Name: Addington Place at East Paris
Address: 3956 Whispering Way Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546
Telephone: (616) 949-9500
Rating: 3.8800

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Sherri Larson

My uncle has lived at Addington Place for over a year now and has received great care. He originally started in an independent studio, but had a fall and the hospital said he could return, but had to go to Assisted Living. He was hesitant about the move, but had since really grown to love the constant traffic of people his own age. He was sent back with PT and has been working with the RENEW program to continue his PT work, he really enjoys working one on one with the therapist Ashley. He is still able to visit his friends in independent living and they visit him as well.

Dan Miller

My father in law has lived here for a little over 6 months. The nurse Audra and the Director Kat are easy to get in touch with. The staff has really taken to him and made him feel comfortable.

Mary Benson

Beautiful campus with great staff. The tech in my moms building always communicates with our family on how she is doing. We try to stop in twice a week and take her for dinner a couple times a month.

Bree Richmond

We toured this campus for my grandmother a few months back for memory care. We saw building 7 and as a family came to an agreement it would be the best fit personally wise and financially. The nurse met with us while on the tour and was able to do the assessment the next day at her house. She was able to move in within the week and was put on homecare for additional support.

Patty Steffes

Two years and 6 bed bug infestations! They blame us and say that nobody else there has them, but according to the state there have been multiple complaints. They are now threatening eviction from a problem that started there!

Robin Smith

Great community, Alex has been a pleasure to work with. I toured a few weeks ago and they are in the middle of renovations, but the atmosphere was great and the facility seems cozy. The renovations is a plus. My mother is moving in next week to building #5!

Charlie Johnson

Perfect location, my mom can call the Go Bus to get her anywhere she needs to go.

Jared Farmer

My grandfather has been living here for a few months now, we needed to move him back from Florida after he had a bad fall and ended up in rehab for 3 weeks. He was not very happy about the change, but seems to be adjusting really nicely and has made friends. Sounds like his favorite part is the food and the bus trips. We visited with him last week for an old car show they had, everyone in the family enjoyed it!

Mark Pierson

This place is a train wreck, at least in the memory care facility. I know it is difficult to find a good memory care facility for a family member and I sympathize with those who are looking. I pray you find a good location for your loved one and that is why I am leaving this review. Staff is in turnstile mode, hard to keep consistency in care when there isn't consistency in staff. The biggest issue is with management, my father spent two extra days in the hospital as a social worker tried to get them to respond to see if he could return. When we spoke with the manager and indicated he was moving as they could not provide him the care required, the manager indicated to us she hadn't made that evaluation and was the only one who could do it. We also haven't gotten returned phone calls on items that went missing from his room when he went into the hospital. We also pulled up one day to the facility (this was spring of this year) and a resident who was supposed to be inside, was outside of the secure area. There is much more to the story and there were some very caring providers during my dads stay, but our overall experience wasn't positive.

Jean Christianson

My friend lived in building 5 before she passed, our church group loved visiting her here

Karen Towns

Wonderful community, my husbands father lives in the memory care and we enjoy the staff and other residents.

Ben Prins

I have been partnering Whispering Woods in a professional capacity for over 10 years. The staff at this facility has been kind and great to work with. Their care and compassion truly makes a difference in the lives of the residents they provide care for. I would encourage you to check this place out. They have many different living options.

Terry Vandrunen

My grandpa has lived here for almost a year, nice apartment and close to our family's home.

Ben Wals

Great team, they have been on top of my mother in laws care in assisted living and she even gets to go on the outings with her wheelchair.

