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Bickford of Battle Creek

3432 Capital Ave. SW, Battle Creek, MI 49015

(800) 558-0653

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4.15

(26 reviews)

Offers Assisted Living and Memory Care

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Reviews of Bickford of Battle Creek in Battle Creek, Michigan

4.15

(26 reviews)

  • Facility

    4.7

  • Staff

    4.7

  • Food

    4.7

  • Activities

    5.0

  • Value

    4.4

Seaone

5

March 15, 2024

I visited this facility

Love Hailey! She is absolutely wonderful! Staff is so kind and helpful! Looking forward to getting a good night sleep knowing my father is in good hands! Thank you Hailey!

Provider Response

Thank you for leaving us a review. We are honored to be able to care for your father. Thank you for trusting us and allowing him to be part of our family.

Kimberly

4

February 9, 2024

I visited this facility

I went to Bickford of Battle Creek. I like the fact that you have to take your own furniture. The person who took me on a tour of the facility was good. They have a garden and they also have a place to sit.

K Brown

5

October 6, 2023

I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

My family and I are ecstatic to be able to have our loved-one moved from their previous assisted-living facility in Portage, MI to this one. There is a stark difference between the two. Having a caring, professional staff has made the move, intake and transition pretty seamless. Bickford is a beautiful and welcoming environment that I would highly recommend. They keep the residents well-fed, as-well-as, mentally and socially engaged. They care about the whole person. My loved-one has only been living in Bickford of Battle Creek one week, but I can already see a positive change. I believe the efficacious attention and care that he's received from the staff at Bickford of Battle Creek, has given him back his smile and my family's peace-of-mind.

Sandra

5

April 28, 2023

I visited this facility

The tour with Bickford of Battle Creek was very organized. No immediate smell when you walked in. The staff were all welcoming, and we just loved the atmosphere there. There is a small kitchenette in the apartment, with a sink and a couple of cupboards, you can bring all your own things from your home. And it has a bathroom with a walk-in shower. And that's inside your room, and right outside her apartment is a door to an outside courtyard. I went back again with my family and toured it again, and my family was impressed. They're absolutely beautiful inside. One of the instant likes that we had as they have a great, big, huge calendar wall where they post all of the monthly activities, so you can make up whatever day it is and find out what activities are planned for that day. And then they also have another wall where they have the menu for the week and the day. And you can plan, you have a choice of one or another meal. There are always two choices. So that kind of was nice to see ahead of time.

Provider Response

Sandra, We are honored to welcome you and your loved one into our branch! Bickford is lucky to be able to call you both part of our Bickford family. Looking forward to all the memories we will be making in the future.

Reviewer#AT0115b

5

January 20, 2023

I visited this facility

I went to Bickford of Battle Creek yesterday. It was a good tour. It was very thorough. She answered all my questions and I got a good feeling about the place. Everything was handled very professionally. So, it was good. It was very clean. It was very cozy. I was there at lunchtime, so all of the residents were being served lunch in the dining room. The food smelled amazing. I was really impressed by the menu that they offered, and the rooms were very nice. I saw two different model rooms and it met all of my expectations. They both have a courtyard and the garden area, and I was told that they have a gardening club, so the residents can actually get out and do gardening activities, which I thought was really nice. And it was gated, so it felt secure. The lady who gave me the tour and talked with me, I'm assuming she was the director of the place. She was very nice, very professional, and very passionate about what she was doing.

Provider Response

We are delighted we could provide you with such a positive experience and want to thank you for taking the time to let us know how we did!

George

4

December 2, 2022

I visited this facility

Bickford of Battle Creek was a nice place and it looked like they tried to have activities for the people there. Somebody comes in with a guitar and plays songs to the residents and they sing. Since it was the first time I'd seen anything in an assisted living, the one-bedroom to me was kind of small (I guess I'm used to a house), but they had lots of sitting areas where people could get together and do stuff. They also had a spa, which was nice.

Provider Response

Hi, George, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. While it looks like we were able to meet some of your expectations during your visit, it also looks like we have room for improvement. We are always open to feedback from our visitors on ways to enhance your experience. Please feel free to reach out to us with your suggestions for our leadership team.

Theresa

5

November 8, 2022

I visited this facility

My tour to Bickford of Battle Creek was good. It's very homey and very nice, it's nicely decorated and very comfortable with lots of chairs. The person who gave the tour was very knowledgeable and helped us with a lot of our questions. We haven't tried the food but the guests were all eating their lunch, and they all seemed very happy.

