Marquardt Village

Title: History and Future of Marquardt Village
Time: 6 min 6 sec

Description:

Marquardt Village, located in Watertown, WI, sits a beautiful retirement community. This is their history and future plans.

Transcript:

nearly 50 years ago it was identified that Watertown Wisconsin held no resources to care for its senior citizens what happens next would change the future of local families for generations to come this is the story of how one extraordinary community came to be and where it's headed next mark where villages a full service retirement community when I say a full service retirement community we're an organization that provides a wide range of services whether it be our skilled nursing whether it be our assisted living independent living and with our independent living we have a number of options we have apartments we also have garden homes and then we provide home health hospice lifeline and supportive home care those are services that we provide not only on our campus but also in the community it's one of the things that makes us uniquely different from other organizations and we're really proud about being able to do that today seniors of all faiths and traditions are welcome to enjoy a maintenance-free lifestyle a neighborhood of friends and the care of compassionate staff whenever needed it was one of the first nursing homes in the city and it was very very well received people who really look up to it when we say you were involved with my foot or anything like that this year wow that's really something there's two things that have surprised me most about my work village the first thing is the level of engagement of our residents and of their families it is a lot of fun to work in an environment where families are engaged in working with our staff in interacting with their loved ones and interacting with other individuals loved ones the other thing that has surprised me is our staff we have a very dedicated staff they have a very strong work ethic they take a tremendous amount of pride in the work that they perform it more work today the community also offers Marquart at home in home health care and supportive services for Marquart village residents as well as individuals and healthcare providers throughout Watertown and the surrounding eight County area the mission statement at markquart village is grounded in faith we promote the health and well-being of each individual we serve our mission statement is something that we not only believe in but we live each day we really strive to have a more wellness focus a more proactive approach for caring for individuals and we take a holistic approach and so we're interested in caring for people not only physically but emotionally spiritually there's a number of different components that make up that holistic approach we strive everyday to not only achieve our mission but to enhance and advance that through the different work that we do not only on campus but out in the community it has worked out really well with the different needs that she's had that have arisen you know as the years have progressed you know with having her independent living but then as she SAT times where she's needed home health it's been available right here after she had her shoulder surgery and needed rehab and all of that she was able to be in the manner for that time period and things so it is that I could say it has worked out tremendously for that aspect everything was right there we like to build a rapport with our clients to make sure that we understand their needs their goals and try to achieve those goals I couldn't lift my leg off the floor before it started and now I can do everything so that was a great improvement committed to meeting the changing needs and desires of those who live here Marquart village is changing to a campus-wide expansion and renovation project began in 2013 to include additional independent living residences plus a brand new town center for dining entertainment and education opportunities meeting spaces for incidents and improved chapel space and more following phases will include new assisted living and memory care residences as well as a new health care center for rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing the vision of mark work is one that is going to be very dynamic we're in an environment today in which health care is changing very rapidly and Marquardt has to continue to assess the needs of individuals both on our campus and in the community and as we do that we're looking to create more of a health care system not just focused on our independent living or our assisted living looking more broadly more holistically at the care that we provide to individuals we have happy hour every Tuesday afternoon and we all look forward to they have that's pretty nice they can take their void I just really appreciate being here I'm glad it was here just exactly at the right time when I needed it the particular unit that I have is just exactly what I wanted and it hasn't disappointed me in the least I'm grateful every day see for yourself how Marquart village is redefining the idea of retirement living for seniors today and tomorrow call to learn more today