A May 2 story in the Waupaca County Post indicates that Iola’s Living Oaks / The Willows has been sold to NEST Senior Living.
That story is available here.
The new firm is owned by Krista and Jim Mendyke, whose photo from Krista’s LinkedIn page appears with this article.
Brandi Jorgensen will stay on as director and all employees will retain employment, according to the news story.
If you google “NEST Senior Living” you won’t find anything. So, what does the business operate like? According to a LinkedIn “About” for Jim Mendyke, the Copperleaf Senior Living firm is based in Stevens Point.
LinkedIn has the following information about the owners, Krista and Jim Mendyke. It is information that is repeated on the firm’s website.
Krista Mendyke operating as the President and Founder, with her husband Jim Mendyke, Chief Operating Officer, own and operate Copperleaf Senior Living, based in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
With more than 25 years’ experience, Jim and Krista prioritize their management style by encouraging and developing higher leadership skills such as; communication, motivation, and commitment.
As an 11-year-old girl growing up on the Northside of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Krista was introduced to a gentleman, named Leo who lived at the high-rise senior housing development just a few blocks from her home. As Krista got more acquainted with Leo, through stopping in to help out with household chores, errands, playing cards and going for walks… others in the building started requesting she pick up a few things from Bobs Food King for them as well. The requests for chore services and errands started to get so demanding she enlisted the help of her younger sister, Tina and a second red wagon.
It was evident that seniors in the area needed the companionship and commitment to lending a hand when needed. Krista started to assist, coordinate, and facilitate any kind of private supportive care needs from companionship and chore services to end of life hospice care.
In 1992 Krista started ADL Home Health Care which quickly grew into the surrounding counties. In 1998 she married the love of her life Jim Mendyke Jr., a Sentry Insurance Sales Representative who also grew up in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. In 1999 Jim and Krista build their first Assisted Living Home, North Haven, and over the next 10 years build and acquired fifteen more senior care facilities while starting and raising a family of four children. Jim retired his 25-year career at Sentry in 2008 and stayed home enjoying the privilege of raising the children for a few years before joining Krista in 2012 and developing Copperleaf into its growth of today.
Jim and Krista share in a company-wide vision of creative thinking and innovative entrepreneurship. Keeping progress, a forefront objective, Jim and Krista aim to challenge traditional modes of service and evolve with the ever-changing needs of the senior care industry. They are active community member and have served as Board Members at the Stevens Point Area YMCA Foundation, Boys & Girls Club of Portage County, UWSP Foundation and Town of Hull Parks Commission.
Our passionate and dedicated Copperleaf Care team members uphold our long-standing standard of excellence, “…a better place, a better life, for everyone today!”
Reviews
Copperleaf Senior Living is located at 1077 Wilshire Boulevard, Stevens Point.
In seeking out reviews of the Stevens Point facility, reviews are four years old, and one site had reviews mostly by employees, who indicated that the firm was caring and a good place to work.
According to U.S. News & World Report, Copperleaf Assisted Living and Memory Care facilities have a 4 out of 5 Above Average Rating or 5 out of 5 Excellent Rating in Stevens Point and Schofield.
Facebook reviews give it a 5-star rating. A review from Aug. 2, 2021, indicated that the firm provides excellent and compassionate care. Many of the other reviews are from 2018 and employees indicate it is a good place to work.
The firm’s website is located at http://www.copperleafcare.com/
Business locations
According to the website, Copperleaf locations include: North Haven Memory Care, Stevens Point; North Crest Assisted Living, Stevens Point; North Ridge Assisted Living, Stevens Point; Memory Care of Schofield, Schofield; Assisted Living of Schofield; Assisted Living of Marathon; Copperleaf Village of Ripon, Ripon; and Liberty Village of Adams, Adams.
The website indicates the firm was established in 1999, has eight communities in five locations, has 200+ residents, 170+ employees, 220+ units, it is family owned and operated.