Daniela's Serenity Care II

Daniela's Serenity Care II is a six-bed home-style assisted living community on Leon in Walled Lake, Michigan, where daily support is delivered inside an ordinary family house rather than a large building with long corridors. With only six residents living under one roof, the household stays small enough that everyone is known by name and the daily rhythm follows the people who live there. Rooms are private or semi-private, and residents may keep personal possessions, some furnishings and their own clothing as long as space and health needs allow.

A personal bed or mobility equipment can be arranged when a physician has prescribed it, which lets a room feel like the resident's own instead of a standard unit. Bedding is laundered every week and as needed, and personal laundry is done as needed, so clothing and linens are handled as part of the routine of the house. Meals are cooked at home and served three times a day, with snacks and fruit available whenever a resident would like them.

Special diets can be accommodated depending on the overall needs of the household, which means a resident on a restricted menu still sits down at the same table as everyone else. Eating together in a small group gives mealtimes a conversational, family feel that larger dining rooms rarely offer, and it gives caregivers a natural chance to notice how each person is eating and feeling. Personal care is the heart of the support offered here, and it begins with an assessment before move-in so that help is matched to what each person actually needs.

Caregivers assist with dressing and undressing, daily oral hygiene and denture care, light bathing as needed, weekly showers and shampoos, and transfers for sitting, standing, positioning and toileting, and they provide stand-by help for residents who walk with some assistance. Bladder and bowel programs are part of the care as well, and the goal is to support the highest level of independence each resident can comfortably keep.

Staffing follows a steady pattern, with two caregivers for the six residents during the day and one caregiver overnight, so someone is awake and present around the clock. Caregivers are trained in first aid and emergency response, and every employee is fingerprinted and put through state and federal criminal background checks before working in the home. Days follow a structured schedule with the same familiar caregivers and methods, which makes routines predictable and comfortable, and when a resident's health or mood changes, the resident's doctor or family is told so that everyone stays informed.

The house sits in Walled Lake, a small lakeside city in Oakland County and a northwestern suburb of Detroit, just north of Novi and east of Wixom. Residents have a free house phone for local and long-distance calls, which makes it easy to stay in touch with relatives who live across the region, and visiting family members can spend time in a setting that resembles a relative's home more than a facility, and the quiet, unhurried pace of a small household suits relatives who prefer short, unhurried conversations over a busy lobby.

Because only six people share the household, caregivers can adapt to individual preferences without a rigid schedule, so residents who enjoy company can spend time together around the house while those who prefer quiet are free to rest in their rooms. Families who want a personal alternative to a large assisted living building often find that a six-bed setting allows more direct conversation with the people providing daily care, and the same familiar faces greet visitors each time they come by to spend an afternoon.

Anyone considering Daniela's Serenity Care II is welcome to visit the house, meet the caregivers and learn how a typical day unfolds, including which activities and outings are planned during an ordinary week. Current availability and payment options come from the community directly, since those details can change with the needs of the household.