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Serving the
Grand Traverse Region |
Our
Aim
Along with our daughter, Lena, we, Cornelia and Michael Popp, enjoy a
family
life reflecting Christian values and both American straightforwardness and European humanistic and cultural traditions. We believe that this atmosphere at the Four Maples can benefit the self-esteem of our future residents and help provide them a warm, clean, safe and emotionally well rounded environment in which they receive a great deal of individual
attention. We look forward to serving the elderly and their families in
the Grand Traverse area. |
About
Our Home
The Four Maples Retirement Home at 2510 East
Silver Lake Road is located on Traverse City’s
west side. It provides assisted living accommodations for a small group of 4-5 residents. Our home has three rooms equipped with ½ baths and an additional room with attached den and its own full bath. All
of the rooms are naturally bright and buoyantly
painted and furnished. Despite its rural setting
Four Maples is in the immediate vicinity of Munson
Medical Center, doctors, shopping and recreation. It is situated on a beautifully secluded, partially wooded, park like one acre lot with flower beds, vegetable gardens and
fruit trees. |
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Our
Services
At the Four Maples Retirement Home we provide around-the-clock
care. Room and board, house soaps, common shampoos,
basic supplies and utilities are included. Laundry,
ironing and housekeeping are also furnished. In
addition we aid you or your loved ones with day-to-day
routines such as:
. Bathing and dressing
. Dispensing and monitoring
medications
. Assisting with shopping and
. Helping with transportation to doctor’s
appointments, church and social events.
Besides regular recreational activities
other opportunities are:
. Gymnastics
for seniors
. Music evenings
. Strolling
about our large yard
. Occasional outings to
social activities outside of our home and
. The chance to participate in numerous crafts, baking,
canning and gardening.
We provide this all within a secure, home like,
owner operated environment in a tranquil country
setting. For your own or your loved ones’
added peace of mind and comfort we accommodate you
with:
. Nurse’s and Doctor’s
visits (as needed)
. Homemade prepared meals, baked goods and snacks
from fresh ingredients and
. Organically grown
fruits and vegetables from our own garden and trees. |
About the
Owners
Cornelia
Popp has many years of experience in the
adult foster care field and is a native of Stuttgart,
Germany. There she received her license as a Curative
Education Nurse in 1990. In this capacity Cornelia
worked extensively with physically and mentally
handicapped youths and adults. After acquiring
her teaching certificate, Cornelia went on to instruct
elementary school in Hamburg while also providing
in-house care for the elderly there.
Michael Popp, a native of Traverse City,
went on to the University of Illinois where he received
his Bachelor of Music in 1981. A Fulbright Grant to Germany to continue his studies of the trumpet
led to a nineteen-year stay. During this time he performed and recorded
with some of Europe’s most well known orchestras,
ensembles and conductors of classical and contemporary
music. These included the Berlin Philharmonic under
H. v. Karajan and the Ensemble Modern under Peter
Eotvos and E. Bour. |
Family
Homes Are Unique
An Adult Foster Care Family
Home is a state-licensed private residence. It enables a couple to provide assisted living to six or fewer retirees who need help with daily activities but are not bedridden. As licensees of such a home, our residents and we enjoy the greatest personal freedom and independence in both concept and operation of our shared household. Everyone may exercise their full level of independence more than elsewhere. |
Photos by Jim Maggio (Suttons Bay, MI) |
| Studies show that occupants of smaller, especially
rural, assisted living facilities tend to be
happier than residents in larger urban homes
are. With merely four beds, our idyllic Four
Maples Retirement Home, still
within easy reach of the city's important conveniences,
is ideally suited to satisfy everyone's desires.
And a Family Home, besides providing
one caregiver for just every 2-3 residents, is
often less than half the expense of larger AFC Group
Homes and 1/3 the cost of a nursing home.
Most Michigan long term care insurance policies
pay for Family Homes.
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Map of Our
Location:
(An AFC Licensed Facility)
2510 East Silver Lake Road
Traverse City, MI 49684
(231) 947.5476
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