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Nursing Homes

A place where five or more people (who are not related to the operator) live because they need 24-hour nursing care. This can include limited nursing care, intermediate level nursing care, and skilled nursing services.

Wisconsin Stat. § ch. 50.01(3)

Consumers can learn more about Finding and Choosing a Nursing Home.

Contact us

For questions regarding nursing homes, contact the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA):

For information on dehydration, dietary services, dysphagia, feeding assessments, food safety/infection control, food service operation, malnutrition, menu planning, tube feeding, and other nutrition-related questions, email: vickie.bergquist@dhs.wisconsin.gov.

If you need information, these sources can help. If you're not sure who to contact or don't see the topic you need, contact DQA.

Active treatment, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID)—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Activity programming—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

ADL functional assessment—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Advanced directives—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Assessments, general—henry.petrick@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Behavioral problems—steven.schuh@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Care planning—henry.petrick@dhs.wisconsin.gov

CMS functions—vicky.reimer@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Dementia—vickie.bergquist@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Developmental disability levels of care—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Environmental issues—david.soens@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Falls assessment—henry.petrick@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Federal enforcement—sonja.murray@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Fire reporting (within 72 hours)—david.soens@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Forfeitures—elizabeth.laubenstein@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Hospice regulations—jessica.tomczak@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Incontinence, urinary/bowel—henry.petrick@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Infection control—victoria.griffin@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Infectious waste—victoria.griffin@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Life safety code—david.soens@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Medical records—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Medical social services—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Medication administration—douglas.englebert@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Minimum data set, automation/technical—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Minimum data set, clinical coding—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Nurse aide training and testing—therese.vanmale@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Pain management—victoria.griffin@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Palliative care—jessica.tomczak@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Patient rights, hospice—jessica.tomczak@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Pharmacy—douglas.englebert@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Plan review—Plan Review Construction/Remodeling of Health Care Facilities

Plans of correction—Regional Offices

Policy and procedure development—ann.angell@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Pressure injury, pressure sore assessments—victoria.griffin@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Program plan, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID)—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Psychosocial well-being assessment—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Record requests—dhswebmaildqa@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Regulations—Regional Offices or sonja.murray@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Resident assessment instrument, education/coding—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Resident/client abuse—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Resident rights—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Restraints, physical—henry.petrick@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Social services—heathera.newton@dhs.wisconsin.gov (interim)

Standard precautions—victoria.griffin@dhs.wisconsin.gov

State licensure, Medicaid/Medicare certification—elizabeth.laubenstein@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Surety bonds—elizabeth.laubenstein@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Survey inspection process—Regional Offices

Traumatic brain injury (new programs only)—dhswebmaildms@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Waivers, health—elizabeth.laubenstein@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Waiver, life safety code—fokruddin.khondaker@dhs.wisconsin.gov

 

Fire reporting

All fires in a licensed facility in Wisconsin must be reported to the Department of Health Services within 72 hours. To report a fire, complete and submit the Health Care Facility Fire Report, F-62500.

For questions regarding fire reporting, contact DQA Fire Authority:

Additional information is provided in DQA numbered memo 17-003 (PDF).

Related topics

Last revised January 13, 2023