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New Owners Renovating Trinity Village On Far Northwest Side
But neighbors express concern about incoming young residents, need for communication.
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Putting a “mix” of seniors with people of any age is a bad idea. Milwaukee tried this years ago with several of its senior housing units with bad results. Go back and examine what happened to Locust Court years back.
Between false alarms, patient assists, and transportation to the hospital from the respirator wing, Bria comprised a fair percentage of the responses for two Milwaukee fire houses (engine and/or truck from the closest, and the paramedic unit from another).
A few years ago Seattle (Tacoma?) began assessing a fee ($1,000?) any time 911 was called to render non-medical aid at an assisted living facility, ie helping a fallen resident back into bed, etc. Instead of subsidizing the operators of these sorts of facilities via the 911 system, Milwaukee should do so as well. Furthermore, many jurisdictions allow only a finite number of emergency responses triggered by alarm systems, again imposing fines on the business.
As the Madison Republicans continue to throttle shared revenue to the City (refusing to return tax dollars sent by Milwaukee), the Fire Department has been told to expect a ~40% budget cut over the next 3 years even as response numbers continue to rise.
I agree that assisted living facilities which includes 3 beds and above being assessed a fee for rendering services above a set amount. Police and fire fighters being called to lift resident s who have fallen, and other non emergency services, decrease the availability of services to residents in private homes. The mayor and commission should request data regarding calls to assisted living facilities.
The assisted living owner (most do not live in the city) should not get a free pass and should pay