All 17 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Milwaukee,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
Saint Johns On The Lake runs on a church-affiliated nonprofit model with just 27 certified beds, and the staffing numbers stand out: 5.25 nurse hours per resident day, roughly a third more than the national average. Weekend coverage dips about 7% below its own weekday level, and turnover sits at 38.7%, better than the 45.8% national figure, though still meaning more than a third of staff leaving annually. The tradeoff shows up in its record: 14 deficiencies, including one at the harm level and two tied to abuse, with a June 2025 inspection. Strong staffing and a clean recent survey don't cancel out that history; they sit alongside it.
Eastcastle Pl Bradford Ter runs 5.13 nurse hours per resident day, roughly a third more staffing than the national average, and that shows up in its five-star staffing and quality ratings. The tradeoff is consistency: weekend coverage drops about 13% below its own weekday level, and annual turnover of 53.2% sits above the national 45.8%. The inspection record is the weaker side, 16 deficiencies, including one at harm level and two tied to abuse, with $99,452 in fines. The most recent inspection was February 2026, so the record is current. Strong day-to-day care numbers, but staffing stability and a serious citation history are the things to ask about directly.
St. Ann Health and Rehabilitation Center runs 50 certified beds in Milwaukee under corporate for-profit ownership. Its total nurse staffing sits at 4.27 hours per resident day, roughly 11% above the national average, but weekend coverage drops about 9% below its own weekday level, so the help you get may depend on which day you visit. The current record shows 21 deficiencies, none at the harm or jeopardy level but one tied to abuse, and a 4-out-of-5 health inspection rating from a March 2026 survey. The staffing star rating of 2 suggests the federal formula weighs turnover and mix, not just raw hours.
Milwaukee Catholic Home runs on a nonprofit model with 107 certified beds, and its most recent inspection in June 2025 turned up 15 deficiencies, none of which rose to the level of harm or jeopardy, and none tied to abuse. That's a meaningful distinction, because plenty of homes with cleaner-looking counts have worse findings buried in them. Where this one gets shakier is staffing, which earned just one star out of five, even though its 42.5% turnover rate is actually a bit better than the national average of 45.8%. Reading those two together, the issue doesn't look like people leaving so much as not enough of them to begin with.
Sunrise Health Services runs 99 beds in Milwaukee under corporate for-profit ownership, and its nurse staffing sits at 3.25 hours per resident day, roughly 16% under the national average of 3.86. Weekends are thinner still, about 10% below the home's own weekday levels, so the hours when families most often visit are also the leanest. Turnover is the one number that beats the norm: 29.8% against a national 45.8%.
The inspection record is the harder read. Thirty-nine deficiencies are open, three of them at harm or jeopardy level and three abuse-related, with $113,910 in fines across two penalties. The most recent inspection was July 24, 2025. Ask about those harm-level findings specifically, and ask who is on the floor on Saturdays.
Milwaukee Health and Rehab runs about 3.00 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 22 percent under the national average of 3.86, and that thin margin gets thinner on weekends, when staffing drops another 8 percent below its own weekday level. Annual turnover sits at 52.2 percent against a national 45.8, so the people providing that care are cycling out faster than usual. The health inspection record is genuinely strong, 21 deficiencies, none at harm or jeopardy level, and a recent December 2025 survey, but four abuse-related citations stand out on an otherwise clean sheet. With 95 beds under for-profit LLC ownership, the pattern is a home that inspects well while running lean on the floor.
Luther Manor runs 4.81 nurse hours per resident day, roughly a quarter above the national average of 3.86, and CMS gives it four stars for staffing. That's the good news, and it's real. The rest is harder. Fifty deficiencies sit on the current record, seven of them at harm or jeopardy level and twelve abuse-related, with six fines totaling $170,666. Staff turnover is 55.2% against a national 45.8%, and weekend coverage drops about 10% below its own weekday level. The last inspection, in December 2025, produced a one-star health inspection rating. The nonprofit owner is a corporation, not a family operation. Strong hours on paper aren't reaching residents the way the numbers suggest they should.
St. Anne's Salvatorian Campus runs on a nonprofit model with 50 beds, and its nurse staffing sits at 4.02 hours per resident day, a bit above the national average of 3.86. That's the good news. The rest is harder: 61 deficiencies on the current record, seven of them at harm or jeopardy level and six tied to abuse, plus two fines totaling $326,060. Staff turnover matches the national rate at 45.8%, and weekend coverage drops about 8% below weekdays. The last inspection was November 2024. A 1-out-of-5 inspection rating and 2-out-of-5 on quality measures tell you where the problems concentrate, and it isn't staffing hours on paper.
