Stanley Medical Services / Hospital
Hospital History
On October 1, 1919 Victory Memorial Hospital opened it doors to its first
patients. The hospital began in what was known as the "Park Avenue House"
which had been purchased from the Northwestern Lumber Company for $4,500. In
1949 the hospital became a nonprofit organization. A $200,000 addition to
the hospital opened on May 13, 1951 and the hospital then had 45 beds. In
November 1959 another addition was added and a 32-bed nursing home was
opened. In August 1967 another major addition was added which housed a
45-bed nursing home. In 1970 a fourth floor was added and the facility was
licensed to care for 86 nursing home residents. Various other construction
projects added to the facility in 1973, 1978 and 1986.
In 1995 Ministry Health Care, a ministry of the Sisters of the Sorrowful
Mothers in Milwaukee, took over operation of the Victory Medical Center. In
2001 planning began for a new hospital. In June 2001 Victory Medical Center
announced that its nursing home would close. In 2002 Victory Medical Center
purchased 30 acres of land for a new facility from the City of Stanley.
"State-of-the-Art" Health Care in Rural Location
Ministry Health Care opened Our Lady of Victory Hospital-a new 72,000
square foot, $16.7 million, 24-bed hospital on November 12, 2003-located in
Stanley, on Highway 29. The facility is furnished with new equipment and
furnishings and features private inpatient rooms, critical care services,
comprehensive inpatient and outpatient surgery, integrated diagnostic and
treatment services, attached outpatient clinic, comprehensive rehab center,
dialysis center, and ER/Urgent Care service. The new hospital is supported
by 12 active medical staff physicians and physician assistants in internal
medicine and family practice, as well as 12 specialty physicians in the
areas of Orthopedics, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Podiatry, OB/GYN, Women's
Health Services, Nephrology and Hypertension, Physical Medicine, and
Rehabilitation and General Surgery.
For more information about the hospital and the comprehensive rehab center, visit
www.ministryhealth.org.
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 The
HOMEPLACE of Stanley opened in November of 2005, providing senior
health care apartments in the former "Victory Medical Center" near
downtown Stanley. Apartments feature a kitchenette, living room, separate
bedroom and private bath with shower. The HOMEPLACE motto, “Come Home to
Our Care” is their way of saying that care needs of tenants can be met
completely within the privacy of one's own apartment. "This type of living
also known as Residential Care Apartment Complex (RCAC) is considerably
less expensive than a nursing home," explain owners Jill and Jim Tallman.
In addition to healthcare services, The HOMEPLACE also provides
housekeeping, individual laundry, local transportation, family style meals
and planned activities. The 24/7 facility staff is able to provide health
care service around the clock. The HOMEPLACE also has created a
Haven memory care floor for those who develop Alzheimer's and other
dementias. The recently opened
5th Avenue Simply Care provides age-in-place alternative apartments
for all seniors whether a few or many services are needed (up to full RCAC
care). These residences offer a continuum of care and are all walkable to
the library, churches, downtown restaurants, shops, banks, a movie house
and other services. Also located in the ground floor is
Alberta May’s Restaurant which additionally serves the general public.
"Stanley is fortunate to have had its old hospital retrofitted into this
complex and at the same time a second life was given to a building that
has had a lot of emotional attachment to the community," explain the
Tallmans.
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