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10 Best Nursing Homes in West Milwaukee, WI
West Milwaukee is home to many senior care options, including nursing homes. The term “nursing home” is often used as a catchall for any type of senior care. But it can also refer to actual nursing homes, or skilled nursing facilities, which provide the highest level of medical and rehabilitative care outside of a hospital. Of the 146 nursing homes, assisted living, and memory care communities in West Milwaukee, the best fit for your loved one will depend on their budget and needs. The cost of nursing home care in West Milwaukee is about $4,617, but costs tend to increase as care needs increase. To learn more, browse our 1551 reviews and explore the services and amenities available in your area.
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Nursing homes are many things to many people. Whatever your needs, our goal is to provide compassionate nursing care in a clean, comfortable setting where you will feel at home. Individualized attention begins as soon as you are admitted, and our skilled nurses meet with you regularly to discuss...
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Golden Gardens assisted living is located in beautiful Milwaukee Wisconsin and offers premium care for our senior citizens in the most beautiful part of the country. We encourage friendships and socializing and moving about in our premium location. Our staff is on call 24 hours a day for our...
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I am giving Franciscan Place a 5 star, not because "everything" is perfect, that would be realistically impossible. However, they do take very good care of my mom and they strive to do their best. My mom...
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Frontida's Fardale Home offers a comfortable, home-like environment located on Milwaukee's South Side. The home is designed with large, bright, open living and dining areas that are easily accessible from each resident's private room. The atmosphere supports a sense of community and family...
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
West Park Place is a Class CS CBRF Community located in downtown West Allis, close to restaurants, shops, doctors, shopping, City Hall, Post Office, library and much more. Many recent updates make this well-established facility a true beauty at very affordable prices. Well staffed with nursing...
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Memory Care, Nursing Homes
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Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Lutheran Home and Harwood Place provides a full continuum of care and services. The Lutheran Home provides rehabilitation services, skilled nursing, specialized memory care assisted living, adult day services and child care. Harwood Place provides assisted living and independent living. Memory...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Abbey Manor Assisted Living, located in beautiful Elkton, Maryland is a place many like to call home. We at Abbey Manor offer a warm and inviting atmosphere to all of our residents. At Abbey Manor you will find a lovely entrance that has a cozy porch that is enclosed which leads into a large...
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Chai Point Senior Living Chai Point Senior Living is an assisted living community located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Located walking distance from Veterans Park Pond and the McKinley Park and Marina, Chai Point Senior Living is a dream come true for anyone that loves...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Nursing homes are many things to many people. Whatever your needs, our goal is to provide compassionate nursing care in a clean, comfortable setting where you will feel at home. Individualized attention begins as soon as you are admitted, and our skilled nurses meet with you regularly to discuss...
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Milwaukee South Health Care Center is a 74-Medicare/ Medicaid bed certified skilled nursing facility that offers both short- and long-term care services.Our short-term (sub-acute) unit consists of 10 private rooms and includes cable TV and phones at no additional charge.We create a loving, caring...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Cost of nursing homes in West Milwaukee, WI
The average cost of senior living in West Milwaukee is $4,617 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include St. Francis, WI with an average of $4,612 per month.
Average monthly cost of Nursing Homes in West Milwaukee, WI vs. nearby cities
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Average monthly cost of Nursing Homes in West Milwaukee, WI vs. the state and national average
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What families are saying about nursing homes in West Milwaukee
Recent reviews for nursing homes in West Milwaukee
Birchrock Castle in Mukwonago, WI
5.0
I would recommend Birchrock Castle to others because it's small, family-like, cozy and clean. My mom has been there for less than a month, so I'm not sure about the food, and my mom is not fussy, but I heard the food is homemade. The staff is kind. Communication with the family has been good, so ...
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The Waters of Oak Creek
3.3
The staff in memory care is wonderful. I was not as impressed when Dad was in assisted living. It was great he stayed in the same apartment, but among other things there were staffing changes going on at the time we were moving Dad to assisted living and I had to follow up a lot or I felt he ...
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Heritage at Deer Creek in New Berlin, WI
4.9
We chose Heritage at Deer Creek because of the staff and the newness of the building as far as updates. And location especially.
You do have to make sure things are getting done, sometimes things can slip through the cracks. Such as getting her bed made everyday. But they really are ...
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West Milwaukee nursing homes services and amenities
These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in West Milwaukee nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in West Milwaukee, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.
Availability of select care services in West Milwaukee nursing homes
Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in West Milwaukee that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
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Full medication management
Full medication management
64.3%
2.4%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
40%
9.4%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
87.8%
26.1%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
89.6%
26.6%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
64.3%
9.7%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
23.5%
0.8%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
87.8%
22.8%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
48.7%
6.9%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
74.8%
17.2%
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Availability of select dementia care services in West Milwaukee nursing homes
Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of West Milwaukee Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
West Milwaukee, WINational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
60%
3.8%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
37.4%
0.2%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
53.9%
5.3%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
22.6%
1.2%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in West Milwaukee nursing homes
Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of West Milwaukee partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
West Milwaukee, WINational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
20.9%
0.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
40.9%
1.4%
No sugar
No sugar
37.4%
1.4%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
40.9%
3.5%
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Availability of select dining options in West Milwaukee nursing homes
Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of West Milwaukee communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
West Milwaukee, WINational
Professional chef
Professional chef
36.5%
0.2%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
49.6%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
27.8%
0.4%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
14.8%
0.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in West Milwaukee nursing homes
Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in West Milwaukee offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
West Milwaukee, WINational
Activity director
Activity director
50.4%
0.4%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
37.4%
0.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
26.1%
0.3%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
60.9%
6.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
53%
0.4%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
57.4%
6.4%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
43.5%
0.4%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
34.8%
0.2%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
35.7%
0.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
52.2%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
53%
0.4%
Dances
Dances
28.7%
0.2%
Fitness center
Fitness center
27%
0.2%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
53%
0.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Oak Hill Terrace, Meadowmere and Mitchell Manor Oak Creek and StoryPoint Mequon are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. See full list of communities.
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