Wheaton Franciscan's Terrace at St. Francis carries 80 deficiencies on its current record, and 11 of those rise to the level of actual harm or jeopardy. Seven are abuse-related. That is not a paperwork problem, it is a pattern that inspectors keep finding. The health inspection rating of 1 out of 5 reflects it, and the $219,651 in fines across four separate actions shows regulators have penalized it more than once. Staffing sits slightly under the national average, but the bigger issue is retention: 81.6% turnover means most of the people caring for residents this year will not be there next year, and weekends already run thinner than weekdays.
Edenbrook Lakeside runs 145 beds in Milwaukee, and the staffing numbers are the first thing I'd look at. At 3.43 nurse hours per resident day, it sits about 11% under the national average, and weekends drop roughly 16% below its own weekday levels, so coverage thins out exactly when families tend to visit. The inspection record is the bigger concern: 34 deficiencies, three at harm or jeopardy level, one abuse-related, and $138,434 in fines across two cases, with the last inspection in October 2024. Turnover at 41.4% is actually a bit better than average, which suggests the problem isn't retention so much as how many hands are on deck.
Maple Ridge runs 80 beds under corporate ownership, and its staffing sits about 7% under the national average at 3.58 nurse hours per resident day. Weekends drop roughly 8% below its own weekday coverage, so the thinnest shifts land when families often visit. Turnover at 40.8% is actually better than the 45.8% national figure, which matters for consistency of care. The harder numbers are the 31 deficiencies on record, including two at harm or jeopardy level and two abuse-related, plus a $14,433 fine. The most recent inspection was April 30, 2025, so the record is current, not stale.
Mercy Health Services runs 60 certified beds in Milwaukee under corporate ownership, and the staffing numbers are the first thing to look at. Nurse coverage sits at 3.73 hours per resident day, a bit under the national average, and weekends drop about 12% below what the home staffs on weekdays. Turnover is the bigger concern: 62.3% of staff left over the past year, against a national average of 45.8%. Inspections in May 2025 turned up 32 deficiencies, including two at the harm level and eight related to abuse, with $47,753 in fines on record. CMS rates the home 2 out of 5 on both staffing and quality measures, and 3 on inspections.
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Greenfield runs a for-profit LLC home with 112 certified beds on Milwaukee's south side, and the staffing picture is genuinely mixed. Nurses provide 4.41 hours per resident day, roughly 14% above the national average, but weekend coverage drops about 10% below the home's own weekday level, so the help you'd want on a Saturday isn't quite what the weekday numbers suggest. What's harder to get past is the record: 64 deficiencies, seven at harm or jeopardy level, eight tied to abuse, and two fines totaling $152,619. Annual turnover of 76.2% means most of the staff caring for your family member this year likely won't be there next year.
Avina Of Milwaukee runs 108 certified beds under corporate for-profit ownership, and its staffing comes in at 3.97 nurse hours per resident day, modestly ahead of the national average but thinning out on weekends, when coverage drops roughly 17% below its own weekday level. The bigger concern sits in the numbers behind that average: annual turnover of 74% against a national norm near 46%, meaning most of the people caring for residents are relatively new to the building. Its inspection record carries 80 deficiencies, including 16 tied to abuse and 5 serious enough to put residents in harm's way, plus $90,921 in fines and a one-star health inspection rating. The most recent inspection was March 2026.
The Jewish Home and Care Center in Milwaukee runs about 5.01 nurse staffing hours per resident day, roughly 30% above the national average, yet weekend coverage dips about 12% below its own weekday levels. Staff turnover sits at 52.4%, higher than the 45.8% national figure. What tempers that staffing picture is the record: 33 deficiencies on file, seven at the harm or jeopardy level and two tied to abuse, with one $8,959 fine. CMS has placed this home in its Special Focus Facility program, and its most recent inspection came April 6, 2026. A nonprofit operator and strong weekday hours don't erase a harm-level deficiency pattern.
Amethyst Health Of Brown Deer has 86 deficiencies on its current record, and seven of them were serious enough to cause actual harm or put residents in immediate jeopardy, four tied to abuse. It's in CMS's Special Focus Facility program, the federal watchlist for homes with a pattern of persistent problems, and it's carrying $276,756 in fines. Nurse staffing sits at 4.51 hours per resident day, well above the national figure, but that headline number hides a 65.5% annual turnover rate and weekends that run thinner than weekdays. Ownership is for-profit corporate, and the last inspection was February 2026. High staffing hours aren't offsetting what inspectors keep finding here.
Bradley Estates runs 198 beds on Milwaukee's north side, and the numbers behind its record are hard to explain away. State inspectors have cited 155 deficiencies, 14 of them serious enough to put residents in immediate harm, and 22 tied to abuse, that volume doesn't come from paperwork slip-ups. Staff turnover sits at 70%, well above the 45.8% national figure, and weekend coverage drops about 17% below what the building manages on weekdays, which matters because that's when families visit and problems surface. Four fines total $305,374, and the federal government has placed the home in its Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the country's most persistently troubled nursing homes.