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The most-populated state in the Northwest also has the most nursing homes and assisted living residences in the region. But Washington has some of the Northwest’s most expensive senior care too—except for adult day care. It actually averages low in that category.
Approximate number of facilities:
- Nursing homes: 227
- Assisted living residences: 551*
Types of care available:
- Adult day care
- Home care
- Home health-care
- Continuing-care retirement communities
- Assisted living facilities (boarding homes)
- Residential care homes (adult family homes and companion homes—adult foster care)
- Nursing homes
Estimated average prices:**
- Adult day care: $63 per day
- Home care: $22 per hour
- Home health-care: $23 per hour
- Assisted living: $ 3,573 per month
- Nursing home, semi-private room: $232 per day
- Nursing home, private room: $249 per day
State websites for seniors:
Where to report elder abuse:
- In domestic/community care: 1-866-EndHarm or 1-866-363-4276
- In nursing homes: 1-800-562-6078
Financial assistance (partial list):
Top-10 largest cities:
- Seattle
- Spokane
- Tacoma
- Vancouver
- Bellevue
- Everett
- Federal Way
- Kent
- Yakima
- Bellingham
Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***
Anacortes
Fidalgo Care Center
Bellingham
St. Francis of Bellingham
Blaine
Stafholt Good Samaritan Center
Burien
Burien Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Cheney
Cheney Care Center
Colville
Buena Vista
Everett
Sunrise View Convalescent Center
Forks
Forks Community Hospital, Long Term Care Unit
Issaquah
Briarwood at Timber Ridge
Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Kent
Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center
Kirkland
Life Care Center of Kirkland
Marysville
Marysville Care Center
Medical Lake
Lakeland Village Nursing Facility
Mercer Island
Covenant Shores Health Center
Monroe
Regency Care Center at Monroe
Mount Vernon
Mira Vista Care Center
Pomeroy
Garfield County Hospital, Long Term Care Unit
Port Orchard
Life Care Center of Port Orchard
Stafford Healthcare at Ridgemont
Poulsbo
Martha and Mary Health Service
Puyallup
Regency at Puyallup Rehabilitation Center
Ritzville
Life Care Center of Ritzville
Seattle
Bailey-Boushay House
Caroline Kline Galland Home
Fircrest School, Pat N
The Hearthstone
Ida Culver House Broadview Nursing Care Center
The Kenney
Kin on Health Care Center
Park Ridge Care Center
Park West Care Center
Queen Anne Healthcare
Seattle Keiro
Soap Lake
McKay Healthcare & Rehab Center
Spokane
North Central Care Center
Riverview Lutheran Care Center
Rockwood South Hill
Touchmark on South Hill Nursing
Stanwood
Josephine Sunset Home
Tacoma
Tacoma Lutheran Home
Vancouver
Cascade Park Care Center
Fort Vancouver Convalescent Center
*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.
**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.
***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.
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