Memory Care Communities in South Lyon, MI

"My sister moved into Rose Senior Living at Providence Park. It's working out very well for both of us. And, I couldn't ask for a better staff there. They are good both to her and for helping me through everything. She has a one-bedroom apartment, the smallest one-bedroom apartment, and has very adequate space. She's busy with chair yoga and balance exercises, bingo, Rummikub, and lots of other activities all day long. She's out of her room close to 8:00 to 8:00. They have a lending library, a garden arbor, several courtyards, an excellent fitness room, and a separate physical therapy room. She's taking physical therapy for balance also. And they have a hair salon, chair massages, nannies and patties, and many movies a week."

"I live in StoryPoint Northville. I have an excellent apartment. They clean my apartment. They have complete food services. They have a nurse on duty eight hours a day, on call 24 hours day. They have one medical pill giver and they have two caregivers on duty per floor. There are approximately five resident apartments per floor. All the services are excellent. The staff is very friendly. We have a dining room. I have better meals here than what I can get outside or I can cook myself. We have a chef who knows what he's doing, and he takes suggestions that make the meals better for people. If you're on a special diet, they take care of it for you. When you come and visit a place, you really can't tell, because all you get is words. You don't get pictures of the meals or anything like that, but once a person visits this place, I can't see how they wouldn't want to stay here. You can have a suite, which is the bedroom in the living room with your kitchen. You can have a one-bedroom apartment or you can have a two-bedroom apartment. That's all the floor plans they have. I live in a one-bedroom apartment, and it is adequate for one individual. It could be adequate for two individuals. All the services that you want are available above the basics. In other words, you can have a person on duty here 24 hours a day sitting in your room with you, if you want. You can have a person who comes all day long and takes care of you. They have wheelchair people and get caregivers on the basic cost to wheel them down to the dining room. The dining is open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The specials are not that long, but you can go in there any time of the day, have a cup of coffee, a hamburger, a hotdog, a cheese sandwich, a salad, or something like that, and then you can get special meals every day. Every meal is different. You have a courtyard out in the middle. The building is basically U-shaped. The one arm of the U is the memory care. Then the center of the U is your dining room and kitchen. The front space is for the non-memory care residents. We do not see the memory care units. They are in a different area altogether. The door is locked so we can't go in, which I'm thankful for because some people have a little dementia here that forgets things. It's nice that they can't go and disturb the people. We have a card room and an activities room. We have a 35 lounge chair seat theater. We have a library. We have activities every day of the week. They're situated for everybody, whatever level you want to be at. We have a Resident Council meeting where all the directors come in and tell us what's going on in the community, what employees have left, what new employees have come on, the problems that they have and how they're correcting them. It's an open forum that we're allowed to talk to the directors and tell them our concerns. You get to know all the directors and their nursing service here is topnotch. I have two problems, one mainly is I fall down. I press my button and they come and see me. They examine my head to make sure I didn't hit my head. At that time, they call the nurse and the nurse either comes in if she's on duty, or she's at home and she's out on the phone talking to us. If I hit my head, it's automatic trip to the hospital. They're here to help you, serve you, and they have the expertise to do it. They have doctor services that come in to this building and you don't have to go out to a doctor. They come in and they will service you here. You have your medication service here that once you get the proper medications they have a pharmacist that will bring your medications right to your door. All the doors are locked at night. To get in, you have to have the passkey on the pad to get in. In the daytime, one door is not locked. That's the front door but the concierge is sitting 10 feet inside that door, and she's sitting at the desk waiting for you to come in. Everybody who comes in this place must sign in. If I leave, I have to sign out. There's nothing to worry about here. If they don't see me, they come into my apartment and say hello. The person who makes an appointment is excellent. She knows what's going on here and she'll take good care of you. The bad point is 90% of the time this place is under full occupancy. There are 60 residents and there are 22 memory residents. The whole building has 82, so we have a nice small group, and it's well staffed and friendly. It is not the cheapest place around, but their services pay the extra price for you. Their activities are good. They have happy hour on Friday and movies, some of them I like, some I don't like."

"My grandparents live in StoryPoint Novi. They are very accommodating. I always am able to go and talk to somebody if I'm having a problem with any service or anything like that. The people here are very nice, from the residents to the employees. I really don't have any bad thing to say about it. It's a nice place. They have daily activities and different programs. They have a two-bedroom, two bath, and it's really spacious. It overlooks the Jewish cemetery and it's really a nice view. The apartment is laid out really nicely to where they can move around. It's nice that they have two bathrooms, because if one is occupied, there's another. They have a pub, so there's like cocktail once a week. They have bingo. There's celebration of monthly parties. They do outings, they go to Walmart, they go to Kroger's, they go to restaurants, you sign up for that and it's just a lot going on so you can always find something to do. There's Wii bowling. They have ice cream social on Sunday. They have church programs for people who want to go. They do projects where they make jewelry and door hangers. They celebrate the holidays, like, for Memorial Day, they had a barbecue for the residents. They have the residents decorate the Christmas tree. For the veterans, they have a wall of honor. There are pictures of the veterans in the building and they have their pictures from when they were in the military and backstory on how they served or how long they served. It's just a beautiful place. They are independent, but they have 24-hour care right now and it's just working out. Everybody is always willing to pitch in, even when it's not even their area. You don't have to worry about your loved one because if they're out in the community socializing, if something happens, somebody's always willing to pitch in and help out. I haven't had anything bad to say about any of them because they're always there. They're approachable and always willing to help. They can have more food variety kind of thing. I'm not saying they eat the same thing every day. It's like a rotation of the same things. There's always a meeting where they say, like, what would you guys want? Or what would do you guys like to see? They're always looking for their input for new activities or things that they might like. My grandma can afford it and she likes it here, but it's too expensive for me. People stay because they're comfortable here. They like it here. They like the staff, and they like the residents."

"I've been to this community numerous times and the staff is always very kind. They really make it feel like home. Love everyone here! "

"I went to Serenity Manor. It's a home with a max of six residents. They have two owners, and one of them lives there. She lives in the upstairs apartment. There is always two to three staff, so you have a great ratio of staff to residents. Currently, none of the residents are ambulatory. Most of them are advanced dementia patients and need to be lifted with a Hoyer. Right now, it's not ideal for them, but that's what they're getting. Right now, advanced memory care is what they're getting now. I couldn't even talk to the patients because they were so demented. It's a higher level of care and a lot of one-on-one. I think one of the rooms is shared. It's extremely clean. When you walk in, you were in the kitchen common area. Off to the right are the dining room and the living room, and then behind the kitchen is an L-shaped hallway with bedrooms. There are two bathrooms, too. It's very clean and very nice. If I had somebody who needed 24-hour care like that, that'd be great. I was impressed with the staff, too. "

"Tranquility Senior Living was more expensive and a little higher in my price range, but it was a nice and clean facility. The staff was also nice, informative, and helpful. They were really good. They told me about some other facilities that would probably be more in my price range. The facility didn't smell bad. The outside was nice. There was a garden in the front and I remember seeing flowers and a patio. The dining room was nice. Some of the residents were sitting in there with the staff."