Aging And Disability Resource Center Of Brown County Inc

Programs: Information & assistance specialist (i&a) provide adults with disabilities, seniors, their families and caregivers regardless of financial resources, with current, unbiased and comprehensive information that help persons live as independently as possible. Each person's situation is assessed considering personal preferences, values, needs, strengths, weaknesses and resources to ensure individualized information about services options and costs to help them make cost effective, informed decisions about their care. For those who are eligible the adrc serves as the entry way into the publicly-funded long-term care system. Benefits specialists educate and advocate for seniors and adults with disabilities. They help consumers explore their benefit options and provide information, assistance and advocacy regarding private and/or government benefits.

the adrc administers the wi s. 85. 21 specialized transportation funding for seniors and adults with disabilities. Contracting with a number of agencies, 70,447 rides were provided in 2014 for nutrition, medical, employment and social activities. The adrc provides funding for adult day care services for persons who have disability as a result of alzheimer's, dementia, parkinson's, stroke, brain injury, developmental disability, mental illness, severe arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other diseases. Day care can prevent or delay nursing home placement. Services provided include supervision, activities, exercises, personal care, foot and hair care, assisted bathing/showers, transfers/lifts, nursing counseling, case management, therapies, nutrition, feeding and transportation. The day care programs are state certified and have a staff to client ration of 1 to 6. In 2014, the adrc funded 38,777 hours of adult day care programming.

the nutrition program serves persons 60 years and older with a hot, nutritious noon meal monday through friday. Nine congregate sites also provide opportunities for socialization and nutrition education. Meals are provided to persons who are home bound, unable to prepare meals for themselves and have no one to prepare a meal for them or to support their caregiver. There were 38,158 congregate meals and 90,562 home bound meals served in 2014. The program also provides nutrition assessments to uncover nutrition risk and consultations with a registered dietitian. The meals make a difference, 90% of recipients feel that the meals help them maintain or improve their health or condition such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc. 93% reported that receiving a homebound meal helps them to continue to live independently in their home.

the adrc offers programs for caregivers and older adults to help relieve stress, manage medication, prevent falls and self-manage a chronic health condition. Fall prevention programs include stepping on, a 7-week group workshop; sure step, an in-home fall assessment; and fire & fall prevention, an in-home assessment on fire/fall safety education in partnership with the green bay fire department. Living well with chronic conditions and the new healthy living with diabetes, are both 6-week workshops that offer techniques to improve symptoms management, coping, communication and overall health. Completers of the stepping on workshops are also offered an 8-week continuation program called keep stepping where an older adult is paired one-on-one with a physical therapy assistant student to improve the older adult's strength, balance and mobility and overall wellness. Powerful tools for caregivers is a 6-week class that focuses on self-care and stress reduction for caregivers. In addition provide educational presentations in collaboration with local medical providers, where participants learn about health conditions both managment and prevention.