Hillside Elder Care is a licensed adult small group home in Battle Creek, Michigan, providing personalized senior care in an intimate, residential setting. Located in the Lakeview neighborhood at 150 Keystone Drive, the home overlooks a golf course and offers peaceful nature views from its large porch. With a licensed capacity of six residents, Hillside Elder Care is designed to feel like a true home rather than a traditional institutional care setting. The community welcomes adults age 60 and older, including individuals with certain physical or cognitive impairments, and provides 24-hour care and supervision in a family-oriented environment.
Hillside Elder Care’s philosophy is centered on creating a safe, loving, and supportive home for the seniors entrusted to its care. The small household size allows caregivers to provide individualized attention while becoming familiar with each resident’s preferences, routines, interests, and care requirements. Staff members have more than 60 years of combined experience in elder care and emphasize excellence, trust, honesty, compassion, and accountability. Twenty-four-hour staffing ensures that assistance and supervision are available throughout the day and night. Personal care can include bathing, hygiene, incontinence assistance, and help applying medicated creams, ointments, or lotions as needed.
The home offers private and semi-private rooms, providing residents with comfortable personal spaces while also giving them access to shared areas where they can socialize with others. Each resident room includes cable television for entertainment. The home uses security cameras in common areas and door alarms to provide additional safety and supervision while respecting residents’ privacy in their individual rooms. Hillside also offers in-home haircuts through a contracted licensed hairstylist, adding convenience for residents who prefer to receive personal services without leaving the community. Housekeeping and other household support help maintain a comfortable living environment.
Dining at Hillside Elder Care has a family-style approach, with prepared breakfast, lunch, and dinner served within the home. Shared meals provide opportunities for residents to enjoy nutritious food while spending time with their neighbors and caregivers. Medication accountability and distribution are handled according to each resident’s prescriptions, helping families feel confident that medication routines are being followed appropriately. Staff can also coordinate medical appointments, arrange medication refills, communicate directly with physicians’ offices, and assist with ongoing care coordination. Transportation assistance is available when residents need support getting to appointments or other destinations.
Activities at Hillside Elder Care are tailored around individual resident interests, likes, and dislikes. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, the community strives to provide activities that residents will genuinely enjoy and feel comfortable participating in. The peaceful Lakeview setting also provides opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, including the large porch and views of the surrounding golf course. The combination of individualized activities, companionship, and a smaller household environment encourages residents to remain socially connected while maintaining familiar routines.
Hillside Elder Care can accommodate older adults with certain cognitive and physical impairments, although the home is not specifically described as a dedicated memory care community. Staff provide 24-hour supervision and personalized assistance for residents whose changing abilities require additional support. Families considering care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or other significant cognitive needs should confirm that the home can accommodate their loved one’s specific care requirements.
For families exploring adult foster care or senior living in Battle Creek, Hillside Elder Care offers a small, family-like alternative to larger assisted living communities. With only six residents, 24-hour staffing, personalized personal care, medication management, family-style meals, private and semi-private rooms, individualized activities, medical coordination, transportation assistance, and a peaceful location overlooking a golf course, Hillside is designed around comfort and personal attention. The goal is to provide more than a place to live by creating a safe and loving home where older adults can receive dependable care, maintain meaningful routines, and enjoy a supportive community.