Wisconsin counties find additional uses for nursing homes instead of selling them
DAVID WAHLBERG
Updated
Recreation therapists Katelyn Nelson, left, and Kali Handel, center, play a card game with residents Tim Pawlowsky and Paul Guidone, right, in the activity room at Badger Prairie Health Care Center in Verona, a nursing home owned by Dane County.
St. Croix County, where officials considered selling their nursing home, instead got a state grant to open a dementia crisis unit and voted to keep the facility.
Badger Prairie Health Care Center has a long history in Verona, dating back to 1854, when Dane County bought the surrounding land for a "poor farm," said Bill Brotzman, administrator of the nursing home. The current facility opened in 2011.
Badger Prairie Health Care Center, which opened in 2011, was designed to put equipment and monitors behind cabinets and doors, said administrator Bill Brotzman. "We try to be more home-like," he said.
Badger Prairie Health Care Center in Verona is rated with four stars out of five by the federal government after receiving a citation-free annual inspection in August, which is unusual for the nursing home industry.
Recreation therapists Katelyn Nelson, left, and Kali Handel, center, play a card game with residents Tim Pawlowsky and Paul Guidone, right, in the activity room at Badger Prairie Health Care Center in Verona, a nursing home owned by Dane County.
Badger Prairie Health Care Center has a long history in Verona, dating back to 1854, when Dane County bought the surrounding land for a "poor farm," said Bill Brotzman, administrator of the nursing home. The current facility opened in 2011.
Badger Prairie Health Care Center in Verona is rated with four stars out of five by the federal government after receiving a citation-free annual inspection in August, which is unusual for the nursing home industry.
Badger Prairie Health Care Center, which opened in 2011, was designed to put equipment and monitors behind cabinets and doors, said administrator Bill Brotzman. "We try to be more home-like," he said.
