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2900 Thornhills Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
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4.0
Great choice
The reason for 4 vs 5 is that the staffing lacks on weekends and lunch and dinner menu the same.
The staff were very helpful with transitioning my mom.
The facility is nice.
I would recommend Sentinel Pointe.
About the facility Sentinel Pointe
Sentinel Pointe is a rental community that does not require a buy-in or long term lease.
Residents are able to live in place by adding on assistance, including physical therapy and hospice, in the comfort of their own apartment.
Every apartment at Sentinel Pointe includes emergency call system, kitchenette, patio/balcony, walk-in closet, utilities, All day fine dining, and weekly housekeeping with bed linen service.
The Tree Top Dining Room serves three daily meals with variety of menu selections and can accommodate some special dietary needs.
A full calendar of events and outings planned monthly, and group transportation is provided.
Transportation is available for free to Dr. Appointments 5 days a week.
Sentinel Pointe Retirement Community has many new updates to their common spaces and decor, you will love the feeling of a big happy home here in a fun, friendly atmosphere that you will love to call home!
Residents are able to live in place by adding on assistance, including physical therapy and hospice, in the comfort of their own apartment.
Every apartment at Sentinel Pointe includes emergency call system, kitchenette, patio/balcony, walk-in closet, utilities, All day fine dining, and weekly housekeeping with bed linen service.
The Tree Top Dining Room serves three daily meals with variety of menu selections and can accommodate some special dietary needs.
A full calendar of events and outings planned monthly, and group transportation is provided.
Transportation is available for free to Dr. Appointments 5 days a week.
Sentinel Pointe Retirement Community has many new updates to their common spaces and decor, you will love the feeling of a big happy home here in a fun, friendly atmosphere that you will love to call home!
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Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Amenities at Sentinel Pointe
Healthcare Services
- Memory Care
- Staffing & Ancillary Services
- Incontinence Care
- Diabetic Care
- Medication Management
- Non-Ambulatory Care
Meals & Dining
- Anytime Dining
- Professional Chef
- Guest Meals
- Restaurant Style Dining
- International Cuisine
- Vegetarian
- Meals Provided
Room Amenities
- Full kitchen
- Kitchenette
- Wi-Fi/high-speed internet
- Air Conditioned
- Ground Floor Units
- Wheelchair Accessible Showers
- Private patio, deck, or balcony
- Cable or Satellite TV
Community Amenities
On-site dining options
- Private Dining Room
- Café or Bistro
Transportation & parking
- Property Convenient to Public Transit
- Transportation at Cost
- Covered Parking
- Complimentary Transportation
- Resident Parking Available
- Uncovered Parking
Pets
- Cats Allowed
- Pet Care Available
- Dogs Allowed
- Weight Limit (lbs)
Common areas
- TV Lounge
- Computer or Media Center
- Meeting Room
- Barber Shop
- Beauty Salon
- Main Street Shops
- Indoor Common Areas
- Library
- Central Fireplace
- Outside Patio
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Private Bath
Recreational areas
- Piano or Organ
- Movie or Theater Room
- Arts and Crafts Center
- Fitness Center
- Raised Garden Beds
Services
- Laundry Service / Drycleaning
- Beautician
- Housekeeping
- Grocery Shopping and Errands
Languages spoken
- English
Activities
- Visiting Chaplain or Priest
- Other Religious Services
- BBQs or Picnics
- Day Trips and Outings
- Live Well Programs
- Art Classes
- Live Musical Performances
- Bible Study Group
- Birthday Parties
- Wine Tasting
- Yoga / Chair Yoga
- Devotional Activities On-Site
- Visiting Rabbi
- Book Club
- Community Service Programs
- Educational Speakers / Life Long Learning
- Brain fitness / Dakim
- Trivia Games
- Wii Bowling
- Devotional Activities Offsite
- Activities Off-site
- Holiday Parties
- Live Dance or Theater Performances
- Catholic Services
- Happy Hour
- Karaoke
- Stretching Classes
- Gardening Club
- Cooking Classes
- Bridge Club
- Activities On-site
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A Place for Mom has scored Sentinel Pointe with 9.1 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 10 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Sentinel Pointe has 25 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.
Overall Rating
4.4
Cleanliness
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Care Services
4.3
Staff
4.8
Meals & Dining
3.7
Activities
4.4
Value for Cost
4.4
A Place for Mom has scored Sentinel Pointe with 9.1 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 10 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Sentinel Pointe has 25 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.
