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Family Caregiver Support Program
“There are only four kinds of people in the world – those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.” – Rosalyn Carter
Buys groceries, cooks, cleans or does laundry for someone who needs help?
Pays bills and attends meetings for a family member in a residential facility?
Helps a family member get dressed, take a shower and take medicine?
Makes medical appointments and drives someone to the doctor and drugstore?
Stops in or calls someone on a regular basis just to make sure they are OK?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you are a family caregiver!
Caregivers are daughters, wives, husbands, sons, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, partners, neighbors and friends. People often become caregivers gradually over time, but the need for caregiving can also happen overnight. Most caregivers prefer to provide care to a loved one and even feel rewarded. However, over time the demands of caregiving may have a negative impact on the physical and emotional health of the caregiver.
Some Signs that a Caregiver May Need Help
Loss of interest in activities once enjoyed
Difficulty sleeping
Emotional and physical exhaustion
Getting sick more often
Withdrawal from friends, family and other loved ones.
Caregivers are so busy caring for others that they tend to forget to take care of themselves.
If You are a Family Caregiver, There is Help for You!
The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) offers information on a variety of services and programs for people who provide care to a family member or other loved one.
Some of the services include:
Large library of books, DVDs and other informational material to assist the caregiver
Caregiver Educational Events
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Groups and Memory Cafes
Referrals can be made by ADRC staff, caseworker, medical staff, family member, or friend.
Federal program, state distributes funds. GWAAR distributes funds to counties in its service area.
In 2024, Wisconsin permanently eliminated a state annual limit of 112 hours of respite available through NFCSP. Families are no longer restricted by state imposed limits on the number of respite hours if funding allows.
Eligibility requirements include: physical limitations or a form of dementia that requires assistance for at least two activities of daily living. Must reside in home setting (not facility). Care recipient is 60 or older, or has Alzheimer’s or dementia, any age.
Priority if given to low-income individuals and those with a diagnosis of dementia.
Referrals can be made by ADRC staff, caseworker, medical staff, family member, or friend.
Caregiver funding distributed through the state of Wisconsin for those with doctors diagnosis of irreversible dementia: this includes Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson’s with dementia, Pick’s disease or mixed dementias.
$48,000 Maximum gross income for person with dementia and spouse. Payments are made using invoices and receipts.
Maximum $4,000 annual allocation per applicant.
Once enrolled in AFCSP, a person remains in the program until officially disenrolled.
Referrals can be made by ADRC staff, caseworker, medical staff, family member, or friend.
Federal program, state distributes funds. GWAAR distributes funds to counties in its service area.
In 2024, Wisconsin permanently eliminated a state annual limit of 112 hours of respite available through NFCSP. Families are no longer restricted by state imposed limits on the number of respite hours if funding allows.
Eligibility requirements include: physical limitations or a form of dementia that requires assistance for at least two activities of daily living. Must reside in home setting (not facility). Care recipient is 60 or older, or has Alzheimer’s or dementia, any age.
Priority if given to low-income individuals and those with a diagnosis of dementia.
