Pricing ranges from
    $4,369 – 5,242/month

    Sues Loving Care

    2827 Courtlandt Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, 49004
    4.5 · 13 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Attentive family care, occasional issues

    I placed my mom here for nearly four years and the small, family-oriented staff treated her like family - attentive, loving, intimate care, involved owners, and excellent communication made it feel like a home away from home. The building is small/double-wide with shared rooms and we had occasional cleanliness and restrictive/chaotic visit issues, but overall I'm grateful and highly recommend it.

    Pricing

    $4,369+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $5,242+/mo1 BedroomAssisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Hospice waiver
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Dementia waiver
    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    4.46 · 13 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      5.0
    • Staff

      4.6
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      4.5
    • Value

      4.5

    Pros

    • Caring, attentive staff
    • Staff treat residents like family
    • Owners actively involved and responsive
    • Excellent communication with families
    • Individualized, intimate care
    • Warm, welcoming atmosphere
    • Helpful guidance for next steps and navigation
    • Long-term satisfaction from families (multi-year placements)
    • Better care than other memory care facility (per one reviewer)
    • Small, family-oriented setting

    Cons

    • At least one report of restricted or chaotic visitation experience
    • Allegations of staff blaming visitors
    • Reports of dirty pajamas and soiled diapers
    • Shared rooms separated only by curtains (privacy concerns)
    • Facility described negatively as a 'dump' or double-wide trailer by one reviewer
    • Inconsistent impressions about visitation policy and arrival experience
    • Limited information about dining and activities in reviews

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the provided reviews is strongly positive, dominated by repeated praise for the staff and the personalized, family-like care environment at Sues Loving Care. Multiple reviewers used words and phrases such as "loving," "caring," "attentive," and "treated like family," indicating a consistent perception that caregivers form close, compassionate relationships with residents. Several comments highlight that staff learn residents' needs and preferences, provide intimate daily care, and perform "little things every minute every day," suggesting strong attention to detail in everyday caregiving. Families report excellent communication and say the owners are actively involved and responsive to concerns, which contributes to trust and long-term placements (one reviewer noted almost four years of care). A few reviewers explicitly compared Sues Loving Care favorably to other memory care options, reinforcing that its approach can be a better fit for some families seeking a smaller, more personal setting.

    The facility is repeatedly described as small and family-oriented, which many reviewers appreciated as creating a "home away from home" or a "heavenly atmosphere." Comments about being welcomed and happy to visit indicate that the environment encourages family involvement. Reviewers praised staff for helping families navigate next steps and for maintaining close communication, both signs of supportive management and a focus on family partnerships. The owners' hands-on involvement was mentioned more than once as a positive factor: they were described as "on top of concerns" and engaged with residents and families.

    However, there are notable negative comments that represent serious concerns and suggest inconsistent experiences. One review contains multiple substantive negatives: descriptions of a chaotic arrival, restricted visits, staff blaming visitors, dirty pajamas and diapers, shared rooms with only curtains for separation, and a characterization of the property as a "double-wide trailer" or "dump." These issues raise concerns about cleanliness, privacy, admissions/arrival procedures, and staff conduct during that particular interaction. Other reviews referenced visitation in a positive light ("reasonable visitation policy"), which indicates variability across experiences—some families find visitation policies fair and manageable, while at least one had a problematic experience. Because these complaints are significant (hygiene, privacy, and staff behavior), they warrant attention even though they appear to come from a minority of the provided summaries.

    There is limited or no explicit information in these summaries about dining quality, structured activities, medical/nursing staffing levels, or formal programming, so conclusions in those areas cannot be reliably drawn from this dataset. The repeated emphasis on individualized, intimate care and on staff doing the "little things" suggests attention to residents' daily needs beyond clinical tasks, but specifics about menus, activity schedules, therapy services, or clinical oversight are not mentioned.

    In synthesis, the dominant theme is that Sues Loving Care offers warm, personalized, family-style caregiving with strong staff-family communication and engaged ownership—qualities that many families clearly value and recommend. However, at least one review reports serious issues around cleanliness, privacy (shared rooms with curtains), arrival/visitation management, and staff behavior that conflict with the otherwise positive picture. Prospective families should weigh the overwhelmingly positive reports about staff compassion and owner involvement against the outlier concerns: visit the facility in person, ask for details about room arrangements and privacy, request current housekeeping and infection-control practices, clarify visitation policies and arrival procedures, and seek recent references from current families to confirm consistency of care and standards.

    Location

    Map showing location of Sues Loving Care

    About Sues Loving Care

    Sues Loving Care sits in Parchment, Michigan, at 2827 Courtlandt Ave, where Ms. Susan E. Dornan has owned and operated the home for about 20 years now, and you'll find it's a small, steady place where up to 8 people live at a time, and every person gets care and attention that fits what they need, because the staff, with more than 70 years of combined experience, really do their best to keep each resident's safety and comfort first. The home is licensed to care for adults who may be aged, living with Alzheimer's or dementia, or people with physical disabilities, and the license is current and regular, running until late 2025, so everything's above board. The caregivers, including Ms. Dornan herself, are always there around the clock to help with things like bathing, dressing, medication, meal prep, and even insulin injections or blood sugar checks for those who need diabetes care, and they also help with transfers and regular daily activities. People who come here get a home-like setting, what some folks call "home away from home," with walking paths, gardens, a dining room, furnished semi-private or private rooms, and phones in each room. You've got a choice of rooms with an average cost of $5,200 for a semi-private one.

    The place is built for wheelchair use, and there are safety features like emergency alert systems to make sure people can get help fast if they need it. Sues Loving Care puts real effort into combining physical, medical, and emotional support for the people they care for, and with things like movie nights, community gatherings, and multisensory therapies, they try to create some joy along with the practical care. They've handled dementia and Alzheimer's for years, adapting to each person's needs, even as those needs change-plus, they offer hospice support and collaborate with local health professionals, including geriatrics experts and brain/dementia doctors, so the care stays current, and the staff update families every week on changes or needs. There's also a hospice waiver and dementia waiver, and assistance for people who need monitoring for cognitive challenges or help with challenging behaviors.

    Meals are made in the house, and diets can be adjusted if needed; the caregivers speak English and have training with memory care. Residents have their laundry, transportation, and basic housekeeping handled, along with move-in help when it's time to start living there. The caregivers give personal, hands-on care all day and night, so if someone wants help out in the garden, or company for a walk, or someone to guide them through medication, there's always help on hand. Sue's idea is that care can be loving, like what family would give, and everyone tries to make sure folks don't feel left out or forgotten. Over 250 people in Kalamazoo County and Southwest Michigan have lived here, and the place partners with hospice teams, local doctors, V.A. advocates, and other professionals, so residents get what they need as time passes. The community's got a 3.5 out of 5 rating from six reviews and a community score of 3.8 out of 10 from Seniorly, which gives some idea of folks' experiences there. The slogan "The Hands That Care from the Heart" sums up what they try to do day after day, so people can stay safe, cared for, and as happy as possible, even if life has become more difficult or confusing.

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