My dad and mom lived at Azura and the experience was truly amazing! The caregivers are so well trained and compassionate they made all of us feel like family. We had originally put mom elsewhere, but it was quickly apparent they had no idea what Alzheimer's was and expected her to remember to take her medications and wouldn't do simple things like cut up her meat and allowed her to not eat. At Azura things were so different, the girls always introduced themselves when they spoke to her and spent time talking with her, holding her hands and event painting her nails. My dad can get gruff at times and they always found a way to make him smile and come out of his room. When we asked our doctor and others where to take them everyone said that Azura was the place, but my brother was worried because they don't have bathrooms in their rooms and that's why mom went some place else first. At that place she never came out of her room and within weeks they locked the door because she might fall or use it in appropriately. Needless to say we moved her and now she is always out of her room, smiling, singing, baking, doing exercises. When we really thought about it a person only spends like 30 - 45 minutes in the bathroom and maybe 8 - 10 asleep the other 13+ hours we wanted them to be surrounded by people who love them. That's what we found at Azura, people who love them and treat everyone like family. If I could I would live there! read more

I read the review below and found it to be way off base. My father lived at Azura in Eau Claire within the last few months and was treated with much more respect and dignity than at the other home he was first put in and then discharged from. The first place said he wandered, but he never once tried to do this at Azura. In fact, if he wanted to go outside they took him for walks or into their backyard. The caregivers were beyond amazing, really knowing what my dad liked to do, even how he took his coffee and it seemed like whenever I visited he was out in the living room doing things. The care was not cheap, but when I looked around I found they had more caregivers on than any other place in town and were much less than trying to do this at home. I have had other family members in other homes, as this disease seems to run in my family, and the care and kindness shown at Azura was hands down the best. It was apparent that they really knew what they were doing and in fact used their knowledge to help some of my family members in other homes. I think they even speak in the community and are used as consultants, because other places referenced them as "being experts." Anyway, I never regretted having dad in their care and when he passed it was hard to leave, because they feel like family. read more

My father moved to Azura after living at some senior apartments in town. As his memory started to go we realized that he needed to be in a place that specialized in care of people with dementia and the apartment manager suggested looking at Azura. Once he moved in everything changed for the better. He seemed more social and like he enjoyed his days again. He had been isolated in his apartment and here the staff really encouraged him to join them with the different things going on. He got to go out to do things in Eau Claire with some of the other residents and he would talk about them after and how happy it made him. My wife and I couldn't be more happy with what we chose. The staff really understood my dad and how to help him. We've also visited Azura in the Milwaukee area as my wife's parents are aging and her mother is also dealing with Alzheimers. It appears as though the training and great care is company wide and we'll be looking into this more for them. read more