SKLD Leonard

    1700 Leonard St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.96·(46)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.1
    • Staff

      4.2
    • Meals

      3.3
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, respectful staff
    • Responsive nursing and care coordination
    • Effective physical and occupational therapy
    • Clean, well-maintained rooms and common areas
    • Engaging recreational and therapy activities
    • Housekeeping that maintains odor-free environment
    • Supportive, family-like staff culture
    • Positive rehabilitation and discharge outcomes
    • Friendly, approachable aides and nurses
    • Knowledgeable clinical and therapy teams

    Cons

    • Medication-administration reliability issues
    • Delayed call-light response and inconsistent staffing
    • Gaps in staff supervision and conduct management
    • Inconsistent communication about care changes
    • Limited dietary accommodations and variable meal quality
    • Inconsistent personal-care and toileting assistance
    • Transfer/discharge coordination and payer-related delays
    • Property-security lapses and allegations of theft
    • Outdated infrastructure and comfort deficiencies
    • Delayed access to specialty care and dental services

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews present a mixed but consistent pattern: many families and residents praise the interpersonal aspects of care—compassionate aides, attentive therapists, and a clean, home-like environment—while a subset of accounts raise substantive operational and clinical concerns. Positive feedback centers on the therapy program, rehabilitation outcomes, friendly staff interactions, and visible housekeeping efforts. At the same time, persistent issues around clinical processes, staffing, communication, and facility infrastructure appear across accounts and merit careful consideration by prospective residents and families.

    Care quality and clinical operations: Strengths include an engaged therapy team that many residents credit with functional improvement and safe discharge planning, and clinicians who are described as knowledgeable and respectful. However, reviewers also describe inconsistent medication administration (including delays in pain medication), delayed vital-sign monitoring, and extended waits for assistance with toileting and bed changes. These comments point to gaps in routine clinical processes and responsiveness. Several accounts also describe breakdowns in handoffs and team coordination (including hospice notification and discharge planning), suggesting variability in operational reliability.

    Staffing, conduct, and communication: The facility receives frequent praise for compassionate, friendly staff who create a family-like atmosphere. Conversely, there are recurring concerns about understaffing, slow call-light response times, and uneven teamwork among aides and nurses. Reviewers note problems with timely communication when care plans change, and some accounts describe confrontational interactions or conduct issues that families found troubling. Given these contrasts, staff performance appears uneven across shifts or units; prospective families should inquire about staffing patterns and supervision practices.

    Dining, activities, and ancillary services: Activity programs and therapy-driven engagement are frequently cited as strengths. Opinions on dining are mixed: some reviewers describe enjoyable meals and appropriate assistance, while others note poor meal quality and insufficient dietary accommodations. Access to dental and other specialty services is mentioned as delayed in some accounts, which can affect residents with ongoing outpatient needs.

    Facilities, safety, and management: Housekeeping and cleanliness receive many positive remarks, with specific praise for odor control and tidy common areas. At the same time, reviewers identify infrastructure shortcomings such as an older building, uncomfortable mattresses, and at least one account of inadequate room heating. More serious operational concerns include transfer/discharge obstacles related to payer processes and references to financial or regulatory problems; there are also allegations of property-security lapses and nonconsensual medication practices in a few accounts. These are serious claims that warrant direct verification with facility leadership and review of documentation.

    Notable patterns and recommended family actions: The volume of positive comments about therapy, personal kindness, and cleanliness suggests the facility can provide good rehabilitative and daily living support. Nevertheless, recurring themes—medication delays, inconsistent responsiveness, communication shortfalls, dietary limitations, and infrastructure/compliance issues—indicate variability in care reliability. Families touring or evaluating the facility should ask specific questions about medication-administration protocols, call-light response times, staffing ratios by shift, supervision and incident reporting practices, dietary accommodation processes, property-security measures, and how discharge/insurance-related transitions are handled. Verifying recent regulatory history and requesting references from current or recently discharged families may also help form a balanced assessment.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    SKLD Leonard is located at 1700 Leonard St NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49505.

    About SKLD Leonard

    SKLD Leonard sits about 2.5 miles outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, and serves older adults who need various kinds of support, offering skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and a nursing home environment. Residents get around-the-clock care, with help for daily tasks, medication management, and personalized plans based on their unique needs. They've got both private and semi-private studios, and each room features a TV, phone, and internet so folks can keep in touch and stay comfortable. There's chef-prepared meals, full-service dining, and nutrition supervision, but some inspection reports have found problems with food handling and infection control-31 deficiencies total, including 5 about infections.

    SKLD Leonard's got specialized care for memory loss, cancer, tracheostomy, IV therapy, and orthopedic needs, and there's a state-of-the-art therapy gym for physical, occupational, speech, respiratory, and neurological therapy. Residents can join community activities, relax in lounge areas, or use the Wi-Fi and gadgets provided to connect with others, all in a place that tries to be welcoming and homey. There are about 63 residents on average, and the facility has 69 certified beds. The nurse staffing level is a bit below the Michigan average, with a turnover rate higher than most, but there are still dedicated staff around who manage care, laundry, housekeeping, and even respite or hospice care for those who need it.

    Owned by Zihuatanejo Holdings LLC and managed by Illuminate Healthcare Network LLC since 2018, the facility accepts managed care options like Medicare Advantage and Medicaid. There are options for inpatient and outpatient rehab, long-term care, assisted and independent living, and important things like memory and continuing care. There's always a chance to take a tour, meet other residents, see how things work, and experience that sense of community and support they strive for, but it's always good to keep in mind those inspection results when making a decision.

    People often ask...

    SKLD Leonard offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 1700 Leonard St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505.

    No, SKLD Leonard does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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