An Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC) is a county-run, free information-and-assistance office that helps families navigate senior care options, benefits enrollment, and Medicaid long-term-care programs. Each of the four core Milwaukee-metro counties has its own separate ADRC.
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Think of the ADRC as the front door to most of Wisconsin's senior-care system -- it's where families start the Long-Term Care Functional Screen for Family Care or IRIS, where they can get free options counseling comparing local facilities, and where benefits specialists can help sort out Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security questions together rather than researching each program separately. Because Wisconsin runs a separate ADRC per county rather than one shared regional office, a Milwaukee County family and a Waukesha County family will actually be working with two different organizations, each with its own phone number -- there is no single metro-wide ADRC to call.
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