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Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
December 16, 2024
Great choice
The reason for 4 vs 5 is that the staffing lacks on weekends and lunch and dinner menu the same.
The staff were very helpful with transitioning my mom.
The facility is nice.
I would recommend Sentinel Pointe.
Doug Weaver - Family/friend
Independent Living
October 10, 2024
It's a Wonderful Place
We were recently looking to move my aunt from another facility here in Grand Rapids that had cut services, and a friend recommended Sentinel Pointe. I stopped in for a visit and was immediately impressed. The building is beautiful and the amenities are very wonderful. More importantly, it was very obvious that Sentinel Pointe has a caring staff. I was given a tour by [name removed], who is the Sales Director. As we went through the building, [name removed] greeted every resident we saw by name. Also, many of the staff have worked there for quite a few years, some of them even since the building opened over 20 years ago.
We brought my aunt for a tour shortly after that and she quickly agreed that this was the right move. She has now been there a week, and is loving it. The full slate of activities has made it easy for her to get involved and she has already made new friends.
In what could have been a very stressful situation, Sentinel Pointe made it very easy.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
October 8, 2024
Need more staff
The main reason we chose Sentinel Pointe was because the staff was extremely friendly. Although they are very friendly, they are having a difficult time finding enough staff to work in the dining room. Because of this, the wait times can be excessive.
At this time, I would not recommend them to others. They seem to be getting overwhelmed.
Teressa - Family/friend
Independent Living
September 4, 2024
A Quality Senior Residence with very limited negatives.
They make a point to know everyone by name, and to get to know some personal information in order to interact with them better.
There are lots of ways they could improve on the food!
Dad doesn't eat there at all, even though it is included in his rent. These are his issues: 1) the meal times are very short (9:00-10:45am, 12:00-1:45pm & 4:00-5:45pm), and are spaced way too close together, they need to start earlier and end later), 2) everyone comes en masse to each meal, which means there is a lot of waiting (to get in the dining hall, to get someone to take your order, to get your food); instead of assigning shift times (like [name removed] Hills does) which allows for less waiting all the way around, 3) the food is very bland, and can't be made to one's liking, 4) he prefers to eat his own food because he can get it quickly, get it served hot, and have it taste the way he expects it to taste. He says by the time he has gone through all the waiting to eat in the dining hall, and has finally eaten, within a short time later, they are ready to begin the next meal, and he says he isn't hungry yet.
Craig - Family/friend
Independent Living
April 25, 2024
Mom is so happy with her move
Staff are very friendly and they keep track of the tenants which I as the son is very appreciative
Good size apartment style and the amenities are good plenty to do and keep her busy if she wants
KS - Family/friend
Independent Living
March 5, 2024
Review for Sentinel Pointe
She lived a long and healthy life to the age of 91. We were very happy with Sentinel Pointe.
KM - Family/friend
Independent Living
November 28, 2023
Review for Sentinel Pointe
My dad chose it because of its warm welcoming, cozy, laidback and friendly nature. With the meals and dining, they have set hours for the meals. and sometimes there is a delay receiving service, due to limited staff.
Kelly - Family/friend
Independent Living
April 14, 2023
Review for Sentinel Pointe
They are fantastic! The kindest staff; never tired of my constant questions in the beginning. Really good care. The food could be a step up, but there's great options every day. Very pleased. They offer three meals a day in the dining room, plus a bistro that runs from 8 to 1230 with a different selection of breakfast and lunch items every day. There is a beauty salon, and activity center, organized chair and yoga fitness classes, church services for both Catholic and non-Catholic, musical entertainment, special event parties such as holidays and birthdays, transportation to and from doctors offices, the grocery store, the bank and additional outings to specialty stores. Weekly house keeping is also included as well as assisted living available Al a cart.
anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
February 20, 2023
Mom is living her best life.
My mom is living her best life. She has friends, responsibilities, and has made family at Sentinel Pointe! I would absolutely tell others to come visit and check it out!
John S - Family/friend
Independent Living
January 14, 2023
Oh, wow.
Medical (?) staff seen yesterday afternoon wearing house shoes and winter coat, walking into kitchen. Tacky! Upgrade the medical staff, please! We have immature, inexperienced and unprofessional staff doling out medications to our loved ones!
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
February 17, 2022
Tour of Sentinel Pointe
I really liked Sentinel Pointe. I would have put mom here, but I felt like it was geared towards a more younger crowd, people who are more independent. I just felt mom needed more care than they were able to offer, but it was a great place. I would live here myself.
