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10 Best Nursing Homes in Starks, WI

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Nursing Homes Facilities near Starks, WI

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Photo of Milestone Senior Living Rhinelander
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The staff is incredible. So great and so wonderful to my mother in law. She passed last month and they all came to her funeral. The administration sucks but the rest of the facility is fabulous.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Milestone Senior Living Apartments and Suites provide a home-like environment, thoughtfully designed with seniors in mind. Milestone Senior Living has highly trained staff available to meet individual needs. The apartments and suites feature the finest amenities while providing care-free living....
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We are extremely happy overall. Mom is at peace where she is at and continues to make progress in being a part of new people and her living conditions.My mother asked for a door to lead out to a patio, the...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
The mission of Milestone Senior Living is to be a primary community dedicated to enriching the lives of older adults in our community of Woodruff, Oneida County, Wisconsin. Milestone Senior Living specializes in providing accommodations for seniors who can no longer live in their homes safely....
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The staff at Grace Lodge have been excellent. Mom really likes it there and participates in most if not all of the activities they have for the residents. The food at Grace Lodge is very good and I'd...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Beautiful Grace Lodge, an assisted living facility, located in Rhinelander, WI is the cream of the crop since it is located on the beautiful Wisconsin River which makes the location ideal for senior living. Included in the package is a nice apartment with all the amenities, cable TV, social...
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Very friendly and happy staff and residents at Milestone Senior Living Tomahawk, that says a lot. There are lots of opportunities for activities on and off site. The facility is very bright and cheery with...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Milestone Senior Living is an assisted living community, located in Tomahawk, Lincoln County, Wisconsin. Tomahawk is a small town community located in the Northwoods where three rivers converge. This is a town with a strong sense of civic pride. Residents can enjoy shopping, fine dining, outdoor...
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They were the greatest people. They were exceptional with [name removed] until her passing. I couldn't have asked for anything better. The overall experience with Sylvan Crossings on Evergreen was excellent.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
We see in each individual their grand potential to live a life of self-respect and integrity. We also strive to lessen your worry as we provide compassionate skilled care that brings a spirit of independence into the life of your loved one. Our priority is to provide the highest level of care...
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From our understanding this community is kept pretty clean, however we have not been able to visit in awhile due to COVID. Our first impression of this community was we thought it was a beautiful facility,...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Milestone Senior Living creates a living environment that nourishes the intellectual, emotional, and physical needs of each tenant. Milestone Senior Living Apartments is a home-like environment, thoughtfully designed with seniors in mind. Milestone has a highly trained staff available to meet...
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If you are more of an introvert this is a great place because you will not feel overwhelmed or overstimulated. I'm sure this is with any facility but more staff would be helpful and perhaps more tools to...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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For #7 , I'd rate a 2 since I haven't seen or heard of any activities that my brother was involved in. Would rate #8 a 5 as it is one of the least expensive facilities I had toured. Each resident and their...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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My husband is well cared for. The staff is always courteous and friendly. I have always had my questions answered and calls returned. I have always found my husband clean and well cared for. I have...
Provides: Nursing Homes
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Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Nursing homes are many things to many people. Whatever your needs, our goal is to provide compassionate nursing care in a clean, comfortable setting where you will feel at home. Individualized attention begins as soon as you are admitted, and our skilled nurses meet with you regularly to discuss...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
When considering placing your loved one in a community home, location is a primary consideration. Our Home Apartments are centrally located with access to most points of interest such as shopping, medical care facilities and other venues. Our Home Apartments is a state-of-the-art facility...
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Our Home Lake Tomahawk provides care for the elderly, which includes Medication administration, meals, personal care, housekeeping and other assistance as required. Physical, Occupational Therapy and Skilled nursing care is also available as ordered by their personal physician. A van is...
Photo of Golden Living Center Riverview
Provides: Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Nursing homes are many things to many people. Whatever your needs, our goal is to provide compassionate nursing care in a clean, comfortable setting where you will feel at home. Individualized attention begins as soon as you are admitted, and our skilled nurses meet with you regularly to discuss...
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
K Care Assisted Living Apartments provides assistance in an apartment setting; twenty-four/seven care is available as needed. A pendant is provided to all clients, which will page a nurse from any location on campus. Assistance from skilled nursing care to activities of daily...
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Our Home Lac Du Flambeau is a secure eight bed unit designed for memory loss clients who wander. Specialized care is available which include nursing, on sight visits by a Geriatric Psychiatrist, social and recreational activities designed to stimulate cognitive abilities of the client. Meals and...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Home Care, Nursing Homes
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
*15 private rooms offering dignity, privacy, and peaceful living in a small, homelike setting *Three home-cooked meals and snacks every day *Medication supervision and management ensuring doctors orders are followed accurately *Health monitoring and regular assessments of physical and mental...
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.

