Menomonee Place

Menomonee Place was a two-story building. The staff was very nice and very informative. The dining area was smaller than the other place, but it had white tablecloths. People were walking around and the guides seemed to know their names. There was an exercise class in progress when we were there. There was a library, a computer room, and an exercise room. The place was clean and the beds were all made.

What Menomonee Place lacks are activities that interest the residents; that’s the disappointing thing about this place. We have new management who I think are genuinely interested in improving things here. The food is good and well-balanced, and portion sizes are good.

Menomonee Place was a very nice, updated, clean place. They were grilling hotdogs and hamburgers when I was there. The staff was very friendly, and the residents were nice. However, it is just assisted living. If my mother started getting memory loss or needed more help, she couldn’t stay there. They had lots of activities, like cards, crafts, and planned trips on a bus.

I have been here at Menomonee Place since August 2014. I have my own one-bedroom apartment, and I get my three meals a day. Everything is 200% better than the other facility where I was before. They do give medicine, and they have a nurse on board. The staff is very caring and always anxious to do whatever you ask them to do. I'm a diabetic, so they do test my blood sugar and give me my insulin. The facility is all one big building, but it is divided into one-bedroom apartments, and it has everything you would ever need. Two-bedrooms have the washers and dryers, but the one-bedroom don't. They do have laundry rooms or they'll do your laundry. As for activities, there is something going on all the time. I really don't play cards and I don't like bingo, but that's what they mostly do. However, they have some games that I participated in, and they were kind of fun. They have cards and every kind of bingo you can think of. The other place that I was in for a couple of months, the food was horrible. Here, it is much, much better, although they have a little trouble keeping vegetables warm.