Facility Profiles

• Wisconsin Affordable Assisted Living (exit DHFS)

Facilities Serving People with Developmental Disabilities (FDDs)

• FDD Directories (statewide)
• Dane 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 Dane County (PDF, 36 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 DHFS) - This site gives detailed information about Medicare-certified home health agencies.
• Wisconsin Partnership Program
  • Elder Care of Wisconsin (exit DHFS) - for older adults age 55 and older in Dane County
  • Community Living Alliance (exit DHFS) - for people with physical disabilities between the ages of 18 and 65 in Dane County
• Wisconsin Health Care Benefits Programs (BadgerCare, SeniorCare, Medicaid, HIRSP, and more)

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Last Updated: July 08, 2008