Cornell Health Services sits at 320 N 7th St, Cornell, Wisconsin, and has been part of the local scene since 1984, with 50 beds in its skilled nursing facility and a strong focus on compassionate and high-quality care for seniors, and the place handles all kinds of care, whether someone needs long-term nursing, skilled short-term rehab between a hospital stay and going home, or more specialized care like memory care, wound care, palliative care, hospice, or respite care, and they contract with VA services for veterans, and offer on-site services from Oakleaf Health Clinic, so residents don't have to travel for many of their care needs. The staff works on building trust through relationships and aims to help residents feel at home, which you can see in how they focus on community and dignity, along with a good range of activities and discharge planning, recreational therapy, and meals they try to keep both nutritious and tasty.
This facility covers most medical bases with skilled nursing available every day, therapy services such as physical, occupational, and speech, wound care, management of IV medications and antibiotics, PICC lines, dialysis transportation, nebulizer and breathing treatments, glucose monitoring, and even more, with physician's orders as needed, and the onsite team can do EKGs, X-rays, venous dopplers, lab work, dental and podiatry checks, swallow assessments, pharmacy work, and provide therapy for things like swallowing, speech, and movement, so people get what they need without lots of extra trips out in all weather. The pharmacy onsite makes sure daily medicines get handled safely, and there's a full emergency kit, an automatic defibrillator, and ACLS capacity, plus infection control through special isolation rooms if needed.
Cornell Health Services takes a holistic approach, supporting not just medical needs but social and emotional well-being, plus support with meals, transportation, homemaking, patient-centered programs, and even dialysis transportation for those who need it, and their staff speak English with the residents. They offer brain injury rehab, memory support, home care, home health, hospice, and can help connect families with other health resources if needed, and they're the only listed health services provider in the town of Cornell. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rated them deficiency free, with a strong inspection history (A+ score, very few minor problems and none immediate or severe), and CMS gives them a five-star rating, while their overall grade stands at a solid B. The nurse quality grade is A-minus, so people get good attention from the staff, and the range of therapy and activity services aims to help residents improve, maintain, or regain abilities, always with the main goal of giving each person the support, care, and sense of home they want while respecting their dignity.
