Pricing ranges from
    $4,239 – 5,086/month

    Culver Meadows Senior Living

    1661 NW Silver Lake, Traverse City, MI 49684
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

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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 call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

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

    Room

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

    Memory care community services

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

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.76·(25)

    Overall rating

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

      3.9
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      1.4

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive caregiving
    • Strong hospice and end-of-life support
    • Responsive family communication
    • Clean, home-like environment
    • Peaceful, spacious layout
    • Small household-style setting
    • Personalized care plans and attentive management
    • Engaging activity program
    • Nutritious homemade meals
    • Safe, welcoming atmosphere
    • On-site laundry service
    • Faith-based, values-driven culture

    Cons

    • High staff turnover and inconsistent staffing
    • Low staff-to-resident ratios causing delays in assistance
    • Inconsistent meal quality and insufficient portion sizes
    • Sanitation and laundry quality issues
    • Delayed cleanup and facility maintenance responsiveness
    • Management transparency and pricing concerns including end-of-life charges
    • Variability in administrative professionalism and communication tone
    • Prioritization of appearance over resident-centered operations
    • Inconsistent care quality across shifts
    • Inadequate or uncomfortable common-area furnishings

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews for Culver Meadows Senior Living are sharply divided: many families praise the facility for compassionate, individualized care and strong hospice/end-of-life support, while other reviewers raise operational concerns that affect day-to-day resident experience. Overall impressions cluster around two consistent themes — strong personal-level caregiving from named staff and occasional leadership, and facility-level inconsistencies in staffing, dining, and operational transparency.

    Care and staff: Numerous reviews highlight compassionate, attentive caregivers and involved administrators who provide personalized attention and regular family communication. Several reviewers named specific staff who went above and beyond, and families consistently noted a family-like atmosphere in smaller households. Counterbalancing those positives, there are recurrent concerns about high staff turnover, low staff-to-resident ratios, and variability in care quality between shifts. Reviewers describe delays in attending to residents at times and uneven responsiveness, suggesting staffing stability and scheduling may be underlying operational weaknesses.

    Dining and nutrition: Feedback on dining is mixed. Some families describe nutritious, homemade meals and helpful dining staff; others describe small portion sizes and meals that they considered nutritionally lacking, particularly at evening service. The pattern suggests inconsistent meal preparation or portion control and a need to clarify meal offerings and nutritional standards during tours and contract discussions.

    Activities and environment: Positive comments emphasize a peaceful, spacious layout and a small, household-style setting that many families found appropriate for memory or long-term care. The activity program was generally considered adequate, and the facility is described as welcoming and safe. Common-area comfort emerged as a lesser concern for some reviewers, who cited uncomfortable seating.

    Facilities and cleanliness: Many reviewers praised a clean, home-like environment; however, others noted sanitation and laundry-quality issues, and delayed cleanup or maintenance responsiveness after certain incidents. These are operational sanitation and housekeeping concerns rather than pervasive claims about overall cleanliness, but they indicate inconsistency in environmental services and linen quality.

    Management and pricing: Comments about management are mixed. Several families praised owners and administrators for responsiveness and integrity, while others described inconsistent administrative professionalism and expressed concern about pricing transparency, unexpected cost increases, and clarity of end-of-life charges. Some reviewers felt the facility prioritized appearance or cost control over resident-centered operations. These patterns point to the importance of clear contract terms, advance pricing disclosure, and direct conversations about end-of-life billing practices.

    Notable patterns and considerations: The dominant pattern is variability — exceptional, compassionate caregiving and positive family experiences coexist with operational weaknesses tied to staffing stability, dining consistency, sanitation processes, and administrative transparency. Prospective residents and families should observe staffing levels across shifts, request sample menus and portion information, review housekeeping and linen protocols, and obtain written pricing and end-of-life billing policies. A visit during mealtime and conversations with current families or hospice partners can help verify whether the facility’s strengths align with a family’s expectations.

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    Location

    Culver Meadows Senior Living is located at 1661 NW Silver Lake, Traverse City, MI, 49684.

