The Best Memory Care Communities in Iowa County, WI

"We placed my mom in a memory care unit at Park Place Memory Care in Platteville. She's been there for about a week now. I would say that the staff are very, very caring and do everything that they possibly can to help her conform to her new setting. She has nothing but good things to say about them. They do a lot of activities and keep the clients there very active. They do exercise every morning, they had a Halloween party yesterday and they gave every client a costume and then they had kids come in and do trick or treating. Mom said that the little kids were just delightful to watch. They also do a lot of movies and a lot of sing-alongs and outings so they keep them very occupied. It's a very clean facility. It was an old hospital that they converted into a care facility, and I feel like she's very safe there. They've got nice big windows in every room, so there's lots of sunlight and normal light from outside, which I feel is very important. The bathrooms were very large and have walk-in showers so it's a very nice place. They have a sheltered gazebo out in the back, where the clients can go and sit and be protected from the Sun. In the summer, they grow strawberries, tomatoes, and flowers. She says the food has been great. She said they've been just one or two meals that she didn't care for. They weren't bad, she just didn't care for them. Other than that, she said the food's fantastic. It's a pretty pricey facility but they say in their brochure that they have the best staff to resident ratio in the state. You must get the care that you need."

"My father has moved into Beehive Homes of Mount Horeb. It seems to be a really good place for him. That was the only place that he was willing to go to because he went to high school at Mount Horeb, so he thought he might know somebody there. It's a smaller place, which was ideal for him. The staff members seem good. The day that I was there, they were planting flowers. They put them in the little starter kits and then they put them out in the window and then plant them in the pots outside once it gets warmer. They made suncatchers the other day. I've only been there five times and they're just getting done with a lot of the activities when I arrive. They're all very nice and friendly. Value for money seems good. My brother is a financial person, and he said it was a lot cheaper than the other ones that we had seen in Madison. We saved probably $2000 or $3000 by putting him in a smaller community and it's two hours closer for us than going up to Wausau."

"My father stayed in Milestone Senior Living - Cross Plains. It was a lovely, clean, and beautiful facility. It had very nice people; we enjoyed everyone we met. When I did go to visit him, he was never in his room because he was out socializing or in the sunroom, so it was it was a happy last twenty days. The staff seemed fine. We didn't see a lot of them when we moved in. I was concerned because Dad was kind of quiet when we first moved him in. They came in, talked to him, and made him feel comfortable. They told me the next day when he was there, that it was the best day he ever had. The first day he was just so happy there. It was a small little room, but it was just right; it was enough. They furnished everything, which is nice. They have a salon and they have a sunroom, which was where he went. They have an outside courtyard that's fenced in nicely, so there was no escape and nobody could wander off. They have a nice lunchroom where they ate, and that was nice. They sat together at different tables. The administrator was very nice and very helpful. When we moved in, she and I sat down together and went over everything that was included with living there. We went through all of that, and she was very thorough. They have nurses on site, which I really liked because they have someone 24/7. The place is only a few years old, and it looked like the memory care where he was is all on one level, which is nice. It had nice wide corridors, and it was laid out nicely."

"I toured Our House Senior Living - Richland Center Memory Care. They have a good director who understands dementia very well. That's one of the strengths of the place. I also like the fact that they have showers in the rooms, so the residents don't have to go to a common shower area. Outside of the director, I'm not sure I can say a whole lot about the other staff. Just my observation is that they were interacting with the residents and things were operating rather smoothly as I thought. They have their own bathrooms which include the shower. The rooms are fairly good sized compared to some places. It seems to be a positive atmosphere that we saw while we were there. The dining area looked fine. They had an outside area that was fenced in where people could go outside in the summertime."