The Porches

The Porches is a family owned and operated community that stays open every day, always with staff on hand to help around the clock. This large group home sits out in a quiet, wooded part of Michigan and can serve up to 20 aged or physically handicapped residents at a time, with a license number AL690394101 from the state. Folks live in roomy suites, choosing from a studio, a one-bedroom, or a one-bedroom with a patio, each with big windows for looking out over the trees and wildlife. Every suite has its own front porch where the daily mail comes right to the door, and some rooms have patio doors that open straight onto the courtyard. People here can join in for group walks, gardening, movie nights, music from their younger days, and plenty of activities put on by the residents or the wider community, all meant to help people get to know each other. Meals are fresh each day, cooked by the in-house culinary team, with healthy options and ingredients grown nearby. Mealtimes and activities are chances for folks to see friends and neighbors. There's also a barber and salon on the property, an arts room, and paved paths for walking. When residents need help, staff offer kind and attentive care, always ready for small or big needs, with a 24-hour call system in place and support for daily activities. The Porches is wheelchair accessible and works to create a place that feels like part of a growing family, taking a personal approach for each person's care. People can find health services including support for dialysis at nearby centers. The Porches covers independent and assisted living services, including memory care and nursing home care, and it's a continuing care retirement community for those who are hoping to stay somewhere long term. Residents can see spiritual and local community centers not far from the campus, and there's also a life enrichment program to help meet social, physical, and spiritual needs. Folks can find The Porches online, including on social media and through their website theporches.life, where people can see more about what daily life is like.

The Porches is managed by Brookdale.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) is the largest senior living operator in the United States, managing over 640 communities with capacity for approximately 59,000 residents across 41 states and employing around 36,000 associates. Founded in 1978 and publicly traded since 2005, Brookdale solidified its market leadership through major acquisitions including American Retirement Corporation (2006) and Emeritus Senior Living (2014), making it the only national full-spectrum senior living company. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Brookdale has topped the American Seniors Housing Association's ASHA 50 list and Argentum's largest providers list for multiple consecutive years.

The company's comprehensive care continuum includes independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Brookdale's signature Clare Bridge program, developed over 30 years ago by dementia-care experts, provides specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care through two distinct levels: Clare Bridge communities for comprehensive memory support and the Clare Bridge Solace program for advanced-stage dementia residents. The program is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association® for incorporating evidence-based Dementia Care Practice Recommendations and features secure environments, enclosed courtyards, Daily Path programming with six structured activities daily, and the InTouch technology platform offering personalized brain-stimulating games and therapeutic content.

Brookdale's holistic Optimum Life® wellness approach balances six dimensions—Purposeful, Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Intellectual—implemented through signature programs including B-Fit (eight exercise class options), Brain Fit (mental fitness workouts), My Life Story (resident storytelling), EngagementPlus (interest-based connections), Growing Together (collaborative learning), and The Ageless Spirit (kindness and gratitude practices). The Embrace Family Partnership provides caregiver education and support for families of memory care residents.

The company's Brookdale HealthPlus® care coordination model, winner of the 2024 Argentum Best of the Best Award placing it among the top 1% of operators, is a technology-enabled healthcare service featuring dedicated RN Care Managers who proactively manage residents' health, coordinate care transitions, and help prevent avoidable hospitalizations. Communities using HealthPlus report 78% fewer urgent care visits, 36% fewer hospitalizations, and 63% more completed annual wellness visits. The Personal Solutions program delivers hygiene products, medications, and daily necessities directly to residents' doors with discreet packaging and monthly billing convenience.

Following a strategic divestiture of its home health and hospice operations to HCA Healthcare (completed December 2023), Brookdale now focuses exclusively on senior living operations while maintaining its position as the industry's largest operator, committed to its mission of enriching lives with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity.