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In June of 1964 the Kimberly-Clark Corporation donated the former Kimlark Inn to the Sister-Servants of Christ the King and Maryhill Manor was born. These dedicated women sponsored Maryhill's mission until 1987, when the School Sisters of St. Francis accepted sponsorship, building our current facility in 1988.www.sssf.org Maryhill Manor has been a well respected partner in the community for over 40 years, providing Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care in an environment of compassion where each resident is assisted to achieve THEIR goals.

Maryhill Today is an award-winning rehabilitation and skilled nursing center which is proud to be the hands and face of the School Sister's mission of compassionate care. Our Educational Outreach is well respected, and we are a clinical site for the Bay College West Nursing program and the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College for Niagara based Practical Nursing, Nursing Assistant, and Dementia Care Certification courses.

Focused on the future, we have begun the journey into the Social Model of Care. While maintaining our focus on the physical needs of our Residents, Maryhill's Residents determine their own goals, and the Team collaborates with each person to empower them to their highest level of wellness.


Awards & Recognitions

Maryhill is an award winning Rehabilitaion Center with our focus as a team to provide individualized care which assists our clients to achieve their goals in an environment of respect and compassion with clinical excellence and support. Inspections by the State of Wisconsin have resulted in Maryhill achieving Clinically Deficiency Free Surveys in 2008 and in 2005, with excellent outcomes for survey performance in other years. Recognized by our peers as a model facility, we continue our pursuit of excellence. Each Resident's success is Our measure of success.

American Health Care Association Step II Quality Award 2009
My Innerview Excellence in Action Award- top 10% of facilities nationwide who scored "Excellent" for resident/family satisfaction recommending our facility to others- 2007 & 2008
American Health Care Association Step I Quality Award- 2006
Wisconsin Health Care Association Resident Volunteer of the Year- 2008
Wisconsin Health Care Association Person Directed Care Award- 2007
Wisconsin Health Care Association Community Harmony Award- 2006
Wisconsin Health Care Association Public Relations Award- 2005
Wisconsin Health Care Associatin Teen Volunteer Award (three separate occurences) - 2001, 2003, 2006
Wisconsin Health Care Association Employee of the Year - 2002
Wisconsin Health Care Association Professional of the Year - 2004
Wisconsin Health Care Association Spiritual Leader of the Year (two separate occurences) - 2005; 2007
Wisconsin Health Care Association Administrator of the Year - 2005
Cherokee Uniform Inspired Comfort Award Semi-Finalist (Carol Bowman, RN, DNS) - 2004
MJ Care Customer Service Award: our Therapy Department - 2005
The Daily News "Peoples' Choice" Award for nursing homes - 2006 & 2009
The Daily News "Peoples' Choice" Award runner-up - 2005; 2007
Our Team-centered approach to care is the result of the dedication each of our employees share, in collaboration with our Residents. We believe in on-going growth through education, and innovation in development through the contributions each Team member makes. Through this collaboration we achieve our mission and are committed to person directed care.


Resident Directed Care

The Future is HERE! Our Residents are encouraged to self direct their lives whether joining us for a short term recovery or for a longer stay. We provide those we serve with individualized programming to help them achieve the goals they set, as the Resident desires. Each Resident and their responsible party is involved in planning their care, choosing their course of treatment, and identifying their discharge goals with our team of professionals. We believe in open communication and meet formally and informally as often as you wish to make changes in YOUR plan for care. With our team of Care Partners, each Resident makes the many choices as they wish for their lives, and self determine their future to the best of their ability.

Residents are supported as they make decisions about their lives through our Resident Council, and as an important Action Team whose input regarding changes is actively sought and suggestions followed by our Care Partners. Decisions made by the Resident Council represent the desires of those who live at Maryhill.

At Maryhill you will be living in a neighborhood where consistent Care Partners will help you in the way you need, at times convenient for you. Each neighborhood holds its own Town Hall Meetings with both Residents and Staff members sharing decisions about their neighborhood and collaborating together.


Meet Our Team

Maryhill is an award winning Rehabilitation Center with our focus as a team to provide individualized care which assists our clients to achieve their goals in an environment of respect and compassion with clinical excellence and support.

With over 100 employees, Maryhill is proud to be sponsored by the School Sisters of St. Francis, www.sssf.org and to be the only religiously sponsored Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in our area. Our vision is to be known for the holistic approach to care, in which WE recognize that we are working in the Resident's home. Maryhill has a local Board of Directors who volunteer their expertise and provide support to the mission we share.

