Touch of Care

Touch of Care is a home-style assisted living community on Windsor Drive in Troy, Michigan, set among the houses of a residential neighborhood in Troy instead of inside a large institutional building. The setting gives the community the look and pace of a family home, with ordinary front yards and quiet streets around it, and with a handful of neighbors sharing the household. Because Touch of Care is a residential home and not a multi-story building with long corridors, daily life revolves around shared living spaces that feel familiar to anyone who has lived in a house.

Residents can gather in the living room, share meals at a common table, and move through a setting where the whole household is within easy reach of one another and of the people who provide care. Assisted living here means hands-on help with the routines of the day for people who want to keep as much independence as they safely can. That kind of support typically covers personal care such as bathing and dressing, medication reminders, and a steady caregiving presence in the home, so that a resident does not have to manage everything alone while still choosing how to spend the hours between those moments of help.

A smaller household changes the rhythm of care in ways that matter to many families, since the people who live in the home and the people who look after them come to know one another well over time. Preferences about meals, bedtimes, favorite chairs and morning habits are easier to notice and remember in a home-style setting, and everyday routines can bend around the person instead of the other way around.

Meals in a home-style assisted living setting are typically served at a shared table, which gives mealtimes a social quality that large dining rooms often struggle to match. Residents who enjoy company can settle into conversation over breakfast or supper, and those who prefer a quieter moment can usually find one in another part of the house. The location in Troy puts the community within reach of everyday conveniences that families use when they visit or run errands for a loved one.

Big Beaver Road is one of the city's main commercial corridors, and the Somerset Collection shopping center sits along it, so shopping, restaurants and errands are a short drive from the neighborhood. Health care access is another practical part of the setting, because Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital sits about 2 miles from the home, along with many physician offices and outpatient clinics across the city.

Having medical services nearby keeps appointments manageable for relatives who help with transportation. Visiting Touch of Care in person is the clearest way to see the rooms, meet the people who provide daily support, and ask about the current level of care, the daily schedule and the house routines. The size, atmosphere and neighborhood of this Troy home can then be weighed against the needs of the person who would be living there, with ordinary mornings and evenings in the house easy to picture once the rooms, the shared spaces and the rhythm of the household have been seen firsthand.

For families in Oakland County, a home-style community offers a gentler transition than a large building, because the first day in a new place involves meeting a small group of housemates and caregivers. Visiting is also straightforward, with relatives able to sit in the living room, share a meal and spend time in a space that feels like an extension of their own family gatherings. Families who value continuity often find that a residential home keeps the circle of people around a loved one small and steady, which makes it easier to notice changes in appetite, mood or energy and to talk about them openly.

That closeness between residents, caregivers and visiting relatives is a central part of what a home-style community in a neighborhood like this one offers to the people who choose it.