Cost of nursing homes in Starks, WI

The average cost of senior living in Starks is $3,975 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include White Lake, WI with an average of $3,719 per month.

Nursing homes costs in Starks, WI, vs. nearby cities

Starks, WI
$3,975/mo
$3,974/mo

Nursing homes costs in Starks, WI, vs. state and national averages

Starks, WI
$3,975/mo
U.S. national average
$4,794/mo

Nursing homes costs in Starks, WI, vs. other senior living options

$3,926/mo
Nursing Homes
$3,975/mo

Nursing homes costs in Starks, WI, by floor plan type

Studio
$4,650/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,211/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,430/mo

Senior living costs in Starks vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 4 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Starks, WI
Column state: Wisconsin
Column national: U.S.
Community typeStarks, WIWisconsinU.S.
Nursing Homes$3,975/mo$4,260/mo$4,794/mo
Assisted Living$3,828/mo$4,234/mo$4,557/mo
Memory Care$3,926/mo$4,260/mo$4,794/mo
Independent Living$3,926/mo$3,387/mo$4,016/mo
Nursing Homes
Starks, WI:$3,975/mo
Wisconsin:$4,260/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Assisted Living
Starks, WI:$3,828/mo
Wisconsin:$4,234/mo
U.S.:$4,557/mo
Memory Care
Starks, WI:$3,926/mo
Wisconsin:$4,260/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
Independent Living
Starks, WI:$3,926/mo
Wisconsin:$3,387/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
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Nursing homes costs in Starks, WI, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly nursing homes costs have shifted over the past five years in Starks and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

Starks, WIWI stateNational

Nursing homes cost trends in Starks, WI

The table below shows how monthly nursing homes costs in Starks have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Starks, WI$5,154/mo$4,672/mo+10.3%
Wisconsin$4,899/mo$5,062/mo-3.2%
National$4,857/mo$4,804/mo+1.1%
Starks, WI
2024 average cost:$5,154/mo
2023 average cost:$4,672/mo
Percent change:+10.3%
Wisconsin
2024 average cost:$4,899/mo
2023 average cost:$5,062/mo
Percent change:-3.2%
National
2024 average cost:$4,857/mo
2023 average cost:$4,804/mo
Percent change:+1.1%
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What families are saying about nursing homes in Starks

Recent reviews for nursing homes in Starks

Milestone Senior Living Woodruff

4.4
Overall I think it is a really great place and I would absolutely recommend them. The biggest complaint is the food, she does not like it at all. The vegetables are hard and it makes it tough to chew. Same thing with most of the meat. The deserts maybe only a quarter of the time are good. The ...
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Milestone Senior Living Tomahawk

5.0
Milestone is a wonderful place to go. They're so helpful and accommodating. The facility is very nice. And my loved one enjoys the food overall, although three meals a day is a bit too much for her.

Sylvan Crossings on Evergreen in Wausau, WI

4.0
Unfortunately my father in law was only in this community for 11 days. He wasn't happy, so he moved back home. However I did feel this was a nice community. Its a smaller community compared to others, but it is a great facility overall. I would recommend it.

Starks nursing homes services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Starks nursing homes communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Starks, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Starks nursing homes

Nursing homes communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of nursing homes partners in Starks that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Starks, WINational
Full medication management
Full medication management
40.9%
2.8%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
18.2%
10.6%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
86.4%
23.8%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
86.4%
24.3%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
50%
10.9%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
36.4%
1%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
86.4%
20.3%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
63.6%
7.5%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
63.6%
19.2%
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*Including nurse, dentist, OT, PT, speech or podiatrist

Availability of select dementia care services in Starks nursing homes

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Starks Nursing Homes partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Starks, WINational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
54.5%
4.3%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
22.7%
0.3%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
45.5%
6.2%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
27.3%
1.4%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Starks nursing homes

Nursing homes communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Starks partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Starks, WINational
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
31.8%
1.6%
No sugar
No sugar
27.3%
1.6%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
22.7%
4%
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Availability of select dining options in Starks nursing homes

Our nursing homes communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Starks communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Starks, WINational
Professional chef
Professional chef
4.5%
0.3%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
13.6%
0.5%
Room service
Room service
13.6%
0.5%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
9.1%
0.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Starks nursing homes

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered nursing homes communities in Starks offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Starks, WINational
Activity director
Activity director
31.8%
0.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
4.5%
0.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
4.5%
0.4%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
36.4%
7.2%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
27.3%
0.5%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
50%
7.2%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
18.2%
0.5%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
18.2%
0.3%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
4.5%
0.4%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
27.3%
0.4%
Live performances
Live performances
22.7%
0.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
18.2%
0.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Milestone Senior Living Rhinelander, Milestone Senior Living Woodruff and Grace Lodge Assisted Living are the top-rated nursing homes facilities near Starks, Wisconsin. See full list of communities.
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