Pricing ranges from
    $4,969 – 6,459/month

    Spring Creek Inn Memory Care Community

    1641 Hunters Way, Bozeman, MT, 59718
    4.7 · 48 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Caring clean community with peace

    I'm very glad I chose this community for my parent. The staff are genuinely caring, professional and attentive, with 24/7 licensed nursing, helpful memory-care expertise, plenty of activities, bright rooms, lovely outdoor spaces and excellent dining options. The building is clean, modern and well run, and communication with family has been strong. It is on the pricey side and I noticed some reports of turnover and occasional safety lapses, but overall the compassion, competence and cleanliness gave me real peace of mind - I would recommend it.

    Pricing

    $4,969+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $5,962+/mo1 BedroomAssisted Living
    $6,459+/moStudioAssisted 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
    • 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

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    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

    4.67 · 48 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      4.8
    • Staff

      4.7
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      4.4
    • Value

      3.2

    Pros

    • Kind, caring and compassionate staff
    • 24/7 licensed nursing and full nursing staff
    • Memory-care specific unit and dementia-trained staff
    • Clean, well-maintained and nicely furnished facility
    • Private/large and bright resident rooms
    • On-site hair and nail salon / beauty parlor
    • Two dining rooms including restaurant-style option
    • Medication administration and clinical services available
    • Speech therapy and clinical collaboration with medical community
    • Engaging daily activities (art, music, bingo, holiday events)
    • Beautiful outdoor areas, courtyards and accessible patios
    • Personalized attention and respectful redirection
    • Strong family communication and transition support
    • Warm, family-like atmosphere and front-desk welcome
    • Responsive check-ins, video call/Skype and COVID adaptations
    • Staff know residents by name and provide individualized care
    • Good non-hospital style / homemade daily meals (many reviewers)
    • Peace of mind reported by many families
    • Stable long-tenured nurses and experienced caregiving team
    • Well-run facility with organized housekeeping and dining

    Cons

    • Relatively expensive / high pricing
    • Reports of staffing turnover and occasional short-staffing
    • Management or administration sometimes unavailable/off-floor
    • A few reports of falls and injuries raising safety concerns
    • Perceived lapses in accountability for care in isolated incidents
    • Mixed feedback on food (some find it boring or not seasoned)
    • Older building in some parts despite being well-maintained
    • Limited winter access to certain courtyards / outdoor areas
    • Isolated operational issues (e.g., shower aide quitting, laundry risk)
    • Some residents do not engage in activities or remain withdrawn

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: Reviews of Spring Creek Inn Memory Care Community are predominantly positive, with recurring praise for the quality of direct care, cleanliness of the facility, and the empathetic, family-like demeanor of staff. Most families describe caregivers and nurses as kind, patient, respectful and professional; many say staff know residents by name, provide personalized attention, and communicate proactively with families. Multiple reviewers report feeling reassured and experiencing peace of mind after placement. The community is frequently characterized as clean, well-maintained and welcoming, with comfortable private rooms, bright décor, and good landscaping and outdoor spaces.

    Care quality and clinical services: A strong theme is the availability of 24/7 licensed nursing and full nursing coverage, medication administration, and supportive clinical services such as speech therapy. Numerous reviews highlight long-tenured nurses and a cohesive, interdisciplinary team that collaborates with families and outside medical providers. Memory-care-specific approaches are noted — staff are described as knowledgeable about dementia care, using respectful redirection and creating a safe, understanding environment for residents with memory loss. Several reviewers specifically credit the staff and clinical team with improvements in residents’ socialization, nutrition and overall well-being.

    Staffing, culture and communication: The caregiving culture is repeatedly described as compassionate and attentive. Families highlight individualized transition support, frequent check-ins, good family communication, and practical help with video calls and other COVID-era adaptations. Reception and office staff receive repeated positive mention (one reviewer named the front-desk person), and many accounts emphasize a family-like atmosphere across housekeeping, dining and activities teams. That said, there is a contrasting thread in some reviews: a subset of families report higher staff turnover, short-staffed shifts, or management being off the floor — indicating some variability over time or between units. While most reviewers praise communication, a few note concerns about staff accountability in isolated incidents.

    Facilities, amenities and environment: Spring Creek Inn's physical plant is described as clean, attractive and well-furnished. Amenities frequently mentioned include an on-site hair and nail salon, two dining rooms (including a restaurant-style option separate from memory-care dining), accessible patios and two courtyards. Rooms are often called bright and cheerful, with some families noting the ability to personalize living spaces (painting rooms, bringing furnishings). A few reviewers describe older sections of the building but emphasize they are well-maintained. Reviewers also point out limited winter access to some outdoor areas as a practical consideration.

    Dining and activities: Many families compliment the non-hospital, homemade-style meals and variety offered; several rate the food positively and note accommodation for dietary needs. Conversely, a number of reviewers express that food can be bland or not seasoned to taste — indicating subjective variability. Activities are generally seen as plentiful and engaging (art classes, music, bingo, holiday crafts, group outings) and staff are generous with their time, but several residents are noted as uninterested in activities or not engaging, which may reflect resident preference rather than program absence.

