Janie's Place Assisted and Transitional Living
8540 West Appleton Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53225
Janie's Place Assisted and Transitional Living
Janie's Place Assisted and Transitional Living is a memory care provider in Milwaukee, WI. The staff at Janie's Place Assisted and Transitional Living provide supervision and are able to remind residents to attend to activities of daily living such as grooming and toileting. Staff are on service 24 hours a day. There are activities appropriate for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia that help keep residents active and engaged. Janie's Place Assisted and Transitional Living was designed specifically to provide memory care. It is a secured property. Residents who are prone to wandering can be accepted. There is a computerized system that alerts staff if a resident attempts to wander to an unsafe area. Janie's Place Assisted and Transitional Living may be able to accommodate residents who are physically aggressive. The community may also be able to accept residents who exhibit bizarre or difficult behaviors. Additionally, residents who exhibit self-destructive tendencies or at risk of suicide may also be admitted depending on the circumstances. A nurse is on staff at Janie's Place Assisted and Transitional Living. Devotional services are provided to residents.
Features at a glance
- Handles Aggressive Behavior
- Handles Exit Seeking
- Handles Patient Self Harm
- Purpose Built Community
- Secured Community
- Wander Alert System
- Can Administer Medications
- Reminders And Monitoring
- Behavioral Care
- Can Administer Injections
Residents
- Accepts Residents Under 55
- Male
- Female
Staffing
- Nurses on Staff
- 24-Hour Awake Staff
- Visiting Podiatrist
- Visiting Physical Therapist
- Visiting Occupational Therapist
- Visiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
Light Care | Light Care Can manage most activities of daily living, may require cueing or supervision; requires assistance with provision of basic needs, i.e. medications, nutrition, hygiene, housekeeping, mobility, etc. |
Medium Care | Medium Care May be able to manage some activities but requires assistance and supervision with activities of daily living; may require cueing or supervision; requires assistance with provision of basic needs, i.e. medications, nutrition, hygiene, housekeeping, mobility, etc. |
Heavy Care | Heavy Care Requires total care with most or all activities of daily living, with complex care nursing needs and/or behavioral management difficulties. |
Additional Services
Care available for behavioral problems/symptoms
This community can accept residents who are an elopement risk. This community can accept residents who act out physically.
Diabetic Care
Diabetic residents must be able to manage their own care, including blood sugar tests and insulin injections. The community can help residents monitor their blood sugar but cannot give insulin injections. This community can administer insulin injections and blood sugar tests, although are it is not necessarily able to offer sliding scale therapy. This community offers diabetes care and can offer insulin injections, including sliding scale therapy.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Memory Care Offered
This community employs technology to prevent residents from wandering and becoming lost, for example bracelets that will ring an alarm if the resident leaves the community. The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander. This community's memory care section can accept residents with major behavior issues. The community's memory care area was purpose built to care for residents with Alzheimer's and dementia. The community's memory care section is in its own building.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide standby assistance for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 1 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 2 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community is equipped to use mechanical lifts transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Services
This community is provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
Transportation
- Resident Parking Available
- Complimentary Transportation
- Property Convenient to Busline
Smoking
- Allowed Outdoors
Additional Amenities
- Activities Onsite
- Activities Offsite
- Devotional Services Onsite
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Indoor Common Areas
- Meals Provided
Other Services
- Full Tubs
- Hospice Available
- Respite Offered
- Aging in Place
Nearby Cities
City | Distance | Number of Facilities |
|---|---|---|
| Lemont | 105 miles | 1 |
| Oswego | 119 miles | 1 |
| Wauwatosa | 6.7 miles | 1 |
| Portage | 105 miles | 1 |
| Lindenhurst | 50.9 miles | 1 |
| Saukville | 27.1 miles | 1 |
| Des Plaines | 75.1 miles | 1 |
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