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- Whispering Woods Retirement Village
3956 Whispering Way, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546
Community Information
Whispering Woods Retirement Village is an assisted living facility in Grand Rapids, MI. Whispering Woods Retirement Village offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Whispering Woods Retirement Village offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Whispering Woods Retirement Village provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help. Whispering Woods Retirement Village is operated by Meridian Senior Living.
Unique Features
* Beautiful, comfortable environment
* High quality meals with specialty diets presented with care for taste, quality and variety.
* New administrator and new director of nursing
* Activities address spiritual, emotional, personal care, recreational and social needs
* Wonderful lazy boy media room
* Community outings to stores
* Alzheimer's support group monthly
* In house wellness coordinator (RN)
* Physician, psychiatrist, and podiatrist care available weekly
* Massage therapist on staff
* All staff trained in CPR and first aid
* Call lights for emergencies
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is 55 years old.
Staffing
Nurses on StaffDoctor on Call24-Hour Awake StaffVisiting PodiatristVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Occupational Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care 0% Medium Care 25% Heavy Care 75% Whispering Woods Retirement Village prefers that residents need: light care, medium care, heavy care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
This community can administer insulin injections and blood sugar tests, although it is not necessarily able to offer sliding scale therapy.
Memory Care Offered
The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community is equipped to use mechanical lifts transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Care
This community can accept residents who are an elopement risk. This community can accept residents who act out physically.
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Transportation
Complimentary TransportationSmoking
Additional Amenities
Activities OnsiteDevotional Services OffsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Hospice AvailableRespite OfferedMeals
Meals ProvidedActivities Provided
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Average Room Pricing at Whispering Woods Retirement Village
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 2300.00 Monthly 1 Bedroom 2700.00 Monthly Semi-Private 1900.00 Monthly 2 Bedrooms 3500.00 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Estimated Fees at Whispering Woods Retirement Village
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 1000.00 One-time Respite Fee 150.00 Daily Buy-In Fee High Care Needs Fee 1280.00 Monthly Medium Care Needs Fee 770.00 Monthly Low Care Needs Fee 550.00 Monthly 2nd Person Fee 1000.00 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Paying for care
Commercial InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
If Whispering Woods Retirement Village isn't quite what you're looking for, take a look at a few other nearby communities that might be a better match.
Nearby Cities
| City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
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| Grand Rapids | 0 miles | 7 | $2,960 |
| Kentwood | 3 miles | 2 | $3,840 |
| Wyoming | 8 miles | 1 | $2,600 |
| Jenison | 12 miles | 1 | $4,400 |
| Rockford | 13 miles | 2 | N/A |
| Marne | 14 miles | 1 | $4,000 |
General Pricing Information for Grand Rapids Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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| 1 Bedroom | $1,615 | $2,965 | $6,650 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $2,660 | $3,670 | $4,835 |
| Semi-Private | $1,435 | $2,295 | $3,780 |
| Studio | $1,590 | $2,685 | $4,500 |
Community Reviews
Best for Loners
reviewed on: 03/15/2017 by AnonymousWe toured this community. We did not like how the units were together. We did not like that you would have to social with the same people each day. The staff was nice, but the community only had... Read the full review.
She really took to the staff, and we were both impressed with the staff.
reviewed on: 01/09/2015 by Loved OneWe were very pleased with Whispering Woods. She chose them because of how pleased she was with the person who introduced her to the area. She really took to the staff, and we were both impressed... Read the full review.
Mom's care
reviewed on: 05/12/2014 by AnonymousMom was in memory care. The only bad thing was that the window came crashing into the room and it took them over a week to fix it. This was in March and there was a cold breeze in her room. Also... Read the full review.
Red Carpet Experience
reviewed on: 01/15/2018 by Chad MillerMy parents recently moved to Whispering Woods after basically getting the boot from their previous place - due to an extreme $$$ increase. Whispering Woods completely over hauled the room - new... Read the full review.
Great Trips and Food
reviewed on: 07/29/2019 by Jared FarmerMy grandfather has been living here for a few months now, we needed to move him back from Florida after he had a bad fall and ended up in rehab for 3 weeks. He was not very happy about the change,... Read the full review.
