St Camillus

St Camillus in Wauwatosa, WI, is a large community owned and run by the Order of St. Camillus, serving seniors through a full range of care like Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Short-Term Rehabilitation, and Home Health services, with a mission devoted to helping the poor, sick, and elderly with respect and kindness, and you'll see that in the way they have three different residences for different care needs-with North Residence doing Memory Care, South Residence covering Assisted Living, Short-Term Rehab, and Skilled Nursing, and East and West Residences focusing on Independent Living, so people don't have to move far as their needs change. Folks can pick from studios, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom apartments in the independent and assisted living sections, while the nursing homes have both private and semi-private rooms-most rooms have their own kitchens or kitchenettes, heat, and AC, and the buildings are fully accessible and safe, with sprinkler systems and a 24-hour call system so help's always close if someone needs it, and they offer daily help with things like bathing, dressing, medication, transfers, and all the little day-to-day chores that get harder with age. The Home Health team from St Camillus can help with nursing care, home therapies, supportive care, wound care, geriatric management, and even hospice, so residents can keep getting support in their own place, and if you need a doctor, nurses, a social worker, dietician, activity coordinator, or therapists, they've got those folks on staff too. There's a Life Enrichment program run by staff in each part of the community, offering everything from music to arts and crafts, devotional activities, daily Catholic Mass, and weekly Ecumenical services, and residents themselves help run activities and movie nights to keep things lively, which means seniors can meet new friends and stay as busy as they want. Amenities are plenty with things like libraries, walking paths, gardens, a fitness room, game rooms, community rooms, meeting areas, a chapel, coffee shop, country store, dining room with chef-prepared meals, Wi-Fi, hair salons, a spa, whirlpool baths, a printer and fax, and rides to appointments or outings, and services cover housekeeping, laundry, dry cleaning, diabetic and non-ambulatory care, incontinence management, transportation, parking, and help with personal care like dressing and grooming. For those needing more, you've got occupational therapy and rehabilitation right on-site, palliative and end-of-life care, memory support programs for dementia and Alzheimer's, as well as a Basic-Plus Service Program offering structured cueing and home management, plus chaplains for spiritual support, so there's a real chance to find hope, purpose, and dignity at every stage of aging, with the staff focusing on showing each person care and respect. Meals are nutritious with healthy choices, there's a wide range of physical and mental wellness activities, and all apartments are designed for comfort, privacy, and access, and the non-profit model means St Camillus puts service first, which you can sense in the way the community supports seniors and their families through every step of older age.