Innovation, teamwork, and compassion are not just phrases at Maryhill. Our Resident Choice Dining program and Resident Directed Care system have been developed as guided by our Resident Council, with facility-wide Action Teams. Each Resident lives in a neighborhood, with a regularly scheduled team of Care Partners for their family so Residents know their Care Partners, and the Care Partners know each family member.


Rehabilitation

Maryhill's Award-winning Rehabiilitation Program involves a true collaboration among team members, offering Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology in a holistic approach to treatment which meets each Resident's needs.

Therapists are approachable and encourage questions from both Residents and their families to ensure that treatment re-builds their confidence and independence for a successful return home. Through our Resident Centered approach, short term clients return home after an average length of stay of 33.53 days. We also provide Out Patient Rehabilitation as needed by clients in the community, as ordered by their physician.

Therapists work together with the Resident, their physician, and the rest of our Care Partners to develop a individualized program of rehabilitation that will best meet the goals each Resident has, based upon their needs and abilities. If you would like to ask a therapist about Maryhill you can call 715-251-3172 or e mail them at therapies@maryhillmanor.org.

Our Residents are kept informed of their progress along the road to recovery as well, with our Therapists joining with the Team for Progress and Discharge Meetings with the Resident and their family members. Prior to returning home our Occupational Therapist may arrange for a Home Evaluation to make sure that the environment at home is safe and will promote ongoing independence once the Resident leaves.

1. Physical Therapy
The Physical Therapist, by order of the physician, evaluates each client and determines a course of treatment which will best promote their recovery. Physical Therapists utilize various exercise regimens, balance strategies, safety awareness and postural correction, assistive devices, gait pattern improvement techniques, and prosthetic/orthotic devices when appropriate. Our Physical Therapists are also involved in the more complex wound treatments, and with proper fitting of wheelchairs as needed.
2. Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy helps people with physical problems to become self sufficient, helps them become active or regain motion following an illness and/or injury, and/or re-train the body to perform daily activities such as bathing, dressing, balancing while standing for cooking, or other tasks we otherwise may take for granted. Occupational Therapy is individualized to meet each person's needs as ordered by the physician following an evaluation.

3. Speech-Language Pathology
Our Speech Therapist works with residents to regain swallowing abilities, re-learn muscle control needed for talking to communicate and eat, and in conjunction with Occupational Therapy, performs treatment to aid memory, recall of facts needed for daily life, and provide memory tools or exercises an individual client needs to remain successful and independent. The Speech-Language Pathologist completes an evaluation of needs and provides treatment as ordered by the physician.





Skilled Nursing Care

At Maryhill there are Registered Nurses on duty 24 hours each day to provide supervision of Care Partners and indivdualized skilled nursing care for Residents with widely varied care needs and complexity of status. Our staffing ratios are excellent and the majority of our Nursing Team have been with us at Maryhill for a long period of time. If you have questions about Skilled Nursing at Maryhill call Carol at 715-251-3172 or e mail her at cbowman@maryhillmanor.org.

Whether short term placement for Rehabilitation for recovery of acute illness or injury or longer term care, we assist our Residents to achieve their highest level of wellness as directed by those we serve. Our Team collaborates with the resident, their decision-makers, and their attending physician to ensure that each individual's needs are met. Working with the Resident and the Interdiscplinary team, the Registered Nurse collaborates to develop a plan which will achieve each Elders' goals. With our Wound Care Certified led wound team, clinically complex residents can receive the special care they need, and achieve their goals.

Restorative Nursing care is provided by specially trained staff coordinated by Cari Martens, RN. Restorative care can be provided in conjunction with therapies, or is provided based upon nursing assessment findings to assist Residents to regain specific function. Some of the areas of Restorative care may be ordered for include dining independently, walking and strength building activities, movement of limbs with help to regain independence, motor coordination to aid with bathing, dressing, grooming, or going to the bathroom more independently. If you have questions about our Restorative Program please call Cari at 715-251-3172 or e mail her at cbowman@maryhillmanor.org.


Social Services

From Pre-Admission where our Social Worker introduces each person to our team through the Rehabilitation and Discharge process, our Social Worker acts as each resident's advocate for care. She will provide support and education through the many difficult decisions you need to make, and provide resources to ensure each person receives the information they need.

We understand that YOUR health concerns are important to you and that knowledge is vital for you to meet your goals. The Social Worker coordinates frequent update meetings for your and your loved ones in preparation for your future. Our Team of Professionals need to receive the feedback we need to assist you to achieve YOUR goals.

When Discharge is near, our Social Worker will assist you with Discharge Planning, arranging for services you may need when returning home, and provides you with information about community resources available. If you have questions about Admission or Social Services please call Cindy at 715-251-3172 or e mail her at cdonahue@maryhillmanor.org.


