Expert guides about caregiving in Wisconsin from Brevy Care.
In most cases you can get paid to care for your spouse in Wisconsin, and the most direct route is the state's self-directed Medicaid program, IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct).
When an older adult in Wisconsin stops driving, the question isn't whether rides exist.
About 111,000 Wisconsinites 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's, and the state's ADRC dementia specialists are a standout resource.
Wisconsin's IRIS program lets a participant hire a family member, including a spouse, as a paid caregiver.
In Wisconsin, family caregivers can get funded respite care through IRIS self-direction, free federal caregiver grants, Family Care, and the VA.
Wisconsin is one of the more flexible states for becoming a paid family caregiver, and it does something many states will not: it lets you be paid to care for your spouse.