Wisconsin Rapids Health Services

    1350 River Run Dr, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.0ยท49 reviews

    Compassionate caregivers, spotless hospice facility

    I was very impressed by the compassionate, professional caregivers and the spotless, well-appointed facility - my family and I felt comforted, especially during hospice care. The staff were attentive and friendly throughout; I'm grateful for their care and would recommend this community.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.02ยท(49)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.1
    • Staff

      2.5
    • Meals

      1.6
    • Amenities

      3.2
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and professional caregivers
    • Supportive hospice and end-of-life services
    • Friendly and personable staff interactions
    • Unit-level pockets of strong nursing care
    • Up-to-date, attractive building and common areas
    • Well-appointed resident rooms
    • Occasional spotless cleanliness on specific units

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and extended staff shifts
    • Delayed response to call-button alerts and assistance
    • Inconsistent personal-care and bathing protocols
    • Inadequate medication and diabetes-management controls
    • Weak fall-prevention and transfer-safety practices
    • Delayed family notification and poor clinical communication
    • Inconsistent cleanliness, linen-change, and odor control
    • Leadership and management oversight deficiencies
    • Staff conduct, professionalism, and workplace culture
    • Maintenance delays and facility-upkeep lapses
    • Inconsistent dining quality and meal-service continuity
    • Billing and administrative process errors
    • Inconsistent application of restraint/alarm policies

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews present a mixed and polarized view of the facility. Many accounts praise individual caregivers, hospice support, and certain units that provide attentive, compassionate care; at the same time a substantial set of observations point to systemic operational problems that appear to affect resident safety, daily care, and family communication.

    Care quality: Clinical concerns center on inconsistent execution of basic care processes. Reviewers described delayed responses to call buttons and long waits for toileting and bathing assistance, which they link to increased fall risk and frequent hospital transfers. Several accounts identify gaps in diabetes management and medication administration (missed blood-sugar checks, missed insulin without clear orders), pressure-related skin issues, and incidents during transfers or lifts. These accounts suggest variability in clinical reliability across shifts and units rather than uniform performance.

    Staffing and staff conduct: Staffing levels are a dominant theme. Reviewers characterize staff as overworked and fatigued due to chronic understaffing and long shifts; many note that these staffing pressures degrade responsiveness and routine care. At the same time, multiple reviews emphasize that individual caregivers can be highly compassionate and skilled, creating a polarized picture where quality often depends on the specific staff on duty. Separate but important concerns relate to interpersonal conduct and workplace culture: complaints include unprofessional behavior, allegations of discriminatory or harassing interactions, confidentiality concerns, and inconsistent supervisory responses.

    Dining and daily living services: Meal service and ancillary routines are described as inconsistent. Common complaints include cold or lukewarm food, incorrect or limited menu items, slow service for hair/shower appointments, and long waits for bathroom assistance. Conversely, some families reported satisfactory interactions around meals and helpful dining staff. These descriptions indicate variability in both food quality and service timeliness.

    Facilities and maintenance: The facility receives mixed comments on the physical environment. Several reviewers praise the buildingโ€™s appearance and certain unitsโ€™ cleanliness, while others report maintenance delays (including a reported water leak and limited maintenance response), inconsistent linen changes, and odor concerns in some areas. Overall, the physical plant appears well-appointed in parts but affected by lapses in upkeep and sanitation protocols in others.

    Management, communication, and administration: Reviews indicate concerns with leadership and administrative practices. Noted issues include poor follow-up from case management or social-work staff, inadequate family notification after incidents, billing or overbilling problems, and defensive or insufficient corporate responses to complaints. Where management is described positively, reviewers attribute better outcomes to clearer communication and responsive leadership, reinforcing the idea that management practices materially affect resident experience.

    Notable patterns and takeaways: The recurring pattern is variability by unit and shift combined with chronic staffing constraints. Positive experiences often reflect specific compassionate staff or well-organized units; negative experiences cluster around understaffed times, leading to delays in assistance, medication and clinical-management lapses, and maintenance/back-office failures. For prospective residents and families, key topics to evaluate in person include staffing levels at different times of day, fall-prevention and transfer protocols, medication and diabetes-management procedures, frequency of personal-care routines, incident-notification policies, and the facilityโ€™s process for addressing complaints and billing questions.

    In summary, the facility demonstrates clear strengths in individual caregiver compassion, hospice capability, and attractive physical spaces, but these are offset in many accounts by operational weaknessesโ€”principally staffing, communication, clinical consistency, and maintenanceโ€”that can affect safety and daily comfort. Experiences appear highly unit- and shift-dependent, so direct inquiries and multiple visits focused on the operational areas above are advisable for families considering placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Wisconsin Rapids Health Services is located at 1350 River Run Dr, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, 54494.

    About Wisconsin Rapids Health Services

    Wisconsin Rapids Health Services sits in Wisconsin Rapids and runs as a for-profit facility under North Shore Healthcare LLC, managed by Troy Baumann and David Mills since late 2019, and has 114 certified beds but usually has about 44 residents each day, so there's some extra space, and everyone gets a private room, which feels a bit more like being at home than sharing with someone else, and the staff-a mix of nurses, CNAs, therapists, and admin folks-work to keep things running while trying to create a family-like environment with respect and compassion, though nurse turnover is higher than average at 54.2% and nurse staffing is a bit below state average at 3.51 hours per resident per day, so some days might be more hectic than others. Residents get both short-term rehab and long-term nursing care, with skilled nursing and therapy options like physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and for those needing it, there are programs for brain injury rehabilitation, discharge planning, daily weights, glucose checks, and in-house X-rays, IV therapies, nebulizer treatments, and things like incentive spirometry. The dining and activity services are designed to help keep folks engaged and comfortable, and with full pharmacy services, an automatic defibrillator, emergency kits, and some telehealth available, medical needs don't go ignored, plus home health and hospice support is part of what they offer, and in case someone needs help swallowing, they do swallow studies on site. While the staff works hard, state inspections have found some issues, including 38 total deficiency reports so far, 7 of them about infection control, and in the past there were citations given for lapses in COVID-19 vaccine education, documentation, and for missing an effective infection prevention program, along with a citation about not always letting residents, families, or doctors know quickly about important changes, but these were marked as causing no real harm-just a risk it could be more serious if not fixed. Folks who stay here can expect services for both rehabilitation and daily living, with nurses and other health workers doing their best to help people recover or settle in for the long term, and the facility stays in touch with the community through its Facebook page.

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    Wisconsin Rapids Health Services offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 1350 River Run Dr, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494.

    No, Wisconsin Rapids Health Services does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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