If You Have Complaints about Wisconsin Health Care

Information about Division of Quality Assurance (DQA)

DQA Web Pages

DQA Facility Directories

DQA Provider Training

DQA Numbered Memos

DHS Forms

WI Nurse Aide Training and Registry Info

Caregiver Program/ Background Checks

WI Adult Programs Caregiver Misconduct Registry

WI Medicaid Provider Information

Community Based Residential Facilities (CBRFs) -- Provider Information

Introduction | Rules_&_Regulations | Forms | Providers | Contacts | What's_Happening | Publications | Related Sites

Questions and Comments -- E-mail the Division of Quality Assurance, attention Bureau of Assisted Living

Division of Quality Assurance:

• Starting Up a CBRF - Agency Response to Inquiries

  • Please note: Applications not acted upon by the applicant will be closed after one (1) year.

• Assisted Living Facility Survey Guide (PDE 3186) (PDF, 50 KB)

  • Assisted Living Survey Guide Additional Resources

• Guidelines for Assisted Living Enforcement (PDE 3200) (PDF, 67 KB)

• Resident/Client Relocation Planning and Procedure Manual

• Reporting Client / Patient Death Attributable to Suicide, Restraint, or Psychotropic Medication

• Facilities Seeking to Perform Laboratory Testing - Information

• Medication Errors

• CBRF-Specific Information:

  • Wisconsin Licensure Process for CBRFs (exit DHS)

  • Handout Accompanying the CBRF Video (for prospective CBRF operators) - Basic information on starting and operating a community based residential facility.

    • Contact a regional office to make an appointment to view the video and receive application materials.

  • Basic Information about CBRFs (consumer oriented)

    • CBRF Directories

    • Other Assisted Living Facility information

  • Assisted Living Facility Check List (PDF, 57 KB)

  • Approved Training Programs for staff working or seeing to work in CBRFs

  • CBRF Plan Review Requirements

• Hospice/CBRF Interface (PDF, 173 KB) - Guideline to Care Coordination for Hospice Patients in Community Based Residential Facilities 

  • PLEASE NOTE:  This document was prepared by the Hospice Organization of Wisconsin (HOW) and is not a product of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.

  • We are making this available as a service to the public.  This document should not be construed as Department policy in any way.

Other Wisconsin Information

• Starting a Business in Wisconsin (exit DHS) - Department of Commerce - Scroll down to "Financing Small Firms" - SBA and WHEDA Loans

• Grant Applications for AODA Treatment Programs (exit DHS)
  State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

• Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute (exit DHS)

• The Diabetes Prevention & Control Program in Wisconsin - includes links to Care Guidelines and Strategic Plan

Federal Information

Federal Links - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HIPAA, Civil Rights, US Department of Labor, etc.

• FDA Alert on Bedrails (exit DHS)

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Last Updated: June 30, 2008