Lake Winona Manor - Winona Health

Lake Winona Manor - Winona Health sits right next to Winona Health Hospital in Winona, Minnesota, and has room for up to 110 residents who need skilled nursing care, long-term care, short-term rehab, or memory care for dementia or Alzheimer's. The place feels safe with security and safety features, sprinkler systems, and staff around 24/7, so families usually feel a bit more at ease. The rooms come with private spaces, housekeeping, kitchens or kitchenettes, washers and dryers, cable TV, and regular maintenance whenever it's needed, which can help daily life run smoother. There's a game room, spots for social activities, a dining room serving meals, guest parking, WiFi, and a fitness center where folks can spend some time if they want to. Residents can use the beauty salon or barbershop right on site, and the place has nice outdoor areas-even a secure aviary-so you sometimes hear the birds while sitting outside. Staff helps with personal care tasks like bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting, and there's assistance for people who use wheelchairs or need help walking around the building. The care team's made up of nurses and aides, with people who know how to work with dementia and sometimes even have special training every year to help handle tough situations or ease anxiety. There's IV therapy, Total Parenteral Nutrition, wound care from certified nurses, physical, occupational, and speech therapy in the Transitional Care Unit, along with extra services like aroma therapy and a Namaste program, which are meant to calm and gently engage seniors. When people are ready to leave, the staff helps arrange home care, so it's not as overwhelming to return home. Meals and snacks come with the stay, and there's an emphasis on nutrition and wellness programs, plus activities like arts and crafts, social groups, educational talks, and exercise classes. The memory care areas feel homey and are set up to make everyone comfortable, with secured areas and small group settings-like the Adith Miller and Roger Metz Manors, which each house about ten residents and offer chances for meaningful activities. The Manor's also got unique programs for wound care and therapies available, weekly consultations, and plenty of help for folks with Alzheimer's or memory problems. People often enjoy therapeutic recreation or community activities, and the staff even get residents out for safe supervised outings when they're able. Lake Winona Manor accepts long-term care insurance, offers respite care and hospice, has a dedicated spiritual support department, and provides pharmacy services. The location is close to extra support, including hospital care, labs, imaging, psychiatry, counseling, women's health, cardiopulmonary rehab, family medicine, and more-all connected under the broader Winona Health system, so there's quite a range of care, therapies, and even school-based health resources or online patient management. You'll also find virtual urgent care and after-hours help, plus specialty clinics like sleep labs or CPAP supply. Overall, the place puts a focus on care, safety, and some good old-fashioned comfort, working to help seniors live as well and as safely as they can.