RESPITE DIRECTORY

The Alliance

Contact:  Connie Hintsala
(231) 263-4040

The Alliance is an assisted living placement service. (This service is completely FREE to the community.) Searching for an assisted living home can be overwhelming with 70 homes to choose from. I have done the legwork for you by gathering information and photographs of many homes in the area. I will come right to you, discuss your needs and desires, narrow the search to 2-3 homes, and then take you to visit those homes. You select where you would like to live. Some families would like to gather information for the future; I will also assist you in this effort.

Alzheimers Disease
Northwest Michigan Chapter--Regional Association

Information and referrals are available regarding in-home help and day care options.

Trained facilitators meet with small groups of caregivers throughout the 10 county area to share information and experiences.  Specialized groups for persons with early stage Alzheimer's disease and the men's caregiver group are available. The association is able to give support group meetings, locations, and times for northern lower Michigan.

Arbor House Assisted Living

Contact:  Cindy Robertson
(231) 935-3772
www.arborhousealh.com

Arbor House is a state-licensed Adult Foster Care and Assisted Living home serving 6 seniors. Our specialty is dementia care. Arbor House follows the philosophy that everyone is an individual and deserves individual care and concern. Arbor House is a custom-built family home, not a hospital environment. We are located on the Old Mission Peninsula 1.75 miles from Traverse City. Limited respite available; call for details.

Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan

Contact:  Dee Wilkinson

            (231) 947-8920 or 800-442-1713 Phone

            (231) 947-6401 Fax

            newmandol@aaanm.org

Offers information and assistance to access local services for respite, funded by the Tobacco Settlement.  It is available to all adults over 18, no income restrictions.  There is also a voucher program available; please call to find out more information on availability. Clients must need assistance in absence of primary caregivers.  Grant funds are limited, and a waiting list does exist.  We encourage callers to get on the wait list.  We do update the list and let callers know where they are on the list periodically. 

Bortz Health Care

Contact: Laurie Anderson

            (231) 941-1479 Phone

Provide overnight respite for 2 or more weeks.  Private pay only at the rate of $90 to $100 per day.  The stay is only for non skilled levels of care, and is only available if there is a vacant assisted living room.

Comfort Keepers

Grand Traverse County Commission on Aging

Contact: Peggy Rinckey

            (231) 922-4688 Phone

            (231) 922-4768 Fax

            gtcoa@grandtraverse.org

Four hours of respite care per week are provided by a state-certified nurse aide thanks to local millage funds. Aides provide home health care and light housecleaning.

Able to provide housecleaning, home healthcare, yard maintenance, foot care, 911 cell phones, senior financial assistance, information and referrals, snow removal, in-home respite services, windows, prescription assistance.  You must be 60 years of age or older, a resident of Grand Traverse County, and have a demonstrated need for assistance (call for more info).  There is no expiration on these services unless local millage funding is not renewed.  There is a fee charged for most services. The fee is based on income. Contact the office for more information.

Grand Traverse Pavilions

Grand Traverse Pavilions
Contact: Penny Hanks
               (231) 932-3045  Phone
               (231) 932-3638  Fax
               phanks@gtpavilions.com

Adult day services and overnight respite.....Financial assistance may be available to income-eligible, qualified participants. Adult day services operates Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Overnight runs daily on a 24-hour basis. Grand Traverse Pavilions is an authorized provider of outpatient therapy services, therefore, participants may be eligible for physical, occupational, recreational, and aquatic therapy services along with speech-language pathology.

Hope Village

Contact: 

              (231) 938-4673 Phone

              (231) 938-0486 Fax

Provides assisted living care for persons 60 years or older.  Must be a one-person transfer and continent of both bowel and bladder.  The services are always available and the cost is $125.00 per day.

Integrity Individual Care

Contact: Janice Slater, RN Owner

            (231) 943-0835 or (231) 632-4663 Phone

            (231) 943-0835 Fax

            slater@chartermi.net

Can provide nurses and home health aides to do respite care, personal care, homemaking, errands, medication management, foot care, etc.  Services are available to adults 21 and over.  It is paid for with private funds, some insurance, and some state funding through FIA or AAA.  The services will be provided indefinitely.

Munson Home Health

Contact: Central Intake

              (231) 935-6520 or 1-800-252-2065 Phone

              (231) 935-9116 Fax

              homehealth@mhc.net

Home care services are provided, such as nursing visits, in-home physical therapy, caregiver relief, and medication management.  The services are available 24 hours per day and 7 days per week.

Northern Lakes Community Mental Health

Contact: Terri Kelty, MSW

            (231) 933-4913 Phone

            (231) 995-7900 Fax

            terri.kelty@nlcmh.org

Offers stipends for Adult Day respite and in-home respite.  Respite is available for anyone 18 and over in a 10-county area.  This money varies in availability throughout the year based on funding from the Michigan Choice Waiver Grant.

Parkinson’s Support

Contact: Maxine Meach

            (231) 947-1946 Phone

            (231) 947-1946 Fax

            mmeachtc@sbcglobal.net

Provides help to Parkinson's clients in finding assistance.  Also provides respite fund and medication funds.  To qualify you must submit an application.  Benefits are paid on a 50/50 basis and require proof of prescription and/or a caregiver signature.  These funds will be available for an indefinite period of time, basically until they run out.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM
CATHOLIC HUMAN SERVICES, sponsor

Contact:  Theresa Kerry
                (231) 929-7070     phone
                (800) 658-8554     phone
                (231) 929-1247     fax

www.catholichumanservices.org

Tendercare Birchwood & 
Tendercare Traverse City 
        Nursing Centers

Contact: Melissa Slepicka & Melanie Martell  
Birchwood        (231) 620-0506 Phone
                               (231) 947-0744 Fax  
Traverse City   (231) 947-9511 or
                         (231) 632-9511
www.tendercare.net

Birchwood:      Admit102@tendercare.net  
Traverse City: Admit124@tendercare.net

We provide overnight respite for up to a month in length.  You need to have a current History and Physical, Chest X-ray less than 90 days old, list of current medications and OBRA forms completed by a doctor or social worker.  Respite is not covered by Medicare or Medicaid so residents must pay privately.  Respite is only available if there is an open bed in the facility.

Tendercare Leelanau

Contact: Karen Slosser

            (231) 386-0067 Phone

            (231) 386-0017 Fax

Can provide overnight respite care based on the availability of long term care beds.  Waivers and private pay are accepted.  The stays can be indefinite.  Are unable to accommodate ventilator patients.

This information is provided as a service of the
Bay Area Senior Advocates.