Pleasant View Shiawassee County Medical care Facility is a non-profit nursing home committed to servicing the residents of Shiawassee County. During the 175 years of serving Shiawassee County, Pleasant View has demonstrated significant progress by adopting a holistic approach alongside our care service and incorporating the Eden Alternative Philosophy to reflect an environment that helps enhance our residents’ life and lifestyle.

The Eden Alternative Philosophy is a culture change that provides a new way of thinking. those who live at Pleasant view are our Elders, and this is their home. We are honored to have an opportunity to serve and enhance their quality of life by providing a better tomorrow.

The Ten Principles of The Eden Alternative

Principle One: Loneliness, helplessness, and painful and destructive to our health and well-being.
Principle Two: A caring, inclusive, and vibrant community enables all of us, regardless of age or ability, to experience well being.
Principle Three: We thrive when we have easy access to the companionship we desire. The is the antidote to loneliness.
Principle Four: We thrive when we have purpose and the opportunity to give, as well as receive. This is the antidote to helplessness.
Principle Five: We thrive when we have a variety, spontaneity, and unexpected happenings in our lives. This is the antidote to boredom.
Principle Six: Meaningless activity corrodes the human spirit. Meaning is unique to each of us and is essential to health and well-being.
Principle Seven: We are more than our medical diagnoses. Medical treatment should support and empower us to experience a life worth living.
principle Eight: Decision-making must involve those most impacted by the decision. Empowerment activates choice, autonomy, and influence.
Principle Nine: building a collaborative and resilient culture is a never-ending process. We need to keep learning, developing, and adapting.
Principle Ten: Wire leadership is the key to meaningful and lasting change. For it, there can be no substitute.