    About Culver Meadows Senior Living

    Culver Meadows Senior Living sits in a quiet neighborhood at 1661 North West Silver Lake in Traverse City, Michigan, and has cared for seniors since it opened in February 2010. The community helps residents with many needs, including memory care for people with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, and has a cozy, welcoming feeling where everyone gets treated with respect and dignity. Owned and operated by Brad and Trina Jewett for over 30 years and overseen by Jamie Dobrowolski, who has more than 20 years of experience working with dementia care, it's a place where families often stay involved and help out. Connor Jewett helps manage the home, and the staff includes people with backgrounds in Therapeutic Recreation, Gerontology, and Psychology, so residents get specialized care and lots of kindness. There are 20 assisted living units, and the capacity is 20 residents, with accommodations like studio apartments, single bedrooms, or shared quarters, all designed to feel homey.

    The staff helps with all daily activities like bathing, dressing, transfers, and eating, and there's 24-hour supervision, a 24-hour call system, and an emergency alert system to make sure everyone stays safe. The memory care area has alarms, coded entries, and smart lighting to keep even wandering residents from harm, and the setups are arranged to reduce confusion for people who may struggle with memory loss. Culver Meadows has both board and care home and assisted living services, offers help with medication, incontinence, and transportation to doctors' appointments, and can provide rehabilitation or hospice support, so people age in place as their needs change. The about 20 residents can bring pets, and Culver Meadows tries to make everyone comfortable with things like pet-friendly rooms, community kitchens, gardens, furnished living spaces, and cable TV.

    Meals include special dietary menus for those with allergies, diabetes, or dementia, and staff can help residents who have trouble dining alone. Residents take part in regular activities such as arts and crafts, music, movies, and game nights, and there are walking paths, a garden, a chapel, and a beauty salon right on site. Staff coordinates health care and offers services like physical therapy and case management, and there's a licensed nurse on-call. There's Wi-Fi and high-speed internet, housekeeping, laundry, dry cleaning, and regular transportation for shopping and outings, so seniors stay active in their community and don't feel closed off.

    Culver Meadows Senior Living works closely with related communities like ACME TERRACE AFC, CEDAR VALLEY HOME, BAY RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING, and Northport Highlands, among others, and has state-licensed assisted living units with a variety of capacity levels across Leelanau and Grand Traverse counties. Regular visiting hours run from 9 am to 8 pm, and the family-oriented culture keeps a close-knit feeling, with resident-run and community-sponsored groups so everyone can find their own rhythm and routine. This place focuses on making life easier, safer, and more enjoyable for seniors, especially those dealing with cognitive needs or returning home from the hospital or rehab, all in an environment where kindness and simple comforts come first.

    People often ask...

    Culver Meadows Senior Living offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $4,239 per month.

    Culver Meadows Senior Living offers assisted living, memory care, and board and care.

    There are 15 photos of Culver Meadows Senior Living on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 1661 NW Silver Lake, Traverse City, MI 49684.

    No, Culver Meadows Senior Living 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.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Michigan, the Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs (LARA) licenses adult foster care homes and homes for the aged, conducting renewal inspections and complaint investigations and publishing the resulting reports.

    License numberAL280303758
    StatusActive
    Facility typeAdult Large Group Home (capacity 13-20)
    License classRegular
    Capacity20 residents
    LicenseeCulver Meadows Senior Living, Inc.
    Care servedAged, Alzheimer's, Physically Handicapped
    EffectiveJune 30th, 2026
    ExpiresJune 29th, 2028
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    Inspection Reports

    4

    Reports

    1

    Citations

    0

    Complaints

    16

    Years

    15 Aug 2026Renewal
    Renewed the license after determining substantial compliance.
    29 Jun 2024Renewal
    Determined substantial compliance with applicable licensing statutes and rules.
    14 Aug 2023Investigation
    Identified that a staff member with a criminal history was not cleared through the required background check process. Documentation showed no eligibility letter or state police check performed.
    • MCL 400.734bCriminal history check; fingerprinting; eligibility determination
    08 Feb 2010Initial
    Issued a six-month temporary license with a maximum capacity of 20 after determining substantial compliance.

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