What licensed senior care is in Ionia County, Michigan?
Ionia County has 13 LARA-licensed homes serving older adults (0 homes for the aged, 3 large and 10 small adult foster care homes, 142 beds) and 2 certified nursing homes.
Ionia County sits between Grand Rapids and Lansing along I-96, and its senior care market looks both ways. Ionia, the county seat on the Grand River, and Belding on the Flat River have the county's nursing homes; Portland, in the southeast corner, is closer to Lansing than to Grand Rapids for most hospital and specialist care.
Ionia is in Region 8 for MI Choice and Area Agency on Aging services. Care Resources' PACE service area includes the Ionia (48846), Belding (48809), Saranac, Lake Odessa, Orleans and Clarksville ZIP codes, while Portland's 48875 falls inside the Lansing-based VOANS Senior Community Care of Michigan PACE list instead.
Which Ionia County towns have the most licensed homes?
Ionia (4), Portland (4), and Belding (1) lead the county by number of LARA-licensed homes.
Who handles MI Choice and aging services in Ionia County?
Ionia County is in MI Choice Region 8; its Area Agency on Aging is Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan (616-456-5664), and the waiver agents are Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan, Inc. and Reliance Community Care Partners.
- Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan, Inc. — 3215 Eaglecrest Drive NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525, 616-456-5664
- Reliance Community Care Partners — 2100 Raybrook SE, Suite 203, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, 616-956-9440 or 800-447-3007
Region 8 also covers Allegan, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo, and Osceola counties.
Source: MDHHS MI Choice Waiver Program, list of waiver agents by region
Is PACE available in Ionia County?
In part. 3 PACE programs list Ionia County ZIP codes where our homes are; 48873 is not on any published list.
| PACE program | Center(s) | Phone | Area ZIPs listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care Resources | 4150 Kalamazoo Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508; 11730 Fulton St SE, Lowell, MI 49331 | 616-913-2006 or 800-610-6299 | 48809, 48846, 48849, 48881, 49331 |
| Senior Care Partners PACE | 300 B Drive North, Albion, MI 49224 | 517-680-4410 | 49331 |
| VOANS Senior Community Care of Michigan | 1921 E. Miller Road, Lansing, MI 48911 | 517-319-0700 | 48875 |
Source: MDHHS PACE provider list
How do Ionia County nursing homes rate?
Mission Point Nursing & Physical Rehabilitation Center of Belding rates highest at 5 of 5 stars; the county's 2 homes hold 235 certified beds.
| Nursing home | City | Beds | Overall | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Point Nursing & Physical Rehabilitation Center of Belding | Belding | 128 | ★★★★★ | For profit - Corporation |
| Optalis Health & Rehabilitation of Ionia | Ionia | 107 | ★★★★☆ | For profit - Corporation |
Which hospitals, hospices and home health agencies serve Ionia County?
Hospitals: University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia. CMS lists 0 hospices based in the county and 17 home health agencies serving its ZIP codes.
