- Provide a welcoming, accessible place where older adults and adults with disabilities can go for any information, advice, and help in accessing services
- Provide one central source of reliable and objective information about a broad range of community resources of interest to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities
- Help individuals to understand the various long-term care options available to them
- Enable individuals to make informed, cost-effective decisions about long term care
- Help individuals conserve their personal resources, health, and independence
- Reduce the demand for public funding for long-term care by delaying or preventing the need for potentially expensive long-term care
- Help individuals apply for eligibility for programs and benefits, and use their community’s resource
- Serve as a single access point for publicly funded long term care
Programs operated by the ADRC are supported, in part, by funds provided by the State of Wisconsin Bureau on Aging and Long Term Care Resources and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR).
Looking for resources or services in Waukesha County? Check out our ADRC Resource Guide. Each year, we produce this publication that provides a source of useful and reliable information about services and programs available in Waukesha County for people with disabilities and/or older adults. This guide includes resource information on topics such as caregiver supports, financial assistance, health care services, home health care providers, housing options (including public independent living, assisted living, and nursing homes), transportation options, and much more.