Sue H - Family/friend
Independent Living
November 1, 2021
Sentinel Pointe review
We love Sentinel Pointe!
anonymous - Resident/client
Independent Living
August 16, 2021
Top notch!
My experience so far has been top not, the cleanliness of the community is excellent. The staff members are above 5 stars, and the value for cost would be 6 stars.
SW - Resident/client
Independent Living
July 23, 2021
Sentinel Pointe, a good place to retire.
It's a very friendly community, with very adequate accommodations. If I had to choose again, I would still choose Sentinel Pointe. I continue to stay here because I'm pleased with the facility and the staff. I do like that they have a nursing component, so there's round-the-clock availability of staff if you become sick or have an issue. The food is very good, with lots of variety and options to choose from. And they work very hard at providing activities and things for the residents to do through these difficult Covid times.
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
July 2, 2021
I really liked this one. I feel it would be a good fit for my parents
Lori H - Family/friend
Independent Living
January 14, 2021
A caring staff who tries to make it home
Prior to covid the food was really good, but now it is really bad. The food is being delivered to their rooms with no nutritional value to is, there is infrequent and not a lot of fresh vegetables.
Anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
January 30, 2018
Best we saw so far, friendly staff that do the extras to make residents and family feel welcome. It was clean and spacious with lots of little extras, like a TV room with recliners and blankets, just like a home movie theater. I loved the restaurant feel of their meals.
Response from Sentinel Pointe
February 12, 2018
We are pleased you enjoyed your time here with us and appreciate your feedback so we know what we are doing right! That Annex room is our new favorite space here with that 75" Television and surround sound!
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
September 6, 2017
Very Happy
My in laws have settled in and seem to be very happy here. My father in law is taking advantage of getting his strength back in the fitness center he is walking on the treadmill. I am not in the state so I"m not completely sure as to what activities or social events they may or may not be done they haven't mentioned anything. As far as the food goes that has been an adjustment for them. My father in law is a wonderful cook so they are having to get used to someone else cooking styles. The dining room offers 2 seatings and from what they have mentioned if you go to the later one you risk them of running out of something and substituting it with something else. The staff has been very nice and welcoming. I have not heard of any complaints about the housekeeping not being done so I am assuming that is going well.
Response from Sentinel Pointe
September 7, 2017
Thank you for the feedback, it is a struggle when you are out of state/town and rely on phone conversations only to know your loved ones are happy and taken care of.
Please let your Father in law know that if he has favorite recipes that our Chef, David Snow would be happy to incorporate those into our Menu's from time to time, we love new ideas, tried and true recipe's are always a hit!
Sometimes our specials are very popular from day to day, just like at any restaurant and we do run out of the special. To assist with this we post the specials every week on Monday morning, those can be found posted at the front desk and also by the dining room entrance near the hostess stand. Your in-Laws can also pick up a copy of those specials at the front desk from Nancy. In order to ensure they get the special they are interested in we do highly recommend that residents arrive on time for their reservation, if simply ordering off the robust menu they can be a little more lax on the timing.
We love that our specials are so popular and we are always looking for ideas on new foods for our residents to enjoy! As an aside, if you would like to be more involved in the day to day happenings, including activities, pictures, alerts (weather, power outages etc..) and Menus - Please send an email to me at [removed] and I will send the private invite to our Residents and Family Facebook Page.
Again - thank you so much for the feedback
Katie Kirchner, Executive Director
JULIE - Family/friend
Independent Living
July 30, 2017
Thankful
I give this a 4 star because, my in laws have moved in and they seem to be very happy. I was there to help them move in and everyone was very helpful. My experience with some other places as this has not been the same. Your staff is not just doing their job, they are seeming to live it. Thank you.
Roberta Swidersky - Toured community
Independent Living
October 15, 2016
Sentinel Pointe best place for our mom!
Dad passed away earlier this year in Chicago. His last words to us were to bring mom to Michigan to be near the family. After scheduling a tour and meeting with the staff at Sentinel Pointe, I knew this was the community for mom. Once she made the decision to move, the staff at Sentinel Pointe immediately focused on her needs; both emotionally and physically. This touched our hearts deeply. The amenities are endless; making the lives of all their residents worry free. Her apartment is beautiful and we are so comforted knowing she will be taken care of in the most loving way. Thank You to all the staff at Sentinel Pointe!
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