The Orchards Michigan - Southgate is a nursing home and assisted living community located at 15400 Trenton Rd. This facility offers both short-term care and long-term care, with specialized services like Alzheimer's and dementia care, hospice care, wound care, physical and occupational therapy, and speech and respiratory therapies. They also handle things like medication management, home infusion therapy, and nutritional counseling. There are 100 certified beds, and residents can choose semi-private or private rooms, which come with standard hospital beds, a dresser, and a bedside cabinet. The place has some amenities like a chapel, hair salon, library, lounge area, and outdoor spaces, plus a café snack area and daily meals, often with dietitian support and special diets as needed.
There's a dedicated medical director overseeing care, and the team includes doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dieticians, social workers, pharmacists, and feeding assistants. The facility offers activities such as art and recreational therapy, exercise programs, movies, music, and other educational or social gatherings. They help with homemaking and offer transportation and medical transport services. Residents and their families have councils to give feedback, though sometimes the resident council isn't active.
The Orchards Michigan - Southgate operates as a for-profit partnership and part of a larger network that includes several other Orchards communities in Michigan. The facility accepts Medicare and Medicaid, and provides support for long-term care insurance. The staff gives about 0.4 hours a day of registered nurse care per resident, which is lower than state averages, and total nurse hours come in at 3.58 daily per resident, again below Michigan's average, and the nurse turnover rate is higher than most at 61.1%.
Past inspections gave the facility a B grade overall, but there have been care compliance issues, including problems with infection control, environmental standards, cleanliness, and food storage and service. Nursing care quality sometimes earns a C grade, and reviews are mixed at 2.1 stars out of 5 from public ratings. The Orchards Michigan - Southgate also offers support resources like FAQs and tours and keeps up with health and safety policies for emergencies and privacy. The community works towards a friendly and safe atmosphere, focusing on helping residents heal as much as possible, even as it manages some persistent oversight and staffing issues over the years.
