Fox River Pavilion stands as a senior living community in a historic building that first opened in 1932, showing off Art Deco style and holding a place on the National Register of Historic Places, and over the years, the place served as a hospital, sanatorium, and skilled nursing facility before it changed to senior care. The facility, with 121 certified beds and about 111 residents, takes care of seniors needing help with daily activities like bathing, dressing, and medication, and although people sometimes call it a nursing home, it doesn't provide round-the-clock skilled nursing like a hospital since it offers an intermediate level of care between living on your own and needing full nursing care, which works well for folks who can't live alone but don't need 24-hour nurses. Residents can pick from individual or semi-private rooms, and the building's got places for memory care with extra supervision and security, making it safer for folks with Alzheimer's or other memory problems who might wander, and those in memory care also get special activities and therapies including music, pet therapy, board games, and relaxation outdoors.
Staff at Fox River Pavilion help with everything from getting in and out of the shower, dressing, and grooming, to giving medicine, and sometimes if needed, there are 24-hour awake caregivers, insulin management, or help by two people to move someone in bed, though that depends on each resident's needs. The kitchen puts out three home-cooked meals every day, with special diet adjustments if families ask, and transport help's there to take people to doctor's visits, events, spiritual gatherings, or shopping. Health and safety get careful attention, with 100% of long-stay residents getting pneumococcal and flu vaccines, regular visiting doctors, and plans to respond fast if someone's health changes or there's a fall or injury, plus they keep the living spaces clean and homelike, and aim to prevent any kind of mistreatment or theft, with background checks on staff and a policy to report any problems. Seniors can join planned programs like movie nights, crafts, workout sessions, spa days, outdoor activities, and social evenings, or use spaces like the reading room, salon, or game rooms, and staff makes sure everyone's needs are met from care to comfort.
Fox River Pavilion gives helpful guides and information on Medicare and Medicaid, income rules by state, and long-term care planning, including guides for picking assisted living, comparing senior care costs, and understanding Veterans Aid & Benefits, and for those wanting to work there or in care, there are job resources, CNA classes and practice tests, resume help, and training for caregivers, with certification options by state and special dementia or Alzheimer's training. The management, led by Mr. Ken Bogard, runs the place as a for-profit partnership, not part of a hospital, single-owned, and participates in Medicare and Medicaid, but doesn't have BBB accreditation or sprinklers yet in the building. Residents can speak up and have a say in how things run through the resident council, and Fox River Pavilion's recognized with awards like Best of Senior Living and Best of Senior Living All Star, plus the friendly staff tries to give everyone a welcoming feeling.
Current reports show a 92% bed use rate, a small percent of residents mostly in bed or with a catheter, some challenges like 11% having some incontinence, and 3% with increased depression or anxiety, but there are no restraints used and strong measures to prevent sores, with numbers lower than many other places. Fox River Pavilion's not a continuing care retirement community and doesn't have special focus facility status, but it's known for its dedicated services and keeping its surroundings as safe and homelike as possible. Every resident gets help reaching the best quality of life the team can give, and the Pavilion's team works hard to keep their health, safety, comfort, and personal dignity central, every day.