Susi Bart

Our family agrees with the review left two weeks ago. The memory unit at addington place at east paris is in constant array/turnstile mode. First ,REGARDING PRIVATE MONIES/FUNDING: when our elderly mother came to live at Addington place at east paris (formally Whispering woods assisted living) we were strongly verbally asurred by the current executive director (then the marketing directing at the time) that our mother could stay on at Addington place/whispering woods once our mother ran out of private pay monies , though the 'medicaid waiver' program. We have been strongly verbally assurred this throughout our mother's stay. - Our family is here to share that our recent attempts at being accepted into the medicaid waiver program has been nill. The medicaid waiver program throughout kent county,mi have stated to us several times they have quite long 'waits' to be accepted, (months to even years) and now my elderly mom is at the door of being evicted from addington which is a very difficult place for a severely demented, incontinent elderly person to be in. We are so sorry we 'trusted addington place/whispering woods.' regarding this medicaid waiver issue after paying the tune of nearly $5000/month for several years to addington place/whispering woods per several doctor's recommendations to us for her placement in a memory unit at the time,just to now being threatened with eviction! - God help you if you run out of your own personal savings in your old age in America!! Lies, deceit, outrageous costs , and poor communication from the top down to boot.No wonder half of celebrities are purchasing homes in Ontario ,Canada. Just google it: 'Muskoka cottage country', Cindy Crawford, Tom Hanks, Stephen Spielberg, just to name a small few. These people are not going to grow old in America! They obviously are getting ready to retire in Canada!!Seeing what my poor mother is going through with Addington, I think retiring abroad sounds like a good idea!!To CONCLUDE: On Fridays - Sundays ,especially, the workers often state: 'we are on a 16 hour shift and exhausted.' We see patients, including our relative, parked in front of a large tv immediately after dinner around 5:30 pm and left there for hours in the evening with never an offer of some music or other activity except just the t.v.. They are often cold, with no offer of a blanket for warmth, and this includes summertime too, as we have noticed that the air conditioner is often set, we think, way too cold for elderly residents. - We also have had large amounts of items taken away/stolen from our loved one's room, up to and including personal items such as a camode, and even two rocker recliners, as well as multiple amounts of clothing. we have to dress our loved one in black and drab colors as we have found that if the item has any color in it and is in reasonably good shape, it disappears.- We also have observed (just a few months ago in the spring) a resident from the memory unit, on more than one occasion, getting outdoors from the locked unit, and wandering around in unsecured outdoor areas before finally being found and brought in. Very dangerous situation! being round up by staff.- We too can say there is even more to the story than what we have said here. We have met /observed some providers who seemed to genuinely care. Unfortunately, they were/are far and few inbetween and come and go too quickly. Overall, our experience also with addington place (former whispering woods) memory unit just has not been what we had hoped for nor nearly as positive as we thought it should have been, in all ways, including financially. RENTER BEWARE!!

Brenda Howard-Kipp

Great location, mother in law loves it here.

Ariesa Joseph

My mother was here for almost 3 weeks but I removed her promptly. Most of the aides had terrible attitudes, were mean, and they lost all her laundry even though they were labeled with her name. They seem not to care at all about the patients. There were 4 very kind aides, but the rest were not fit to work in a place with aging people.

Jameson Peters

I recently visited this facility last week and was able to meet with the Executive Director, she informed us that she has been with Whispering Woods for over 5 years. We toured the Memory Care and were very impressed by the calm and gentle nature. I would be very happy to have my father here. Sounds like there are many improvements coming as well, looking forward to see what these are. Love the exclusivity of the buildings and nature.

Cody Vanholstyn

I have worked here for a year and have seen staff go above and beyond to care for our residents. I work closely with all residents from Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care from anything to fixing a toilet, or painting an apartment. I am also a veteran and many of our residents are also veterans. For veterans day I had the opportunity to go out to lunch with them and share stories. It's great to be in a social, welcoming environment.

Janelle Stevens

My brother in law stayed here for respite, he has been here multiple times when we have had family vacations planned. My parents in law care for him at home, but it's nice to have a facility we trust to send him to when things come up or when they need a break. He stays in the same building every time and loves the staff.

Tara Taft

My mother is living in the Assisted Living building 3 at Whispering Woods and has thoroughly enjoyed the dining experience, and the activities. She took care of her family and husband for 50 years and with his passing is now able to relax and let others take care of her. Her favorite activities include Bingo, getting her nails done, and field trips. She has met two other ladies that grew up in the same area as her when they were kids. It is great hearing them all reminisce. Looking forward to having her safe and in a place that has 24 hour care to take care of her, thank you Whispering Woods.

