Wyoming+Sanitarium

The Wyoming Sanitarium is located in the county of Big Horn, at Basin. This state institution is conducted by the State Board of Charities and Reform for the purpose of providing a proper place for the care, sustenance, medical, and surgical attention for aged citizens of the State of Wyoming who may be admitted to the sanitarium under the laws of this state and the regulations established by the board.

The institution provides twenty-four hour a day skilled nursing care for the long-term patients and guests, with a full complement of supportive and restorative services. It receives guests and patients who require more nursing care than the infirmary facilities have available from the Wyoming Pioneer Home, Wyoming State Hospital, Wyoming State Training School, and the Wyoming Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.

The Wyoming Sanitarium has a dual purpose; to provide a home and to care for the health needs of aged citizens who are admitted as patients or guests. To fulfill this goal, every effort is made to provide guests and patients with a home atmosphere where each person knows and feels that others care about him, where he finds understanding and encouragement, where his needs and desires may be fulfilled to the greatest extent possible, and where his value as a human being is recognized. One of the basic objectives of the Sanitarium is to provide a place of sanctuary and at the same time a source of ambition.