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Grand Emerald Place
4010 S. Ironwood Road, South Bend, IN, 46614
Community Information
Grand Emerald Place is an assisted living facility in South Bend, IN. Grand Emerald Place offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Grand Emerald Place offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Grand Emerald Place provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help.
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is years old.
Staffing
Nurses on StaffDoctor on Call24-Hour Awake StaffVisiting NurseHomecare OnsiteVisiting PodiatristVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Occupational TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care % Medium Care % Heavy Care % Grand Emerald Place prefers that residents need: light care, medium care, heavy care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
This community offers diabetes care and can offer insulin injections, including sliding scale therapy.
Memory Care Offered
The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander. The community's memory care section is in its own building.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide a 2 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Care
This community provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
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Transportation
Resident Parking AvailableComplimentary TransportationProperty Convenient to BuslineSmoking
Allowed OutdoorsAdditional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OnsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Wheelchair Accessible ShowersHospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedVegetarianActivities Provided
Our residents attend plays and ballgames, including the South Bend Cubs, a triple A team affiliated with the Chicago Cubs. Theme dinners, custom balls, religious services and educational seminars are on the calender every month. Our life enriching opportunities encourage our residents to learn, socialize and the time of their life. Birthdays are so important and we celebrate birthdays here. Each resident gets their own party and cake. We sign happy birthday to each individual and we do not plan group celebrations where all are honored together at one monthly event. We believe in individual recognition. One of our most popular activities is the pen pal group our Life Enrichment Coordinator started for the entire Enlivant company of over 200 communities. Our residents in Indiana are now corresponding with Enlivant residents all over the country. We support our military families around the world! Our resident's service project this year is collecting and sorting coupons which are then sent to our military families around the world. Our military families are able to use expired coupons in numerous countries around the world where they are stationed. -
Average Room Pricing at Grand Emerald Place
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 2098.00 Monthly 1 Bedroom 3010.00 Monthly Semi-Private 1794.00 Monthly 2 Bedrooms Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Estimated Fees at Grand Emerald Place
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 0.00 One-time Respite Fee 0.00 Daily Buy-In Fee 0.00 One-time High Care Needs Fee 0.00 Monthly Medium Care Needs Fee 0.00 Monthly Low Care Needs Fee 0.00 Monthly 2nd Person Fee 0.00 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Paying for care
Commercial InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
If Grand Emerald Place isn't quite what you're looking for, take a look at a few other nearby communities that might be a better match.
Nearby Cities
| City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
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| South Bend | 0 miles | 3 | $2,820 |
| Mishawaka | 5 miles | 2 | $3,450 |
| Granger | 6 miles | 1 | $3,290 |
| Elkhart | 11 miles | 2 | $2,970 |
| Niles | 13 miles | 2 | $3,360 |
| La Porte | 24 miles | 3 | $3,010 |
General Pricing Information for South Bend Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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| 1 Bedroom | $2,010 | $2,820 | $3,400 |
| Semi-Private | $1,700 | $1,950 | $2,195 |
| Studio | $2,100 | $2,645 | $3,265 |
Community Reviews
Very welcoming and caring
reviewed on: 09/26/2017 by AnonymousGrand Emerald Place is very friendly and caring. It is cost efficient with great care. The staff, as well as the residents, are so welcoming and caring. The food is very good and homemade. The residents genuinely care for each other and seem to have a lot of fun. We are so happy that we found Grand Emerald as a home for our mother.
Grand Emerald Place
reviewed on: 08/06/2015 by Linda JohnsonMy mother is well cared for and very happy. More independent and vibrant than I have seen her in years. Everyone is kind, friendly, and caring.
A solid choice with room for improvement
reviewed on: 12/16/2015 by Phil GraysonIt's not bad but it's not what it could be, either. In some combination, my parents were there from February through October, 2015. The two items I've read in other reviews that are worth confirming are on pricing when you're considering the place and staffing levels. I'll add other comments after the first two sections. Pricing - Make sure you are very clear with your expectations when you are looking at the lease contract. We were considering two facilities. Grand Emerald has a community fee that is equal to one month's rent. The other facility, Wellbrooke of South Bend, didn't have that. We went with Grand Emerald because we were told that we could use our current outside pharmacy for our mother's prescription needs. It was significantly cheaper than the other of Wellbrooke's contracted pharmacy. I figured I'd make the community fee back in time based on the savings. We were not allowed to use the pharmacy we discussed as we were evaluating our options for care. I never received a satisfactory explanation for this change once the contract was signed and our mother was moved in, and I still view this as a material breach in the evaluation process. I get puffery to make something sound good/better, but this was specific misrepresentation to a very specific question. Weekend Staffing - Grand Emerald was largely empty when my parents were there. I think they had no more than 21 residents at any one time. As a result, the staffing levels were quite low on the weekends, with the folks running around doing so much that they couldn't really take the time to care for the residents as well as they would have preferred. Like all other places, this is a business and labor costs are the easiest place to make a difference in the bottom line. I don't think the care was negligent but it wasn't what you'd expect from the brochures and promises that are made during the sales pitch. Atmosphere - Grand Emerald in its current configuration is definitely a low-key building. There isn't much vibrancy in the building, staff or activities. Wellbrooke of South Bend, where our father resided after he required skilled care, was much more energetic. Just know what you're getting yourself or your parents into on this one. Some might like the serenity of Grand Emerald, while others prefer the frenetic pace at Wellbrooke. That's entirely a matter of preference. Administration - The people are very nice and will take your questions with the respect they deserve. The staff that actually interacts with the residents is quite good. There may not be enough of them on the weekends, but those who are there are really first rate. I had a dispute with them over our dad's account after he went to Wellbrooke for skilled care. He left Grand Emerald, never to return, in May and I received a notice from their corporate office of a price increase for 2016. I had to phone Chicago (corporate headquarters) to make sure they understood that my dad was not on the books at Grand Emerald. That's was a pretty typical experience. Paperwork does not appear to be a strength but that's not the primary reason we placed our parents in the facility. Overall, it's a solid place. My brother and I were both away from South Bend and it was nice to know that our parents were in a facility where they were safe and we we didn't have to worry about them. There are lots of areas where improvements could be made, but the core of the mission...caring for seniors in a healthy environment largely takes place at Grand Emerald.
Great Smaller Community With a Home-Like Feel
reviewed on: 03/12/2021 by anonymousWe've found they've been very caring about best care possible in a smaller, individualized environment. We were thrilled that they had a good Covid protocol. It seems like Coivid-wise, they're in a good place. They're still offering activities. In the Fall they had a sing along with residents inside, and a couple of family members outside per resident, and they served hot chocolate and cookies. We observed the activities director coming in one-on-one offering crafting activities. The family has been able to go in a couple of times for visits, two of us at a time. We were pleased to see photos of our loved one around the Holidays where she was sitting next to other residents, wearing a little Christmas hat, and she was smiling and looked so happy. That made us feel so good. We love that the staff have fun with the residents, for example doing elf on the shelf. If there are care services they don't offer on-site, they were able to authorize off-site care for her. Once safe with Covid, they'll be offering more on-site services like haircutting, etc. When small issues have arisen, they have been in touch, and we've felt like we've worked through the issue together to a satisfactory result. There's only about 60 units here, with room for about 77 residents, and that really spoke volumes to us about the more direct attention our loved one has received. When our loved one needs something, they let us know right away. Whenever we've needed anything, they've bent over backwards to help.
a good place living
reviewed on: 03/11/2021 by ABThe community closes at 6 pm so you cant visit after 6. The community is good with communication between the staff and the family and they are always quick to call us if we have any questions. I would recommend this community to others
