Bickford of Portage
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Navigating the aging journey is difficult.
We understand what’s at stake here: it’s not just someone, it’s your loved one.
Meanwhile, it’s on you to make the difficult decisions.
There's a Higher Path for our seniors
Senior care today is reactive, expensive, and siloed. It’s a sick-care system, not a health-care system (designed to keep seniors healthy). Most of us have accepted this status quo because it feels too big and complex to change. Not us. We’re taking the road less traveled and championing a higher standard of senior care.
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Meet Portage's Leadership Team
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Brandie McWethy
Executive Director
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Kayla Beebe
Family Advocate
Services at Portage
Assisted Living
Personalized help with the activities of daily life, such as meals, grooming, and medication management.
Memory Care
An intimate, engaging environment designed specifically for seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
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Glad to see that management is staffed again. I have high hopes for our new wellness coordinator.
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The staff at Bickford of Portage is great and show care and concern for my parent. I notice there are only 2 staff (a med tech and care worker) in the memory care area many times when I am with my parent. I wish there were 3. Majority of care homes have 3 dedicated staff at all times in a memory care area. It would be nice if the Bickford of Portage staff were better supported by management. The phone system is terrible! If no one answers the line will disconnect. If someone does answer and I need to be transferred, the phone disconnects. I have called other branches of Bickford and they have an automated system so atleast you can leave a message. I have to call multiple times in order to be able to speak to someone about my parent. If I get a call from Bickford of Portage and miss it, it is very frustrating to call them back. Other care homes have dedicated lines and options to get in touch with caregivers.
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Score of 3 for Bickford Management | We are disappointed with how overwhelmed the portage staff has seemed with the additional duties and work hours caused by the loss of the portage branch director and nurse. | I would hope you are providing extra compensation or a bonus for the Portage med techs who have to work without leadership during all the transitions. The Portage Mary B staff as well as the Portage Assisted Living staff are excellent and we appreciate them everyday. I hope the Bickford Management does too.
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Very excited about the hiring of our new executive director. We know she is committed to the residents and Bickford. I also believe we will have someone that will stay and is committed. Now if we could just find a good nurse that will stay.
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(name removed), the activities Director in Mary B's is phenomenal. She is so kind and loving to each of the residents. I can tell she truly cares about them.
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Bickford has been a Godsend to our family! I have been so impressed with the care, communication and concern the staff has shown to my older brother since his arrival less than a year ago. I am more than pleased.
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The Director for Bickford of Portage is doing a great job of making good decisions and creating a good staff. Communication is much better. She listens and takes action. The Happiness Coordinator (name removed) is a blessing, she is always available and works well with the residents.
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I would say 4.5. There are so few residents in Mary B right now that the ratio is manageable for the excellent, hard working staff. It's so important for the people working in the memory care area to truly know the residents and all their dementia quirks, and the staff we have now is fabulous!! Please clean the yellow couches though.