Family Care and IRIS, Wisconsin's Medicaid long-term-care programs, can in some cases fund home modifications or assistive equipment as part of a member's approved care plan, but this varies by individual assessment and is not a guaranteed, automatic benefit -- ask your Family Care Managed Care Organization or IRIS consultant agency directly.
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Because this depends on an individualized care plan rather than a fixed statewide benefit list, two families with seemingly similar situations could get different answers about whether a specific modification -- a wheelchair ramp, a walk-in shower conversion, a stairlift -- gets approved. IRIS's self-directed structure in particular gives participants more direct say in how their individualized budget gets allocated, which can include home modifications if the participant and their IRIS consultant agency agree it supports their care plan. Ask this question specifically and in writing during care-plan development, rather than assuming either program automatically covers home modifications the way some people assume Medicaid broadly does.
