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.
No verified memory care provider is currently based in Waukesha. The closest verified options are listed below.
What to watch for with memory care in Waukesha
- 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.
Verified memory care in Waukesha
Closest verified providers
| Provider | Based in | Address | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor Oaks Senior Living Community | Muskego | S77 W12929 McShane Drive, Muskego, WI 53150, 53150 | Waukesha |
| St. Camillus Life Plan Community | Wauwatosa | 10100 W. Bluemound Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, 53226 | Milwaukee |
| Clement Manor | Greenfield | 3939 S 92nd St, Greenfield, WI 53228, 53228 | Milwaukee |
| Saint John's on the Lake | Milwaukee | 1840 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, 53202 | Milwaukee |
| Newcastle Place | Mequon | 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092, 53092 | Ozaukee |
| Cedar Community | West Bend | 5595 County Road Z, West Bend, WI 53095, 53095 | Washington |
The Waukesha market specifically
Waukesha is the county seat and largest city in Waukesha County, with its own hospital presence at ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital supporting a meaningful concentration of senior communities independent of the Milwaukee County market.
As the largest WOW-county city, Waukesha draws comparison shopping from families throughout Waukesha County, including Brookfield, New Berlin and Muskego.
Before you sign anything
Get the all-in monthly cost in writing at your parent's current assessed care level, ask what triggers the next care level and what it costs, and ask for the rate increase history across the last three years. Communities that will not put these in writing are telling you something.
Ask what happens if private funds run out, and whether the community holds a Medicaid waiver provider agreement. A meaningful share of communities do not, which means a second move at the worst possible time.