Provider Response

Hi, Theresa. We are delighted to hear you are considering Bickford of Grand Island for your loved one! We appreciate your feedback on your visit with us and want to thank you for sharing your experience. Have a great day!

Marilyn

4

September 15, 2022

I visited this facility

Bickford of Battle Creek was very clean, and the staff was very helpful and answered all my questions. The two-bedroom apartment was good. The bedrooms don't have doors. It was a nice layout with a little kitchen in the middle. They had everything from a game room, puzzles, family room, dining room, and a weight room or exercise room. It was very nice. It's in a convenient location.

Provider Response

Hi, Marilyn, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. While it looks like we were able to meet some of your expectations during your visit, it also looks like we have room for improvement. We are always open to feedback from our visitors on ways to enhance your experience. Please feel free to reach out to us with your suggestions for our leadership team.

Nikki

5

February 10, 2022

I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

My grandfather is at the assisted living of Bickford of Battle Creek and the experience have been very well. The staff has been attentive and have listened to our needs. I would say that his only complaint is that it's a community of mostly women, there are a few men and he's not finding himself fitting in socially just yet. The overall experience has been very good. The rooms have been very good. He's got a private room with a bathroom and shower, it has the equipment. It has been perfectly fine and much better than a lot of other places that we looked at. We haven't had any problems with maintenance, we've asked for a few things, and it's been done within a fairly timely manner so it's been great. He loves the food. It's a private dining area, he gets to order the food that he wants and there are choices on the menu. His comment is constantly, they feed you a lot of food here. There's a nice common area with a big TV and a nice solarium area where he can go and sit. There's an activity room, he can go and sit, and do things like crosswords and coloring. He's not one to take advantage of many of those things, but there's plenty. They even have a little kitten that is a part of the community. The staff has been amazing, I don't have anything bad to say about the staff. Everything that we've asked, everything that I've had to contact them for, it's been great.

Provider Response

Hi Nikki, we are delighted to have provided you and your grandfather with such a positive experience! We hope you have a great day!

Sarah

4

October 16, 2021

I visited this facility

The staff at Bickford of Battle Creek didn't walk me around the place. We sat down and I told them that I need to find out how much they cost. She was kind of "I'll show you around if we all can afford it, but I don't want to waste your time." It looked like a very nice place and the woman was very nice. It was a beautiful building and the staff seemed very friendly. The facilities were average. She gave me a paper that has all the information, we were just kind of talking business. She was very friendly, it was a very business-oriented meeting. It was a very clean, nice and friendly kind of place. They're very good on the COVID standard as well. For us, it's a nice central location if you want to be in Battle Creek, and there are busses that are going right by it.

Provider Response

Sarah, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are always striving to deliver our best so your feedback is much appreciated.

Bob

4

August 30, 2021

I visited this facility

Bickford of Battle Creek is less expensive than most of the other ones, and that's definitely a plus. Anything in Battle Creek though is too far away from me. The room I saw was good. In terms of amenities, they have the standard things that they all have. I saw their dining area. The residents seem happy and content.

Provider Response

Hi Bob, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. While it appears we met your expectations in some regard, we are always open to feedback from resident families to help us improve. Please feel free to reach out to us to share your suggestions with our leadership team.

Eunice

5

July 13, 2021

I visited this facility

We toured Bickford of Battle Creek, and we liked it. We saw the studio apartments in the assisted living, and they were excellent. We saw where the residents eat and where they sit. We also saw the conference room. The staff we met was very friendly, and she offered us something to drink. The facility was clean and very well-maintained.

Provider Response

Thank you for your kind words, Eunice

Lina

5

June 14, 2019

I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

My father-in-law is very happy with Bickford of Battle Creek. His sons go there and take him out on occasions. They did a veteran's thing recently and some of the family went. He said that the food is good and they feed him a lot. The place looks really elegant. It's always clean, nice, and the rooms are laid out well. The rooms have a little kitchenette and little bedroom areas as well. There are different kinds of rooms and the staff members are very pleasant. The residents go out to movies, they go to eat, and they play bingo and cards. They have several activities they can participate in if they choose to. It's expensive, but for what they offer, I think they have a good price compared to other places. This place is a good fit and I'm always impressed with everything when I go there. Some of the other places don't have as much to offer. I also like that the residents can lock their doors or their stuff, although the staff members can still go in. They seem to be full of people that you can associate with.

