Member Organization Website Information

Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Michigan Chapter
www.alzgmc.org

 The Alzheimer's Association, Greater Michigan Chapter provides leadership to enhance the quality of life for all persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, through services and compassionate programs and support to family caregivers, professional caregivers and community members.  Our vision is to create a world without Alzheimer's disease, while optimizing support for research and legislative advocacy.  The Alzheimer's Association serves 18 counties in most of West Michigan with education, resource and referral, counseling, 7 Minute Dementia Screening, Safe Return program, numerous support groups, and training seminars.

ComForcare Senior Services
www.comforcare.com

ComForcare Senior Services is a premier provider of
private duty non-medical home care. Our caregivers provide personal care for those individuals seeking assistance with ADLs (activities of daily living).
We provide these services in many settings including personal residences, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospitals or wherever our clients reside. The company seeks to employ the highest quality caregivers. Our Mission is to improve the quality of life and level of independence for every client and family receiving our home care services.

Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids
www.gildasclubgr.org

Gilda's Club Grand Rapids is a free cancer support community of children, adults, families and friends. Gilda's Club offers support groups, workshops, lectures, social events and children's activities for those on a cancer journey. They also provide a complete grief support program for those who have had a loved one die.

Grand Rapids Community College – Older Learner Center
http://www.grcc.edu/olc

The Older Learner Center offers adults 55 and older opportunities for life-long learning and life enrichment, including the Senior Computer Club, Senior Health Club and Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Educational Support Group. The Older Learner Center also produces Successful Aging, an award winning television program that is distributed nationally on video and broadcast on cable stations throughout Michigan; administers a number of community-wide program initiatives including Senior Leadership Grand Rapids, and the Grand/Kent Community Consortium on Successful Aging; has a leadership role in the Kent County Caregiver Resource Network and Greater Grand Rapids End of Life Coalition; and sponsors public forums, conferences, trainings and events within the community on issues relating to an aging America. 

Heartland Hospice Services
www.hcr-manorcare.com

Heartland Hospice Services provides care to patients in their home, hospice facility, nursing care facility or alternative living setting. Our interdisciplinary team is made up of professionals who address the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient and family. The team includes the Hospice Medical Director, nurses, counselors, therapists, volunteers, chaplains and social workers. The team concentrates on providing comfort, pain and symptom management and emotional support. Together with the patient and family they develop an individualized care plan that is monitored and updated regularly, and adjusted it to meet the patient’s needs. Special bereavement care is available to the family for 13 months after the death of a loved one. For more information call (616) 956-0636 or 1-888-427-7311.

Faith Hospice of Holland Home
www.hollandhome.org

Faith Hospice of Holland Home is a Christian hospice organization.  We believe that our mission is to serve others as we would serve Christ.  Our Christian foundation gives us a positive framework in caring for the dying.  Our focus is not on managing pain, but also on providing emotional and spiritual support.  Our services can be provided at home, in nursing or assisted living, or in our Peter C. and Pat Cook Hospice Center.

Hospice of Michigan
www.hom.org
Hospice of Michigan's Grand Rapids office is the oldest and only exclusive hospice provider in the area, caring for terminally ill adults and children since 1981. Hospice of Michigan is made up of 10 community-based hospice
programs located throughout Michigan's lower peninsula and serves more than 7,000 patients every year, making it one of the largest non-profit hospice programs in the United States. We care for patients in their homes, whether it is a personal residence, hospice facility, extended care facility or alternate living setting. Every patient's care is managed by an interdisciplinary team that includes a physician, nurses, social workers,
home health aides, volunteers and spiritual care. Our grief support services are open to anyone in the community. Our mission is to ensure quality of
life and a comfortable, peaceful death for all patients receiving our care and to provide support for their loved ones. For more information, call (616) 454-0924 or (800) 642-4021.

Spectrum Health
www.spectrum-health.org

Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest health system and ranked 13^th in 2004 as one of the top integrated health systems in the nation.  Spectrum Health has 14,000 employees, nine hospitals with more than 2,000 licensed beds, 1,700 medical staff members, 140 service sites, a 400,000-member health plan, helicopter transport service, long-term and continuing care services, home care and hospice care.  Spectrum health features the only Level 1 Trauma Center, Regional Burn Center and Children’s Hospital in West Michigan.

Spectrum Health Hospice
www.spectrum-health.org/hospice

Spectrum Health Hospice has a dedicated and specialized team to serve patients and families wherever they may reside in our community. Our mission is to provide superior quality, personal care to each individual and family receiving hospice services. We work very closely with physicians in our community to provide the highest quality of end of life care in a variety of settings, including hospitals. Our highly skilled team of professionals includes Nurses, Social Workers, Home Health Aides, Chaplins, Volunteers and Bereavement Support. Our program emphasizes the importance of early referrals and open access to meet the growing demand for service and broaden access to end-of-life care. We are CHAPS certified and are available 24 hours a day. For more information, please contact us at (616) 391-4200 or toll free at (866) 542-7945