The Porches of Gaylord

The Porches of Gaylord State Licensed
In-House Chef
24 Hour Inside/Outside Security
24 Hour Caring Staff
Off Campus Outings

🌺🪻🌼 Porches Family Members….Do you enjoy gardening? Would you be interested in partnering with a friend or family member...
05/28/2025

🌺🪻🌼 Porches Family Members….
Do you enjoy gardening? Would you be interested in partnering with a friend or family member of yours to garden one of our courtyard garden boxes this summer? We have one box left for someone to plant. You pick your plants, come plant them and keep them watered💦 Stop in or call us for more information! Our courtyard is officially in bloom🪻🌼🌺

🪻🌷We celebrated our incredible moms with a beautiful and fragrant lavender tea party!☕️  🎼We started off our celebrati...
05/11/2025

🪻🌷We celebrated our incredible moms with a beautiful and fragrant lavender tea party!☕️

🎼We started off our celebration with two of our own talented team members, also mother/daughter, Rebecca & Julie! They sang two beautiful songs for us🎤

🪻☕️Following, we had some fresh lavender tea with some delicious little treats and cucumber tea sandwiches! While tea was being served, residents listened to our special guest. Erin, from Lavender Hill Farm in Boyne City, educated us about lavender and what they do on their working lavender farm! Her knowledge was incredible! Not only do they farm & harvest their own crop, they also make and sell many lavender items in their farm store! The coolest part, there is NO waste when they harvest! Every part of the plant is used💜 Erin brought along the lavender tea bags, loose lavender that residence put in & made their own sachets, lavender sprigs that they also made into a little glass jar arrangement and some lavender items to purchase. Needless to say, it was a success with our moms and the aroma in the building was pure bliss! Thank You to Lavender Hill Farm, for helping us make a beautiful Mothers Day memory for our residents💜

04/03/2025

🔌💡We are happy to report that our power has swiftly been restored! Our backup generator worked like a champ to make sure our residents were safe and comfortable during the outage! Thank You to all the crews out there restoring power, stay safe!

📞☎️ Our phones and internet are still down (no emails, faxes or calls) However, everything is still running smoothly at The Porches😊

A big SHOUT OUT & THANK YOU TO OUR PORCHES TEAM! We have one of THE BEST care/kitchen teams around❤️

03/30/2025

Due to the ice storm we have experienced our phone lines are currently down. We will post an update when they are up and running!
All good here at The Porches!

🍀🎺We packed a lot in the first 17 days of March! 💚🪅One of our favorite groups, The Hubertson Irish Dancers,  came and di...
03/21/2025

🍀🎺We packed a lot in the first 17 days of March! 💚🪅

One of our favorite groups, The Hubertson Irish Dancers, came and did their Irish jigs for us again this year💚 They are so talented and lovely to watch🍀

Did you check out our Tree Of Luck? Rebecca transformed our tree to St. Patrick’s Day theme this month! As fun as it has been admiring it, that tree is going back in to hiding until November:) Let it be SPRING!🍀

Of course we celebrated Fat Tuesday with packzis 🍩 & Mardi Gras. Our kitchen staff is the best, look at one of the King’s Cakes they made for dessert on Mardi Gras🪅

It’s always fun seeing our residents artistic side or watching them try something new for the first time!

❤️🍾🌹 The Porches Valentine’s Day Celebration! Take a look at our Valentine Themed Tree! It turned out so cute. It has tr...
02/16/2025

❤️🍾🌹 The Porches Valentine’s Day Celebration! Take a look at our Valentine Themed Tree! It turned out so cute. It has truly been admired, thanks to our talented Becca!

We have a very special friend that is so sweet to us, Judy Grisham. She HAND MAKES holiday cards for all of our residents❤️ They are always so beautiful and intricate. Thank you so much for thinking of us. We admire and appreciate your talent!

Our Valentine craft, painted wine glasses, turned out so good! Sometimes we gotta cross our fingers and hope some things turn out😂 Thankfully these did❤️

Valentine’s Day we celebrated by giving residents their handmade cards, a rose and candy at lunch! What do you think was the most popular color? Yellow, then red💛❤️ After lunch residents decorated heart cookies, played Valentine Bingo….for sweet treats:) Then topped it off with champagne!

Earlier this month another special friend of ours, John Ray, gifted us with his musical talent and musical knowledge! He seemed to have picked the all the right songs. Watching residents sing along is always so moving❤️🎵 Too end on a Polka, was the icing on the cake! We can’t wait for his return!

We just wanted to show you a few extra special Christmas memories made with Santa, who is near and dear to our hearts🎄🎅🏻...
12/17/2024

We just wanted to show you a few extra special Christmas memories made with Santa, who is near and dear to our hearts🎄🎅🏻❤️

❄️It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas….outside and inside here at The Porches. Our residents worked hard on maki...
12/05/2024

❄️It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas….outside and inside here at The Porches. Our residents worked hard on making homemade 🎄ornaments🎄again this year. We have a special tree dedicated to display all of these beautiful pieces of art every year….

🧡🦃🍁From Our Porches Family To Yours, wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving! Safe travels to all who will be traveling tod...
11/28/2024

🧡🦃🍁From Our Porches Family To Yours, wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving! Safe travels to all who will be traveling today🦃🍁🧡

Stop by and see us today from 1pm-4pm at the 13th Annual Northern Michigan Senior Expo here at the The Ellison Place….Si...
09/04/2024

Stop by and see us today from 1pm-4pm at the 13th Annual Northern Michigan Senior Expo here at the The Ellison Place….
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435 Murner Road
Ga***rd, MI
49735

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ABOUT US

We are proud to present the newest concept in Independent and Assisted Living to the Ga***rd community! The Porches is a locally owned and operated community licensed by the State of Michigan. Nestled in a rural, wooded area, we are conveniently located just off I-75 in beautiful Northern Michigan. We take a fresh, new approach to senior living at The Porches. By starting as family, our goal is to welcome every resident and staff member as part of our growing family.

Our spacious suites are sure to make you feel right at home! Each suite features its own front porch where daily mail is delivered right to your personal mailbox. Several of our suites offer patio doors with courtyard access and all suites have large windows allowing beautiful views of our property and our wildlife.

We understand the difficult and life changing decision moving a loved one to a senior living community can be. Our trained staff is here to work with you to make the transition as simple as possible. All services provided by the caring team members of The Porches are specific and individualized to meet the unique needs of each resident. Our life enrichment program will ensure each resident opportunity to enrich their social, physical and spiritual needs. We can’t forget about our in-house culinary team that will provide delicious, warm and fresh prepared meals each day. Your loved one will not only be well cared for but will flourish in their new environment!