VMP Healthcare and Community Living sits in West Allis, Wisconsin, and has spent over 95 years caring for seniors, being a nonprofit since 1925, and they offer a full continuum of care, so folks can age in place without changing communities as their needs change, and you'll find options for independent living, assisted living, transitional care, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, ventilator care, and even hospice care. The community supports residents with clinical experts and the VMP Team, who work together to make individualized care plans, and people here get help with daily needs, medication, and personal care if needed, and there's a safe, secure setting for those with memory challenges, with secure areas so people don't wander and rooms and common areas designed to reduce confusion, plus a chapel and several places for quiet reflection or visiting with others.
Residents get rooms with private bathrooms and kitchenettes, high-speed Wi-Fi, and cable TV, and can enjoy varied meals from a professional chef, with all-day, restaurant-style dining that caters to special diets like allergies or diabetes, and there are options to eat on your own schedule. You'll find a good number of amenities, like the Wesley Park Library/Hearth Room, workout rooms with exercise bikes and elliptical machines, a spa, salon, and the Palmer House Chapel and Serenity Garden, and for moving around there are walking paths, outdoor sitting areas, a pond and gazebo, plus handy transportation and parking services, move-in help, and regular housekeeping, laundry, and dry cleaning offered for peace of mind.
This community stands out because their care covers almost anything someone might need as they age, including ventilator care, rehabilitation, and help from trained aides for those getting care at home, and their campus includes several activity rooms, woodworking and weaving for hobbies, movie nights, arts and crafts, outings, and a resident-run activities program, with community-sponsored and faith-based activities, and visits from family and friends are easy and welcome in their furnished gathering areas. The staff here get recognized for being helpful, joyful, and kind, which does help foster a sense of belonging, and the community has received awards like Best of Senior Living and Best of Senior Living All Star.
Residents can enjoy beautiful landscaped areas and gardens, including boardwalk gardens and a community garden, outdoor programs, a fitness center with parallel bars suitable for rehabilitation, and relaxing social spaces, or join the senior community club for more events and friendship, and the setting's made to be both vibrant and secure, with emergency alert systems throughout the buildings. VMP Healthcare and Community Living aims to enrich lives with safe, maintenance-free living, where seniors 55 and older can get the level of healthcare and support they need, whether they're active and independent or facing complex health challenges, all while living in a comfortable, welcoming community.
