State assisted-living licensing record · Wisconsin DQA · record as pulled October 1, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
Franciscan Gardens
1000 Williams Ave, South Milwaukee, WI 53172 · Milwaukee County · 60 licensed beds
DQA licence number 0016782 · licensed, regular licence · first licensed August 2017
The licence
Licensed by DQA · Community-based residential facility · Not for profit · managed by Chi Living Communities
Licence details, as listed by DQA
- Licensed as
- Community-based residential facility
- Class
- Class CNA (non-ambulatory)
- Probationary licence issued
- August 14, 2017
- Regular licence issued
- August 1, 2018
- Client groups served
- Irreversible dementia/Alzheimer's
- Ownership
- Corporation - Non profit
Position within Wisconsin
5 citations — more than 73% of the 1,894 licensed assisted living facilities in Wisconsin. Compared only within Wisconsin: a citation from DQA means what it means in Wisconsin, and there is no national assisted living record to compare to. Counted over 3 years, which holds two or three routine inspections. How this is calculated
Not in this record
Fire and building code inspection, severity, the surveyor's narrative, and enforcement. The fire and building code inspection of a Wisconsin facility is the local fire department's and the state building authority's, and is not part of DQA's record; what DQA itself cites about the building — its physical environment, building maintenance, building support systems and fire safety rules — is here. DQA assigns no severity on these statements, and the plan of correction is the facility's own text and is not republished. Forfeitures and orders are issued in separate enforcement letters and are not republished, and an owner that is a sole proprietor is not named. Adult family homes, three or four beds, are also assisted living in Wisconsin and are not included.
Also on this campus
The same campus holds a Medicare-certified nursing home, with its own federal record on the Life Safety Index: Chi Franciscan Villa (3601 S Chicago Ave). Matched by the telephone number the two records share. The records are separate and are never added together.
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Building-related citations
The citations about the building itself — physical plant and emergency management. Usually the maintenance side’s to fix.
How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Wisconsin. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 5 |
| Median facility in Wisconsin | 1 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| September 19, 2025 | complaint investigation | 1 |
| October 22, 2025 | survey, complaint investigation, verification visit | 2 |
| July 28, 2026 | complaint investigation, verification visit | 2 |
What the citations cover
- Life safety 3
- Resident care 2
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Life safety | 3 |
| Resident care | 2 |
Every visit on file since October 2023
As published by DQA, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording is DQA’s own.
July 28, 2026 — complaint investigation, verification visit, 2 citations
October 22, 2025 — survey, complaint investigation, verification visit, 2 citations
September 19, 2025 — complaint investigation, 1 citation
| Tag | What DQA checks |
|---|---|
| N389 | Service plans updated annually or on changes |
Reflects the DQA record as pulled October 1, 2026. A recent visit may not appear yet. This is the Wisconsin state licensing record; it is not the federal nursing home survey and the two are never combined.