Dining Services

After years of spending your life on someone else's time frame it IS finally All About YOU! Our Elders decide when, what, and where they want to dine at Maryhill. Our Main Dining Room service is provided in Restaurant Style, and the Elders make their meal choices from our menu at the time they are served.

Hours of dining are expanded, with Main Dining Room Breakfast from 7:00am to 9:00am, Dinner between 11:00am and 1:00pm, and our Evening Meal from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Staff are available during these times to seat you, take your order, and serve you.

Sleeping later in the morning is NO PROBLEM for us; we will gladly provide room service; bringing your breakfast to your room when you're ready, or you may wish to come to the dining room for your meal when you are ready.

At Maryhill, the dining experience is ordered by your attending physician, and monitored by a Registered Dietitian, the Certified Food Service Director, and our dedicated Care Partners, but it is directed by YOU. If you'd like more information call Bob at715-251-3172 or e mail him at bsauld@maryhillmanor.org.


Pastoral Care

To promote healing we minister to all parts: Body, Mind, Soul. To best meet the needs of those we serve, our Pastoral Care Coordinator is here, and we are supported by many dedicated volunters and stff. Our ministry involves halping our Residents an ther families cope with the different losses thy experience and aid in their recovery through supportive cares and private discussions a desired.

We provide and oversee the Spiritual needs of our Residents through our schedule of worship on a daily basis, weekly Bible Studies, the Prayer Shawl Ministry, and Annointing of the Sick.

Nancy visits with Residents of all spiritual paths to offer assistance as they move through the many changes and losses illness brings to their lives, and provides support to those at the end of their lives as well. Residents, family, and staff grief support are important to our mission, and Nancy will make contact with whomever desired for spiritual support while providing assistance in our facility.

Ensuring that our Team is educated regarding grief support, Nancy provides on-site training and welcomes grief counseling experts in to inservce our staff. Nancy is available to answer your questions at 715-251-3172 or nreese@maryhillmanor.org.


Community Outreach

As a "Community focused" provider, Maryhill is committed to ongoing education of those around us through personal interactions during programs directed toward Seniors and their families, students considering careers in health sciences, or those grade school students who learn from their Elders through our intergenerational programming during the school year.

Maryhill is committed to promoting education to other professionals in our community, and have sponsored speakers who provide sessions for outside professionals such as our law enforcement, fire fighters, and rescue worker seminars by the Alzheimer's Association on ways to best approach and assist the Alzheimer's victim in the community.

We also provide outreach to our community through monthly radio programs, "Intouch" on WJNR FM 101.5 the third Saturday of each month at 7:30am, and "Meet the Experts" offered at 12:30pm on the second Friday of each month on WHTO 106.7FM.

We are a clinical site for Bay College West's Nursing program, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College's Niagara based LPN program and Nursing Assistant program, and are the local site for their Dementia Care certification program.

Please see the ElderTips tab on this Website for downloadable articles of interest to many Seniors and their families. Through these Elder Tips we are happy to provide information which may be helpful to you. Feel free to Contact Us if there are any other questions you may have.

Maryhill's Team is also available for Speaking engagements for local civic groups, Senior Centers, and Senior Living environments, discussing topics of interest from our Speakers Topics or those requested by the groups.
Some of our more recent presentations include:
Guardianships and Durable Power of Attorney
Meal Preparation for One
Activities and the Alzheimer's Victim at Home
Spread of Infection and Handwashing
Resident Directed Care
Return to the Community: Friends and Family Responses
Women's Nutritional Health
We are available for these and other programs of interest. Please call Jana at 715-251-3172 or e mail jclement@maryhillmanor.org for more information.


Volunteer Opportunities

At Maryhill we are blessed with many compassionate and dedicated volunteers who share their gifts with us freely whether it be scheduling time to share musical or other performances, playing piano for our monthly Birthday Parties and sing-alongs, assisting with church services, or spending a day off of school visiting and helping at Maryhill rather than hanging out with friends. There is room at Maryhill for Volunteers of any age, with a multitude of interests.

We invite you to join our mission through giving of your time and help with crafts, read or visit with a Resident, help with Spring Planting, or contribute in other ways to the lives of others. You could join us for our Thursday Prayer Shawl group, spend a fun afternoon with the Red Hat Hotties of Niagara, or stay a while and cook with the ladies.

To discuss the ways you might share contact Melissa Jacobs, our Volunteer Coordinator at 715-251-3172 or e mail her at mjacobs@maryhillmanor.org.


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