These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure. Watch for symptoms and call your healthcare provider of you have these or concerning symptoms: fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
“Now is the time to start having these conversations. Use what’s happening in the news as a trigger.”
— Liz, chronic disease patient
Elder Care of West Michigan provides comprehensive primary care to individuals in the comfort of their homes or assisted living community. Our primary goal is to empower our clients to achieve their health care goals and age in place. We pride ourselves in respectful, supportive, and comprehensive medical care services that are founded in experience, education, and passion for older adults.
Request a Delivery, Meal, or Friendly Reassurance We have a whole network of Area Agencies on Aging and local volunteers waiting to help you get
Emergency situations, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, present special challenges to the delivery of Alzheimer’s and dementia care in long-term and community-based care settings,
Most people who get sick with COVID-19 will have only mild illness and should recover at home.* Care at home can help stop the spread
Get Your Home Ready Checklist for Older Adults If a COVID-19 outbreak happens in your community, it could last for a long time. Depending on
Elder Care of West Michigan advocates a new paradigm in geriatric medicine where the focus returns to care. Dr. Gretchen Schumacher and her wonderful staff incorporate the patient’s past experiences and current expectations in a truly personalized medicine practice. This integrative, humanistic model of geriatrics is rare. They demonstrate concerned and competent elder care that continues the quest for all elder patients to enable their possibilities for joy, transcendence and meaning, rejecting the anti-aging disease model. Elder Care of West Michigan has transformed my expectations as a daughter and caregiver from fear and sadness to joy and knowledge. I am so thankful to have Elder Care of West Michigan a part of my family and highly recommend this practice to all.
— Elizabeth
