Memory care is secured, dementia-specific assisted living. Wisconsin does not license or certify “memory care” as its own facility type. What is marketed as memory care is almost always a CBRF (or RCAC) that has designated dementia as an admissible client group in its required DHS program statement and provided the client-group-specific staff training that Wisconsin's CBRF rule (DHS 83.21(2)) requires within 90 days of hire.
No verified memory care provider is currently based in Franklin. The closest verified options are listed below.
What to watch for with memory care in Franklin
- Ask to see the community's DHS program statement and confirm dementia is listed as an admissible client group, since Wisconsin has no separate memory-care certificate to ask for.
Verified memory care in Franklin
Closest verified providers
| Provider | Based in | Address | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clement Manor | Greenfield | 3939 S 92nd St, Greenfield, WI 53228, 53228 | Milwaukee |
| Oak Park Place Oak Creek | Oak Creek | 1980 W Rawson Ave, Oak Creek, WI 53154, 53154 | Milwaukee |
| Tudor Oaks Senior Living Community | Muskego | S77 W12929 McShane Drive, Muskego, WI 53150, 53150 | Waukesha |
| St. Camillus Life Plan Community | Wauwatosa | 10100 W. Bluemound Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, 53226 | Milwaukee |
| Saint John's on the Lake | Milwaukee | 1840 North Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, 53202 | Milwaukee |
| Newcastle Place | Mequon | 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092, 53092 | Ozaukee |
The Franklin market specifically
Franklin is largely single-family housing, and families here often compare options across Franklin, Oak Creek and Greenfield interchangeably rather than treating each suburb as a separate search area.
Because Franklin borders both Milwaukee and Waukesha counties, families here sometimes end up comparing options as far afield as Muskego, not just the closer Milwaukee County suburbs.
The question about money nobody asks early enough
Ask what happens if private funds run out, and whether the community holds a Medicaid waiver provider agreement. A meaningful share of communities do not participate at all, which converts a funding problem into a forced move at the worst possible moment.
