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Legacy Gardens
1601 Wheeler Road, Madison, WI, 53704
Community Information
Legacy Gardens is an assisted living facility in Madison, WI. Legacy Gardens offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Legacy Gardens offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Legacy Gardens provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help. Legacy Gardens is operated by Brookdale.
Unique Features
* Large apartments with great views
* Homelike environment
* Wide variety of activities to stay busy
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is 55 years old.
Staffing
Nurses on Staff24-Hour Awake StaffVisiting NurseVisiting PodiatristVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Occupational TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care 0% Medium Care 58% Heavy Care 41% Legacy Gardens prefers that residents need: medium care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
This community can administer insulin injections and blood sugar tests, although it is not necessarily able to offer sliding scale therapy.
Memory Care Offered
The community's memory care section is in its own building.
Incontinence Care
This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide a 1 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Care
This community provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
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Transportation
Resident Parking AvailableComplimentary TransportationTransportation at CostSmoking
Allowed OutdoorsAdditional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OnsiteDevotional Services OffsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Wheelchair Accessible ShowersFull TubsHospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedVegetarianActivities Provided
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Average Room Pricing at Legacy Gardens
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 2490.00 Monthly 1 Bedroom 4390.00 Monthly Semi-Private 0.00 Monthly 2 Bedrooms Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Estimated Fees at Legacy Gardens
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 1200.00 One-time Respite Fee 150.00 Daily Buy-In Fee High Care Needs Fee 1850.00 Monthly Medium Care Needs Fee 950.00 Monthly Low Care Needs Fee 350.00 Monthly 2nd Person Fee 900.00 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Paying for care
Commercial InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
If Legacy Gardens isn't quite what you're looking for, take a look at a few other nearby communities that might be a better match.
Nearby Cities
| City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
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| Madison | 0 miles | 14 | $4,040 |
| Waunakee | 2 miles | 2 | $4,300 |
| DeForest | 5 miles | 3 | $3,900 |
| Middleton | 6 miles | 4 | $4,240 |
| Sun Prairie | 6 miles | 6 | $3,160 |
| Monona | 7 miles | 1 | $4,150 |
General Pricing Information for Madison Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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| 1 Bedroom | $3,000 | $4,040 | $6,120 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $4,475 | $5,545 | $6,800 |
| Semi-Private | $4,900 | $4,900 | $4,900 |
| Studio | $1,995 | $3,735 | $5,955 |
Community Reviews
Review of Emeritus at Legacy Gardens
reviewed on: 08/20/2014 by Richard E DeYoungWhen selecting an assisted living facility for my father, I evaluated 16 providers, narrowed the list to three that my father visited. My father selected Legacy. When asked why, he said that this... Read the full review.
Worth looking at!!
reviewed on: 09/29/2016 by AnonymousThis is a nice community and the staff I met during the tour were friendly. The community seemed clean and they offer a variety of activities. This community was just a little to far away for us.
I toured and took my mother there the...
reviewed on: 12/20/2012 by A Place For Mom CustomerI toured and took my mother there the next day to look at the one bedroom on the first floor that was available. The director was engaged with the residents and staff. The room itself has an odd... Read the full review.
Seemed understaffed
reviewed on: 01/08/2014 by Loved oneMy loved one lived here before we moved her elsewhere, and they always seemed a bit understaffed to me. It wasn't a bad place, but she wasn't getting the attention I'd like. When we visited it... Read the full review.
A tour for mom
reviewed on: 08/16/2017 by AnonymousWe toured this community for my mom's care. We liked the staff and the cleanliness of the community. This is not the type of care that needed. The residents seem to be older. The menu is very... Read the full review.
