Program Overview
Pine Rest Christian Homes strives to provide the highest quality of care, utilizing person-centered planning and a compassionate care model.
Person-Centered Planning involves year-round planning and teaching to allow individuals to have as much control in their lives as possible.
The Compassionate Care Model prioritizes principles such as:
- Recognizing and valuing people as unique individuals
- Developing valuing relationships among residents and staff
- Providing psychological as well as physical safety
- Using proactive teaching approaches
- Creating environments that are interactive rather than isolative
- Understanding the role of developmental, psychiatric and cultural factors on behaviors
Program Highlights
A variety of levels of care including:
- Adult foster care homes
- Supported independent living apartments
- On-site day activity center as an alternative to work placement
Highly trained, compassionate professionals and direct-care staff who:
- Work with residents on building daily living skills, social skills and other skills
- Assist residents with integrating into the local community as appropriate
- Provide personalized care based on the individual’s needs and desires
Homes - Programs designed for individuals with higher needs due to mental health disorders, behavioral difficulties, aging and medical issues, or significant limitations with regard to activities of daily living.
On-site medical, psychiatric and psychological treatment is available for residents, as well as 24-hour access to nursing support, which enables all areas of care to be coordinated.
A Christian environment that provides support for the individual’s spiritual beliefs and faith through a variety of on-site services and opportunities.
Located on Pine Rest’s beautiful 220-acre, wooded main campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the homes and apartments allow for easy access to community resources such as stores, churches and restaurants.
For more information, please call 616/281-0061.
