Memory care is secured, dementia-specific assisted living. Wisconsin does not license or certify “memory care” as its own facility type. What is marketed as memory care is almost always a CBRF (or RCAC) that has designated dementia as an admissible client group in its required DHS program statement and provided the client-group-specific staff training that Wisconsin's CBRF rule (DHS 83.21(2)) requires within 90 days of hire.
We list 2 verified memory care options in Milwaukee.
What to watch for with memory care in Milwaukee
- Ask to see the community's DHS program statement and confirm dementia is listed as an admissible client group, since Wisconsin has no separate memory-care certificate to ask for.
- Ask specifically about wandering and exit-seeking. Secured courtyards, door alarms and staffing patterns vary far more than brochures suggest.
- There is no published Wisconsin memory-care cost median from CareScout or any other primary source. Get quotes in writing from each community rather than trusting an average found online.
Verified memory care in Milwaukee
| Community | Care type | Address | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John's on the Lake | Independent Living | 1840 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Milwaukee, OH 53202 | Milwaukee |
| Ovation Kavod Terrace | Memory Care | 1410 N. Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Milwaukee, OH 53202 | Milwaukee |
Memory Care elsewhere in the region
Families in Milwaukee sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.
| Community | Care type | Address | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Camillus Life Plan Community | Independent Living | 10100 W. Bluemound Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 Wauwatosa, OH 53226 | Milwaukee |
| Clement Manor | Independent Living | 3939 S 92nd St, Greenfield, WI 53228 Greenfield, OH 53228 | Milwaukee |
| Tudor Oaks Senior Living Community | Independent Living | S77 W12929 McShane Drive, Muskego, WI 53150 Muskego, OH 53150 | Waukesha |
| Newcastle Place | Independent Living | 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092 Mequon, OH 53092 | Ozaukee |
| Cedar Community | Independent Living | 5595 County Road Z, West Bend, WI 53095 West Bend, OH 53095 | Washington |
| The Lutheran Home | Nursing Home | 7500 West North Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 Wauwatosa, OH 53213 | Milwaukee |
The Milwaukee market specifically
Milwaukee has the deepest senior-housing supply in the metro, spread across neighborhoods from the lakefront East Side to the near-South Side. Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Milwaukee and Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center all discharge patients into the city's assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing communities, and Milwaukee County Transit System's fixed-route buses and Transit Plus paratransit make it the most transit-served part of the metro.
Because Milwaukee has the most verified communities in the metro, it is also where most families start their search even when they eventually choose a suburb closer to where they themselves live — the city's supply sets the comparison point for the rest of the metro.
What the contract does that the tour does not
The residency agreement decides what happens when things change: how care levels are reassessed and repriced, how much notice is required on either side, what the deposit covers and whether it is refundable.
Ask for a blank copy to take home before you are asked to sign anything.
