Nursing Homes community - Franciscan Villa

Franciscan Villa

3601 S. Chicago Ave., South Milwaukee, WI 53172
(414) 764-4100
3.0 ( 5 reviews )
Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes, and Memory Care

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About This Community

Franciscan Villa’s rich mission-driven history of providing quality health care in southeastern Wisconsin began over 50 years ago. We continue that tradition today as we plan new programs to meet our residents’ future health care needs.

Franciscan Villa honors and respects older adults. It is a unique, intergenerational community where personal interests are pursued, where lasting friendships are formed, where faith traditions are practiced, and where residents live in comfort and with peace-of-mind.

Our assisted living apartments let you maintain your independence while receiving the occasional assistance you need for peace of mind.

Franciscan Courts’ compassionate, professional staff is available 24 hours as needed by residents.

We provide:

Medication assistance
Housekeeping
Meals
Courtesy van
Activities
Companionship
Assistance with personal care

The elderly and those with early memory loss have unique needs. As experts in memory care, we recognize that. We opened Franciscan Gardens in 2005, with 48 assisted living apartments for the residents with early memory loss.

The apartments offer seniors a chance to manage their own personal space and daily routines while providing assistance when needed.

We provide:

Medication assistance
Personal care help
24-hour security
Housekeeping
Laundry service
Three meals a day
Francis House
Francis House is well regarded as a safe and comfortable haven for those with mid– to late-stage Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The 64-unit memory care facility with its secure and enclosed outside courtyards offers peace of mind to family and friends while its neighborhood design with home-like atmosphere minimizes challenges and stress for residents.

We provide:

StMedication assistance
Personal care help
24-hour security
Housekeeping
Laundry service
Three meals a day
Arts and crafts
Exercise
Intergenerational and musical programs
Gardening opportunities

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3.0 ( 5 Reviews )

Joseph

November 11, 2022

Franciscan Villa is a very nice place. The staff is excellent. The nurses are caring, kind, and have always been very helpful to me. They are taking good care of my friend. The food is very good, too. They seemed to have quite a few activities and people are always involved.

Joy

My husband is a resident of Franciscan Villa for rehab. Their staff is very friendly, and very competent. The place is very clean. I have not tried the food, but my husband has been eating, he likes it. They have a beauty shop and a library. It's an old place, but their staff is fantastic.

Jean

March 24, 2022

We did get a tour of Franciscan Villa and it was very nice. It's a skilled nursing facility. The price of this one is about the same as where he is right now, maybe $1,000 to $1,500 less. When you look at the place from the outside, it doesn't look that big, but it's huge. The staff were pretty nice. It is very clean, and the rooms are very nice. The only thing that I really needed was a TV in the room, and I'm having problems with that. Mostly, they want people to try to get out and talk to other people. So, I'm thinking that they want to have a TV and an activity room, or some other room so people can mingle. But some people, including my husband, are not people persons. If you look in the brochure, it tells you that you can have cable set up. It was really nice. The people that were in rehab where they helped the people get their life back together to where they can go home, they have a lift chair in every room. I think that's really good. They gave me a list of what the alternative food would be. If they were having meatloaf, and you wanted something else, you could get a salad or different things that could be added to your meal. If you were having pears one day, you could substitute it for applesauce or whatever. So, there was a lot of options there, and that was the only place I saw that. They gave you more like salads or whatever.

Cy

My friend wasn't happy at Franciscan Villa. It's not a good environment and was a little bit overwhelming for him. They're understaffed. The people there who are supposed to be taking care of him are not really nice and responsible. They should do their job instead of talking in the hallways. When the lights go on, they should go see what's going on. How are they going to know if someone had a fall?

floundernest

October 13, 2012

Frequently, as is the case with many of these places, they are under-staffed. Having 2-4 people watching over 60-80 residents is ridiculous. More staff would come in at mealtimes, but frequently my uncle would have to wait upwards of 30 minutes before being able to be taken to the bathroom. For the enormous costs to keep him there, it should have been better staffed. However, they did do a good job of keeping an eye on him regularly and making sure he did get his medicines. They also provided a range of activities that residents could be shuttled around too, at least for the residents that were coherent and conscious. Mostly I visited between 3pm and as late as 10pm, and that's when it was obvious they were under-staffed. We would take my uncle for a ride around the neighborhood just to get him out, and when we would be returning, there would be residents wandering around unattended, trying to escape, or just being left to idle. Again, the staff were nice, but just short a bit on man-power.

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