UPCAP Services Information and Assistance Team

UPCAP, the Area Agency on Aging serving Michigan’s entire Upper Peninsula, offers long-term care programs that help older adults and people with disabilities receive the care they need at home instead of in an institution. Its Information and Assistance specialists are the free front door to these programs, guiding U.P. families through options that can otherwise be hard to find across such a vast, rural region.

UPCAP’s long-term-care programs typically include the MI Choice Medicaid Waiver and other home- and community-based services that arrange personal care, homemaking, respite, nutrition, and care coordination — supports designed to substitute for nursing-home placement. Specialists assess each person’s needs, explain eligibility, and connect families to the right combination of services. Because UPCAP coordinates aging services across all fifteen U.P. counties, a single contact can unlock a coordinated plan tailored to a family’s circumstances and geography.

This resource matters because the Upper Peninsula’s distances and limited local services make professional guidance especially valuable; without it, caregivers may not realize that fully or partially covered in-home alternatives are available. A knowledgeable specialist turns a daunting search into a clear path. For U.P. families exploring long-term care for a loved one, UPCAP’s long-term-care programs and Information and Assistance team are the natural first contact, reachable through upcap.org.