Harry

4

November 1, 2018

I visited this facility

I visited Bickford of Battle Creek, and I was impressed with it. It seemed like their apartments were a bit bigger. The staff seemed to be very friendly, accommodating, and invited me to come back with my dog so the residents could meet her. The location was fine, and there was a bus stop close by where I could ride a bus anywhere I needed to go.

Chris413371

5

March 23, 2017

I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

My father moved into Bickford; it's a beautiful facility, it's small, and they had great staff. Everything is good, and I have no complaints.

GregFoster

1

December 31, 2016

I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

This is a very understaffed facility with poor attention to resident care. The nurse aides responsible for resident care are also working in the kitchen, bussing tables, washing linens and laundry and doing janitorial duties like mooping and vacuuming the building while also trying to provide care to the residents. Staff was very stressed out, complained a lot, employees did't show up and aides were mandated nearly everyday, often working 18 hours straight. I was not comfortable leaving my loved one in the middle of hthis kind of chaos. Very scary.

Jill457077

4

August 16, 2016

I visited this facility

We went with Bickford because my mother-in-law was able to bring her dog with her and the room that was available was one of the larger ones with a courtyard deal. She likes the food. They have arts and crafts, music, and movie days. She appears to be happy there.

Beth120667350

5

February 22, 2016

I visited this facility

Bickford of Battle Creek was a very nice and very fancy facility, but my in-laws are not very fancy people, so I don’t think they would be comfortable there. The staff who assisted me during my visit was very professional. I did not like the layout of the room for two people because it was like two separate bedrooms with a seating area. The dining area was clean and very nice with China plates and cloth napkins. I was so impressed with it.

Janet116869350

4

December 10, 2015

I visited this facility

They have people of differing mental capacities at Bickford all mixed in together. They do group similar people together, so you're meeting people that are more of your standard. It was a very nice facility with nice rooms. One thing that bugged me was that the lady giving us the tour, who was the marketing lady, would just open up the door and look in some people's apartments; she didn't have permission to go in there, but she was just opening them up and showing us these apartments. I know when I toured a couple of the others, they always went and asked the person, "Can I show your room?" I was a little uncomfortable with the idea of us going into these rooms where the person didn't know we were going in. We were there at meal time, and they had a nice menu with a lot of choices, and if you didn't like what they were offering that day, they have standard things you could get, like a regular sandwich or whatever. They had activities going on, and they took people on outside activities with a small bus. They've have about 70 people there, so it's a large amount of people to use the small bus.

Nancy115630850

4

November 5, 2015

I visited this facility

We like a lot of things at Bickford of Battle Creek. They just seemed very caring, like they would take good care of Mom. We looked at one room that was kind of a divided room. Though it was decent size, we still would want to look at a studio because that's probably what Mom would go into, but the room was adequate. It had a nice kitchen area. We only saw four or five staff, and they were friendly. It was a little dark in the facility, and a lighter environment might have been nicer.

Caring111882950

3

August 15, 2015

I visited this facility

We looked at Bickford of Battle Creek. The problem we had was that they had a common area, and as soon as you walk in the door, several of the residents were just parked around the television; part of them were all slumped over in their chair sleeping after breakfast, and the first impression was depressing. The décor also is kind of depressing.

c.burk

1

June 27, 2015

I visited this facility

Bickford resident care is provided by CNA's and Home Health Aides, these same employees are also responsible for providing housekeeping, janitorial, kitchen and laundry services while on shift.. Staff is overworked, there is a high employee turnover rate, inconsistent and unfamiliar staff. Nurses are only on-call 24/7, they are not on-site 24/7. Facility operating on the legal bare minimum to earn maximum profits.

Tommy3

5

February 27, 2015

I visited this facility

To me, Bickford of Battle Creek was a better place. They seemed to have more activities like church services, and the price was a lot cheaper. The rooms were set up differently, and the people and the staff were nice. It seemed nice and clean, but it was just kind of hollow, like it wasn't as homey as it should be.

Caring82030150

3

December 30, 2013

I am a friend or relative of a resident

Bickford is close to where the folks live now and where their friends are. TheyÕre not comfortable there, the place is very expensive but it eases family membersÕ mind to know that somebody is watching over them.The staff is pleasant, nice and respectful.