Mary Freeman

Our family toured this facility for my mother in law. We loved the location and how it was tucked back off of East Paris with an abundance of trees and wildlife. We saw building 5 and loved the fact that there was a hair salon, my MIL loves getting her perms, the building could use some updating, but the room we saw was a good size for her.

Candace Miller

Just toured the campus, beautiful with the seasons changing.

Sara Snoeyink

My daughter has worked at this facility for 2 years and has developed great relationships with the residents. They make her so happy, and she brings our goldendoodle in to see everyone!

Lacey Dahl

Wonderful management and staff! Working with Audra, Kat, and Alex has made providing great care to their residents easy!

Krista Bradford

My daughter and I toured whispering woods for my husband who has MS. Recently the MS has gotten worse and we need a better care option than what is available to us at home. We saw building 5, which had a group of people playing bingo. They all greeted us when we came through the door. Something that is very important to us is having other people around my husband who will spend time with him, watch sports on TV, and hold conversations. He is a younger man with a horrible disease. All in all we enjoyed Whispering Woods, but noticed the buildings could use an update. We really enjoyed the care giver we spoke to. She has been with them for over 3 years and walked me through the process of following a care plan.

Melissa Hanson

Very nice tour from the friendly staff. Campus is great.

Wes Eddie

I took my mother to whispering woods for a tour. This place was amazing!! Clean and organized. The nursing staff was very informative and cared about the well being of my mother. See you guys in two weeks!

Shelby Smith

The tour and the campus are phenomenal! I really enjoyed the tour! Very eager to see the changes this spring!

Shelly Carol

We toured this property for my mother in law back in March. We were looking for Assisted Living facility that was close to her home in Grand Rapids, unfortunately my MIL passed, but Alex the marketer had great follow up.

Mo Vance

Terrible place and it seems as if they are not open to people of color.

Jeff Lewno

Great location for Doctor offices and shopping on 28th street, but buildings could use a little TLC.

jaclyn dardzinski

I enjoyed the tour very much and and loved the facility for my mom who is looking for independent living!

Alex Snoeyink

I have worked with Whispering Woods since November 2017 and I have enjoyed the dedication of the staff and the amazing residents I get to interact with on a daily basis.

matthew penaloza

Whispering Woods is infested with bed bugs and the whole facility is trying to hide it. I was told by the activities director not to even sit on any furniture. Don't take you family member there. If they are there examine their room and see for yourself! Please help!

Stacey Baker

This place is terrible. My father was there less then a year. Never check up on the people and are very rude.. Everytime I would go there nothing would be done and it would be a mess. My father fell and was left over a day with a fractured pelvis at the age of 60. Finally was taken to the er where he died a week later due to septic shock . I would never put a loved one here .

Lisa Cotter

My dad just died there only after being there for 4 days. He was found on floor. He was also found on floor day prior with no help around. Luckily a relative showed up to get him up. Strangers also wandered in his bed. Doesn't sound like good care to me

Michelle Sahr

Beautiful campus & Friendly staff!

Everett Irons

Under staffed the people they do them wrong would never put my family there

Lynn Chauvin

Upon visiting my Father I found him on the floor, having fallen out of a wheelchair and no staff around- could not locate any staff for nearly 20-25 minutes. Had no idea how long he was on the floor prior to my arrival. He died hours later (found on floor next to bed) . He was only at this facility for 4 days. I later found out that medical examiner had asked Whispering Woods if there had been any recent 'trauma' -WW did not disclose the recent fall from wheelchair to police or MA. MA said WW not disclosing the fall was a ' huge red flag' , if he would have been told of the fall he would have likely ruled different and ordered an autopsy to find the COD.

Jasmine Davis

Just unpleasant and rude staff

Cailey Pawluk

Enjoyed the memory care!

Mirella Rodriguez

They have a bed bug epidemic and are doing nothing about it. Their staff is being instructed to stay off of the residents furniture! Please don't leave your relatives there!!!

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