Assisted Living, Senior Care & Aging Parents in Washington

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:

• Seattle Mayor’s Office for Senior Citizens
• Aging & Disability Services Administration

 

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):

• Medicaid
• Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors

 

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.