Michael19

5

June 13, 2013

I am a friend or relative of a resident

I chose Bickford Assisted Living for my friend. This facility really focuses strongly on memory care for individuals with dementia. Their studio apartment has everything. All services also are self-contained in the facility as far as meals, medication, management, laundry, cleaning, and activities. It's very appropriate for that group of individuals who need that kind of attention. Also the staff seem very involved in caring.

icemancometh

4

October 30, 2012

I am a friend or relative of a resident

I have to say that the Bickford smelled clean but not so sterile as is usually the case with these kinds of places. While it was very clean and had something of a home atmosphere I found the staff to be very confident and ever present whenever needed. I think my grandmother enjoyed the interactions she had with some of the higher functioning residents.

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Costs for Bickford of Battle Creek in Battle Creek, Michigan

Assisted Living

This level of care provides support for those who need help with personal care needs such as cleaning, bathing, and dressing. Residents selecting this level of care are treated to many amenities in a home-like atmosphere, while getting support in their daily lives.

$3,650

Starting Price

Memory Care

Memory Care is specifically designed to meet the needs of those with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. Specially trained staff members assist with activities of daily living (such as bathing and dressing) and provide therapies to slow further loss of cognitive abilities.

$3,650

Starting Price

Services and Amenities of Bickford of Battle Creek in Battle Creek, Michigan

Costs

  • Rent Plus Care Fees
  • Entry Fee
  • Fee Structure Extra: We offer a month-to-month rental

Room and housing options

  • 1-bedroom apartments
  • Companion Suites: We do not offer companion suites
  • Studio Apartments

Dining options

  • In Room Kitchenette
  • Dining Room Shared Meals
  • Dining Extra: Restaurant-Style Dining; gluten-free;

About Bickford of Battle Creek in Battle Creek, Michigan

If you think there's not much going on in a senior living community, you've never been to Bickford. Imagine your loved one enjoying delicious, scratch-made meals, having a friendly caregiver always nearby, and a calendar chock-full of social activities. Our family of caregivers will do whatever it takes to make sure your loved one is living their best life possible.

That includes our nationally recognized HigherPath senior health model. Think of it as your loved one's safety net -- a proactive care team that's all about helping them live happier, healthier -- longer. Oh and did we mention our resident happiness ratings are double the industry average?

Get your loved one on the HigherPath

Many assisted living facilities seem similar. But Bickford's nationally recognized senior health model is taking the road less traveled and championing a higher standard of senior care. An interdisciplinary care team will ensure your loved one is getting whatever proactive interventions they need to stay on a higher path.

  • On-site primary care
  • High-performing care network
  • Interdisciplinary care meetings
  • Integrated health records
  • Outcome-focused technology

Created to care for our family. Devoted to serving yours.

Bickford was founded in 1991 to care for our own mother. What started out as a family need has blossomed into our life's work. We're still family-owned and operated today.

Support in a home-like environment

Your loved one deserves to focus on what matters most -- living the best life possible. Whatever care needs they have, we're here to help.

  • Bread Basket Scratch Kitchen - This isn't institutional food. They'll get three meals a day from our scratch kitchen -- good as home can be.
  • Daily Activities - Choose your fun every day, with options like exercise, guitar sessions, happy hour, and much, much more.
  • Pet Friendly - Know your loved one and their pet are thriving together. We provide assistance with all pet care needs, including feeding, litter box, and outdoor time.
  • Resident Monitoring System - Never worry that mom could end up somewhere unsafe.
  • Transportation Services - Rest easy knowing your loved one can get anywhere they need to go, safely and hassle-free.
  • Medication Management - Twenty different pills per day? No problem.
  • Assistance with Activities of Daily Living - Whatever it takes to give your loved one their dignity, choice, and independence.
  • Maintenance-Free Living - Housekeeping, laundry, home maintenance -- no more! (And yes, we'll even help with the TV remote.)
  • Dementia Programming - All Bickford caregivers consistently receive advanced training in dementia care.
  • Spiritual Care - Most senior living communities rely on volunteers for spiritual care. Not us. We partner with MarketPlace Chaplains to provide reliable, consistent, professional support.

Help your loved one age gracefully in 3 easy steps

  • Visit us. Come in for a tour with one of our Family Advocates. We'll start by listening so we can understand your loved one's unique situation. We know what's at stake and we're ready to do whatever it takes.
  • Choose a HigherPath. The status quo isn't good enough. Your loved one deserves better. With our proprietary HigherPath senior health model, we can help your loved one live happier, healthier -- longer.
  • Cherish your time together. These years are meant to be golden. With your loved one living their best life possible, you can savor every moment. Meals, milestones, memories -- enjoy them all.

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