The Best Nursing Home Communities in Kent County, MI

"Porter Hills Village is in a very nice area. I like the location from where I'm living now. It looked very livable and very comfortable. The one thing I have against Porter Hills is I would like a two-bedroom and they do not have two-bedroom apartments, although I have seen some of their rooms, and that probably could work out. The staff was very friendly and I went to a craft workshop one day with them. I have been invited to activity-type things that I was not able to go to. They are keeping in touch with me."

"I moved into the MediLodge of Grand Rapids. They do an excellent job. Their tenants are very good. The food is very good. The staff members are attentive. They go away and come back when I say they're supposed to. Everything is good. Everything is comfortable in the room. I like looking out the window, and there's a turkey outside. I don't know of anything negative that I've heard anywhere. They have bingo and some other things going on down there. All senior living facilities are a little expensive, but MediLodge of Grand Rapids is fairly good compared to some other ones. It is a little cheaper. I like the fact that it's in a setting where there's a lot of trees around, and wild animals, so it's kind of good."

"Touring Holland Home Raybrook Campus was an enjoyable experience of seeing what was available. They presented different options in terms of living arrangements and different types of financial costs associated with that. The place was well done and well kept up and people were hospitable. Given that I taught at a college, this place was located very close to that college so that we could continue to enjoy the activities that are associated with the college. There were common areas. There's this swimming pool, a woodworking shop, an exercise place, and different restaurants."

"The staff at Heartland is changing at the moment. On weekends, not too much gets done because of the different crew. They don't know the patients and they don't spend as much time with them. Also, one of my mom's hearing aids doesn't work now. The administrator said there are audiologists coming in, but nobody has seen my mom and fixed her hearing aid. I called the administrator again last Monday and he hasn't gotten back to me yet. I'm not sure how they choose roommates. I don't know her roommate's condition but that person is very rude towards my mom. She says she hates my mom and wants her to move out of the room. It's very unsettling. It's hard for me to listen to these things when I'm so far away. Despite everything, my mother says the food is very good. "

"The staff treats my Father and other patients with respect. They are attentive to their needs (even when they are short-staffed). They are always very accommodating to us when we visit. The Lodge does not have an offending odor as some places I have been. "

"Friendly staff. Our biggest concern is that our father refuses to bathe and they don't force him to. Seems as though it would be a health issue to not have a clean body. They also don't seem to encourage him very much to participate in the planned activities. He is content to stay in his room and I think with a little encouragement he could be taken in his wheelchair to the activity room and might just enjoy some of the activities that are planned.We also have concerns with billing - several times we haven't received our bill in a timely manner. And our medicaid recertification was sent to Dad - and was just dropped back in the mail with please forward to us. Post Office returned to sender and therefore our paperwork was late getting back to the state. "

"All the staff I encountered were very friendly, helpful, and appeared to enjoy their jobs. Whenever I visited, residents would greet me and many visited each other like they were family. Hard working staff."

"I'm looking at Corewell Health Rehabilitation and Nursing Center because they have long-term care for my brother. He could live independently and someone would just check in on him throughout the day. And my family and myself can check in on him as well. So the goal is that facility, which is nice. They have all the numbers for doctors' appointments and everything that my brother needs. They can provide exactly what he needs. It's a very nice and clean facility, and so I'm hopeful that that's a place that we can get to very soon. They have some rooms that are private, but even the shared rooms are big with a curtain between them. It is a huge room. The bathroom and things are made for patients that are in wheelchairs and such. It's very nice, very clean, and very hospital like. The staff is friendly. I happened to walk in when they had about 20 residents in a room doing some mental math games. And the nurse that showed me around was very professional and very thorough. I spoke to a family who was taking their mother out to breakfast, and so I asked them what they think about it, and they said it's topnotch. So for me, it's good. It's close to my parents' house, so they can visit him. It's one of the best I've seen."

"The staff at Heartland Health Care Center Crestview was good. There are caregivers during the week who take care of mom on a regular basis. The room she had was for four people but now she is in a room for two people and it serves its purpose. My mom is very picky and she wants her food served in her room. I don’t think they have enough nurses for the number of patients that they have right now. "

"My mother, who recently passed away,lived at Holland Homes for eight years. She could not have recieved better care at any price. The staff is very attentive and caring to the residents. All of her needs were always met there. Every time I visited the staff was very friendly and inviting. She was never treated bad. They treat their residents with care and compassion. Visiting is very flexible. The facility is very clean and well kept. Nurses and other staff keep family members updated about the resident. I would recommend this nursing home more than any other one in kentwood. There is a wide range of of activities for the clients to take part in and they are also able to leave the facility and go on walks or get time outside. I never had an issue arise from any of the staff members here. My mothers long time friend also stayed here and I often visited and she was well taken care of. "

"visited mother and father almost everyday, always clean. The workers are kind and treated people like they were their own family. I always had the peace of mind that my parents had the best of care. "

"Covenant Village was very nice. We like everything about it. It was very neat, clean, pleasant, and very well-kept. They have a big park area where you can enjoy the outdoors in the summertime. The rooms were good. The people were very responsive. They gave us an opportunity to talk with some of the residents there. The tour guide knew the residents. She would say hello to them and then they would say a few words to us. That was a very nice part of the tour."

"We toured St. Ann's Home for my aunt. They were very informed and very helpful to us. When we sat and spoke with them, they took their time to just walk us through an area we had a question about, which was nice. If we can't get into the other facility, we'll probably go here. I had a lot of questions, and there were some questions I hadn't even thought of, and she was very helpful to walk through those steps with me, encouraging me and giving me the information I didn't even know to ask, so I thought that was good. It was very clean. They were in the process of renovating a room, so we knew that it was kept up. They didn't leave things to get old, and everything seemed very convenient. Where you go from your room to eat or whatever wasn't that far away, which was nice."

"My husband ,Denny was a patient for 5 months. He was taken such great care of. The nurses , physical therapists. , all the care givers that took care of his everyday needs , maintenance people, Cleaning staff. , dietary staff. , Financial gals. ( Joy ). And I must not forget. Barb, his chaplain. Even the the whole Supervisory staff. Everyone there gave such love and such tender care. We loved you all. If I missed thanking someone I'm so sorry. If anyone is looking for a great, loving place to go yourself or a family member. ---- I would choose this as your home away from home. Love to everyone there and THANK YOU so much, Marsha Steffens"