nursing home inc. type privately held company industry healthcare founded 1960 headquarters walworth wisconsin usa key people rich austin owner executive director products nursing home assisted living independent living rehabilitation services number of employees 96 1 website www.goldenyearsofwalworth.com golden years of walworth is a continuing care retirement community located in walworth wisconsin . it is one of only two communities in walworth county wisconsin that provides assisted living independent living and nursing home care all on one campus . 2 though medicare united states certified it is the only nursing home in walworth county that is not part of the medicaid funding program . 3 history edit vic carbrey began building the golden years of walworth in 1960 at the age of 80 . he finished in 1965 and the building was opened as an intermediate care facility with a 26 bed capacity . in 1969 carbrey sold the facility to eugene and margaret austin . in 1980 their son rich austin purchased the facility with his wife linda and they currently continue to own and operate the golden years of walworth as a privately held company . 4 golden years of walworth added 30 independent living units in 1984 and five years later increased the number of units to 54 . in 1993 they added a skilled nursing wing to accommodate 26 beds . currently the golden years of walworth has 60 units for independent living 27 for assisted living and 28 beds for medicare certified skilled nursing care . 5 6 notes and awards edit golden years was voted the 2010 2011 2012 and 2013 best retirement facility in walworth county by a walworth county gazette poll . 7 8 listed as a 2014 best nursing home by us news and world report . 9 listed as a 2013 best nursing home by us news and world report . 10 golden years was listed in 2010 2011 as one of the best nursing homes in wisconsin according to us news rankings . 11 12 references edit as of september 30 2011 . golden years retirement village nursing home . ourparents.com . retrieved 2013 03 12 . http www.dhs.wisconsin.gov bqaconsumer nursinghomes countydirs walworth.pdf as of october 27 2011 . hall ginny 2011 04 20 . golden years continues to grow and serve by mystery place . walworth county today . retrieved 2013 03 12 . our heritage . golden years of walworth . 1980 01 01 . retrieved 2013 03 12 . http zoominlocal.com janesville gazette 2010 12 17 article 1114960 http zoominlocal.com janesville gazette 2011 12 21 article 1484422 golden years hlth ctr in walworth wisconsin us news best nursing homes . health.usnews.com . 2014 02 26 . retrieved 2014 02 26 . golden years hlth ctr in walworth wisconsin us news best nursing homes . health.usnews.com . 2013 02 12 . retrieved 2013 03 12 . nursing homes in wisconsin us news best nursing homes . health.usnews.com . 2013 02 26 . retrieved 2013 03 12 . golden years hlth ctr in walworth wisconsin us news best nursing homes . health.usnews.com . 2013 02 12 . retrieved 2013 03 12 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title golden years of walworth & oldid 647152569 categories buildings and structures in walworth county wisconsinhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterswisconsin articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 21 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view