The Elms at Michigan City

The Elms at Michigan City, located in Michigan City, IN offers independent living, assisted living & memory care. Visit Provider Website

Continence management, eating assistance and help with transfers are named outright on the assisted living list here, alongside 24-hour nursing and scheduled visits from a medical director.

The Elms at Michigan City is set against the shores of Lake Michigan in Michigan City, IN, and runs independent living, assisted living and memory care, which its own page calls the Alzheimer's Special Care Center. Its operator names Emerge, Elevate and the Evermore Neighborhood for the three levels.

Pricing at The Elms at Michigan City

Sinceri Senior Living, who runs The Elms at Michigan City, gives a starting price on each of its three care-level pages:

• Independent living: from $3,200 a month
• Assisted living: from $3,850 a month
• Memory care: from $5,795 a month

The assisted living page says its figure is base rent only, with Level of Care charges not included, and the home page adds that the starting price depends on apartment availability and level of care. For memory care, check whether the $5,795 is one all-in price or a base price plus care levels, because that decides what the month really costs. A request through Get Pricing gets you the rent and any care charge for the apartment you'd take, so you can compare the three levels on what you'd actually pay.

Assisted Living at The Elms at Michigan City

Beyond nursing and the medical director's visits, the assisted living page lists on-site physical, occupational and speech therapy, medication management, showering or bathing assistance, help with grooming and dressing, personal laundry, linen service, weekly housekeeping and daily trash removal. Because the price is base rent only, asking what each of those services adds for your level of care gives you the full monthly picture.

Independent Living at The Elms at Michigan City

The independent living list starts with the Sensations Dining Room, where meals are served tableside daily, then scheduled day trips and outings, themed parties and holiday celebrations, an arts, crafts and game area, a beauty salon and barber shop, landscaped grounds and courtyards, free Wi-Fi, concierge services and an emergency response and monitoring system. It also calls itself a pet friendly community, which matters if a dog or cat is coming with you.

Apartments at The Elms at Michigan City

The floor plans page shows five drawings: a one-bedroom, one-bathroom plan at 480 square feet, suites at 388 and 225 square feet, and two two-bedroom, two-bathroom plans at 718 and 1,037 square feet. None of them says which care level it belongs to, so asking which layouts are open at your level keeps you from falling for one you can't have.

Memory Care at The Elms at Michigan City

The memory care page lists 24-hour nursing, scheduled medical director visits, on-site therapy and help with bathing, grooming and dressing, and it runs Sinceri's Meaningful Moments program, which builds each resident's life story, their likes, dislikes and cherished memories, into a daily care plan. For your family member, that means a day shaped around their own history.

What Reviewers Say About The Elms at Michigan City

Two reviewers describe the activities: one says there's a variety to suit every resident and that a mother especially enjoys scenic drives with stops for ice cream, and another says there are always different activities residents enjoy. A third calls the building spotless and the meals delicious.