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Nursing Homes in West Allis

Compare licensed nursing homes in West Allis and the surrounding Milwaukee County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

1 verified in West Allis
Milwaukee County
Quick answer

There is 1 verified nursing homes option listed in West Allis. Wisconsin licenses nursing homes under a separate rule chapter, DHS 132, with federal CMS star ratings.

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A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing care and is regulated under a separate Wisconsin rule chapter from the community-based settings above (Wisconsin Admin. Code ch. DHS 132, rather than the CBRF/RCAC/adult family home chapters). Two different populations often live under the same roof: short-term rehab patients and long-term residents.

Short answer

We list 1 verified nursing homes option in West Allis.

What to watch for with nursing homes in West Allis

  • Medicare may cover a short rehab stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, but it does not pay for long-term custodial nursing care.

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Verified nursing homes in West Allis

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Village at Manor ParkIndependent Living3023 S. 84th Street, West Allis, WI 53227
West Allis, OH 53227
Milwaukee

Nursing Homes elsewhere in the region

Families in West Allis sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
St. Camillus Life Plan CommunityIndependent Living10100 W. Bluemound Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Wauwatosa, OH 53226
Milwaukee
Clement ManorIndependent Living3939 S 92nd St, Greenfield, WI 53228
Greenfield, OH 53228
Milwaukee
Saint John's on the LakeIndependent Living1840 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Milwaukee, OH 53202
Milwaukee
Tudor Oaks Senior Living CommunityIndependent LivingS77 W12929 McShane Drive, Muskego, WI 53150
Muskego, OH 53150
Waukesha
Newcastle PlaceIndependent Living12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092
Mequon, OH 53092
Ozaukee
Cedar CommunityIndependent Living5595 County Road Z, West Bend, WI 53095
West Bend, OH 53095
Washington

The West Allis market specifically

West Allis is an established, older-housing-stock inner suburb where many residents have aged in place for decades. Its walkable core near the Milwaukee Mile and State Fair Park sits alongside a mix of CBRF-licensed assisted living and in-home care options serving longtime residents who want to stay close to family in Milwaukee County.

Because West Allis sits between Milwaukee and the Waukesha County suburbs, families frequently compare it against both Wauwatosa and Greenfield before deciding.

Who is actually on shift

Ask how many caregivers and med aides are on the floor at 3 a.m., not the building-wide daytime ratio. Ask what happens when someone calls in sick, and whether the community uses agency staff to fill gaps.

Ask how long the administrator has been in post. Turnover at the top is one of the better predictors of turnover below it.

You can check any facility's record free. Wisconsin's DQA Provider Search on the ForwardHealth portal lets anyone look up a facility's license status and inspection history for free. Read the full explanation →

Questions families ask

Does Wisconsin have a separate memory-care license or certification?

No. Wisconsin requires neither a separate memory-care state certification nor a formal statutory disclosure-statement requirement specific to dementia care. What's marketed as 'memory care' is almost always a CBRF or RCAC that has documented dementia as an admissible client group in its DHS program statement.

How do I know if a Milwaukee memory-care unit's staff are actually trained in dementia care?

Wis. Admin. Code DHS 83.21(2) requires client-group-specific staff training -- covering the characteristics of the group served, safety risks, environmental considerations, disease process, and communication skills -- within 90 days of hire, for staff working with dementia residents specifically.

What questions should I ask when touring a Milwaukee-area memory-care community?

Ask to see the facility's DHS program statement identifying dementia as an admissible client group, ask about its most recent DQA survey results, ask how the secured unit is staffed overnight, and ask specifically how staff are trained under DHS 83.21(2) within 90 days of hire.

Is memory care more expensive than regular assisted living in Wisconsin?

There is no published memory-care cost median for Wisconsin or any other state -- CareScout, the primary national cost-of-care survey source, does not survey memory care as its own category. Any memory-care price figure you see online is an estimate or extrapolation, not a primary-sourced figure.

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