    Safety and notable concerns: While most reviews describe a safe, caring environment, there are serious isolated reports of falls and injuries — including unobserved falls leading to broken nose, stitches, or hospital stays — that raise safety and accountability concerns for those families. Other operational concerns include an instance of a shower aide quitting and a mention of laundry risk. These negative reports are in the minority but are significant because they concern resident safety and staff responsiveness. Potential residents and families may want to ask directly about fall-monitoring protocols, staffing ratios, incident reporting, and recent safety trends.

    Cost and management: Price is frequently described as high or pricey; several reviewers explicitly note cost as a drawback. Management receives mixed comments: many reviewers praise caring and communicative managers and office staff, while others feel administration can be absent from the floor, overextended or less available. This mixed feedback suggests variability in leadership visibility or fluctuations over time.

    Overall impression and patterns: The dominant pattern across reviews is strong praise for hands-on caregiving, clinical competence, cleanliness, and the warm atmosphere — with many families giving high recommendations and describing improved wellbeing for their loved ones. Recurrent strengths are the 24-hour nursing presence, dementia-expertise, facility cleanliness, and thoughtful amenities. The less frequent but important negative patterns include concerns about cost, occasional staff turnover or short-staffing, management availability, and isolated safety incidents (falls). These contrasts imply that while Spring Creek Inn generally provides high-quality memory-care services and a comforting environment, prospective families should verify current staffing stability, management engagement, safety protocols, and pricing to ensure fit and to address any resident-specific risks or preferences.

    Location

    Map showing location of Spring Creek Inn Memory Care Community

    About Spring Creek Inn Memory Care Community

    Spring Creek Inn Memory Care Community sits in a residential area of Bozeman, Montana, with nice mountain views from big patios and is close to parks, medical clinics like East Main Medical Clinic, and local shopping or dining spots such as Montana Treasures, Feed Cafe, and Buffalo Wild Wings, which means residents and families don't have to go far for healthcare or outings. The community was purpose-built for adults living with memory impairments like Alzheimer's and dementia, so the layout and security-things like motion sensors, window sensors, pull cords, and alerts tied into a call center-help residents stay safe, especially those who might wander or have behaviors that need extra supervision, and the whole place stays locked and secure for peace of mind.

    Residents get three meals each day served family style in dining rooms made for memory care needs, plus snacks and drinks are always available, and the Experience Koelsch Dining program aims to make eating enjoyable for everyone, even those with memory loss or special dietary needs, and licensed nurses help with medication management and diabetic care day and night, with diabetic injections, wound care, assisted transfers, and incontinence care available too. Doctors, dentists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists come onsite regularly, so most care happens at home, and there's help with dressing, grooming, toileting, mobility, and more, with trained dementia caregivers and a nurse always on hand. The staff uses Humanitude® techniques and the Personal Touch Program to help each resident feel recognized and respected, and they keep detailed, personalized care plans so support matches the needs of each individual, whether they need light, moderate, or heavy care-even for those who act out or need behavioral support-and the community accepts residents at all stages of memory impairment, including those with wandering or challenging behaviors.

    Every bathroom has features for safety and accessibility, like wheelchair showers and full tubs, and the place welcomes both men and women, with some women-only areas for privacy and choice. Pets are allowed, making it feel a little more like home, and there's a beauty and barber shop for everyday needs, stay-at-home services like laundry, and transportation for medical visits or just fun outings, which the activity director organizes along with seven-day-a-week activities, so the calendar always has something on it-residents might do scrapbooking, music groups, pet visits with staff dogs, spiritual gatherings, picnics, wheelchair-exercise clubs like the Spring Creek Sitercizers, or even drives with Mr. Mike and outings with the Little Acts of Kindness Club. The community also hosts regular social events, all-family get-togethers, and support groups for caregivers, so everyone feels connected and supported.

    Spring Creek Inn focuses on aging in place, so folks can stay as their needs change without starting over somewhere new, and uses its long experience as part of Koelsch Senior Communities-family-owned since 1958-to serve residents with simple dignity and respect, staying clear of hype but always working to provide care that meets people where they're at; Wi-Fi, community rooms like a clubhouse, sunroom, and fireplace room, modern safety systems, and a clean no-smoking policy round things out, and anyone interested can look at floor plans, watch photos and videos, or even get a virtual tour with staff who'll answer simple questions without a fuss. The goal is just to offer a place where people with memory loss-no matter how far along-can have purpose, good meals, support, and peace of mind for themselves and their families.

    About Koelsch Senior Communities

    Spring Creek Inn Memory Care Community is managed by Koelsch Senior Communities.

    Koelsch Senior Communities (founded 1958) is a family-owned senior living provider headquartered in Olympia, WA, operating 39 communities across eight states. Founded by Emmett and Alice Koelsch with the philosophy "Treat each resident with the respect they deserve," the company offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care services.

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