More long-term care could become entitlement

John McMahon, director of Washburn County’s Department of Health and Human Services, has been leading a nine-county regional effort called the Northwest Wisconsin Long-Term Care Options (NW-LTCO) Collaborative to establish an array of long-term managed care services, called “Family Care,” an entitlement for the elderly and people with a physical or developmental disability.

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