Oak Park Place - Nakoma

Oak Park Place - Nakoma is generously offering its beautiful facility on Sunday mornings for our congregation from Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society to meet most weeks. We have been gathering there most Sundays since August 2019 and we will continue to through the late Spring as our building's remodeling finishes up.

Oak Park Place is a new building near the Beltline and Midvale BVLD. It offers senior living services and one of our members currently enjoys living there. In the photo, our congregation is conducting a business meeting in Oak Park Place's beautiful Orpheum.

The social worker helping us look for an assisted living facility recommended oak park based on what residents are saying.
From a recent tour: Friendly staff. New building. Comfortable sitting area with fireplace in lobby, salon, library with a computer, piano, nice occupational and physical therapy area, 2 large public areas with kitchenettes and the sitting area with 3 story floor to ceiling windows, which was bright even on a cloudy day, on the first floor.
There are additionally sitting areas on the assisted living floors. One of which has a stove so you can cook occasionally. A small covered porch off dining area where you can have a meal or just enjoy the nice large old trees in the yards of houses surrounding. Could hear alot of birds.
The apartments have a tall refridgerator, microwave and sink. No stove. The doors into apartments and studios were a problem for us but learned it can be adjusted to no tension. Important for walkers and wheelchairs.
Large windows in patient apartments and studios are low enough for someone seated in a wheelchair to see out. They can be opened to enjoy fresh air. Thermostat is controlled by resident.
There is a small, peaceful walkway along the back fence. The covered area between parking area and entrance would be a nice place to sit outside on a rainy day.
There is no parking for residents. Covered parking for employees which is nice. There is a national shortage of CNA's and nurses covered winter parking may help them attract employees.

My wife and I moved into the assisted living (AL) floor at Oak Park Place Nakoma three weeks ago. We were anticipating a good experience based on our search over the preceding year plus. The reality, however, has exceeded our expectations. We believe this high quality will continue.

Our search took in both large and smaller assisted living facilities. All were well established and recommended to us by knowledge persons. Therefore we feel we saw a representative sample of the good AL facilities on Madison ‘s west side. We reached several conclusions.

First, the staff was excited to work there. Second, Oak Park Place Nakoma management intensionally designed spacious public areas on the entry floor and on the common areas on the AL assisted living floor. Third, the apartments themselves were good sized and compared well with the competition. Fourth, we felt the prices for a couple like us very competitive. Finally, we would be the first couple to live in any apartment we chose.

Since moving in we have encountered minor problems. The important takeaway from these encounters is that all have been or are being addressed by management.

We have also observed that staff are not only pleasant, helpful and knowledgeable but very proactive in meeting the needs of residents. We believe this bodes well for the quality of care in the days to come.

In conclusion, we strongly recommend you include Oak Park Place Nakoma in you search for AL. If you find it meets your needs, we recommend you be confident of a good experience after moving in.