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Our loved ones stay was short but the overall experience was excellent. The staff members were super nice and they had assigned one care taker to our loved one during her stay that really took care of all of...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
We here at American House Kentwood endeavor to provide superb senior living services to the elderly residents of Kentwood Michigan and the surrounding areas. With this goal in mind, we offer varied room and care options set in placid, beautifully landscaped grounds. The two levels of care offered...
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Very basic but kind staff attentive and place is clean. Owner there a lot and they care
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Our Rockford community home is easily spotted off Northland Drive in the scenic city of Rockford, Michigan. Our cozy home offers a spacious community room that flows into the heart of the home, the kitchen and dining area. Our home offers barrier free bedrooms and bathrooms and is staffed 24...
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I am a resident of Grand Woods Senior Apartments and have enjoyed living here for approximately three years. My fellow residents are very friendly. We enjoy various activities that are scheduled...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Grand Woods Senior Apartments is nestled in a beautiful wooded area, but close to many accomodations. You will have many amenities to enjoy throughout the community including a beautiful lobby with a fireplace, a comfortable coffee bistro with a flat screen T.V, game room, beauty salon,...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Royal View Retirement Community is a beautiful and friendly environment located in Mecosta Michigan. Our apartments are designed to allow our senior citizens to feel comfortable and enjoy privacy as they desire. We pride ourselves in providing supportive assistance as needed, while still allowing...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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This assisted living facility is top notch. Truly a "home" with a lot of amenities.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Green Acres is a very big improvement from our last facility! They are doing a great job! So happy she is there! I don't worry about anything now that my mom is at Green Acres. They are responsive and see...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Ramsdell AFC HomeLocated in the heart of Rockford, Michigan, Ramsdell AFC Home is an assisted living community that’s the ideal place to call home. Our location is minutes from the center of town, set in a residential neighborhood and on a wooded lot. This provides our residents with the ease of...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
We are a state licensed, large group, Adult Foster Care home. Licensed for 15 residents. We have 24 hr staff. We have a computer system which is directly linked to our pharmacy, to assist with passing medications. We cook and serve 3 meals and a bedtime snack every day. We can assist with...
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My brother has been at this facility for 2 years. Since the home was purchased by New Haven I have been very pleased. The staff is always pleasant and helpful and it is clean! He enjoys the meals and his...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Green Acres, located in Greenville, Michigan seems to have it all when it comes to assisted living for the elderly. We focus on personalized living spaces within a community atmosphere, and have worked hard to maintain elderly independent living as much as possible with private, personalized...
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Pine Knoll is a senior community for those who are 62 and older, or for those disabled at any age. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. We offer one bedroom garden level apartment homes with a patio and intercom entry. Pine Knoll is nestled close to the woods on a corner...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Cost of independent living in Big Bend, MI

The average cost of senior living in Michigan is $2,801 per month as compared to $3,520 in the United States.

Senior living costs in Michigan vs. national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column state: Michigan
Column national: U.S.
Column costDifference: Cost difference
Community typeMichiganU.S.Cost difference
Independent Living$2,801/mo$3,520/mo20.4% below national median
Assisted Living$5,387/mo$5,830/mo7.6% below national median
Memory Care$6,169/mo$6,999/mo11.9% below national median
Independent Living
Michigan:$2,801/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Cost difference:20.4% below national median
Assisted Living
Michigan:$5,387/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Cost difference:7.6% below national median
Memory Care
Michigan:$6,169/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
Cost difference:11.9% below national median
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What families are saying about independent living in Big Bend

Recent reviews for independent living in Big Bend

Villa Maria in Grand Rapids, MI

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They're doing an excellent job at Villa Maria, we'd give them top marks across the board! Everything they do here they do well! The facility itself is clean and well kept, the staff are all very friendly, they have plenty of activities, and the food is good! This was the first place we toured, ...
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Green Acres of Lowell

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We visited this community when we were looking into care options for a loved one. This seemed like a very nice place, overall! The staff were friendly and caring, the facility was clean, and the food looked very good! Unfortunately it was also fairly expensive, and not in the price range we were ...
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Walnut Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care in Kentwood, MI

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I am very pleased with the care at Care Cardinal. Their staff has been very supporrtive and goes above and beyond for the care of my mother.

Big Bend independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Big Bend independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Big Bend, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select dietary accommodations in Big Bend independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Big Bend partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
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Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
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21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
26%
35.7%
No sugar
No sugar
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32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
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Pureed meals
Pureed meals
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Availability of select dining options in Big Bend independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Big Bend communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Big Bend, MINational
Professional chef
Professional chef
17.5%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
22.1%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
22.7%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
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Availability of select programs and activities in Big Bend independent living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered independent living communities in Big Bend offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Big Bend, MINational
Activity director
Activity director
27.3%
46.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
16.2%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
13.6%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
34.4%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
31.8%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
37%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
26%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
17.5%
39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
21.4%
43%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
27.9%
48.3%
Live performances
Live performances
27.3%
48.1%
Dances
Dances
16.9%
34.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
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40.7%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
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Arbor Grove Assisted Living and Memory Care, Cascade Trails Senior Living and StoryPoint Rockford are the top-rated independent living facilities near Big Bend, Michigan. See full list of communities.
There are 154 independent living facilities near Big Bend, Michigan. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in Big Bend, Michigan are Arbor Grove Assisted Living and Memory Care, Cascade Trails Senior Living and StoryPoint Rockford. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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