Memory care, two ways — plus independent and assisted living at our Lynnwood ALF.

The two models we operate

Washington licenses senior care along a spectrum. We operate at two specific points: the Adult Family Home (AFH) — small, residential, six residents — and a small Assisted Living Facility (ALF) at sixteen residents. Below, what each is and where each fits.

Adult Family Home (AFH) — our Seattle & Bellevue homes

An Adult Family Home is a Washington state license: a residential home, in a regular neighborhood, that provides 24-hour care for up to six adults who can't live alone. AFHs are inspected and regulated by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). They're an alternative to large assisted-living facilities and memory-care wings, designed around the science that smaller, more familiar environments are better for residents with dementia.

Our AFHs are memory care only. Every part of how we run a day is built specifically for residents with Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, Lewy body, frontotemporal dementia, or other cognitive conditions:

• Staff training. Every caregiver is trained in dementia-specific care, validation therapy, and de-escalation.
• Environment. Layouts, colors, contrast, and signage are designed for cognitive accessibility — not retrofitted.
• Programming. Days are structured around predictable routines, sensory engagement, and gentle activity — calibrated for residents with shifting attention spans.
• Dining. Family-style meals from a residential kitchen, with high-contrast plates, finger-food options when helpful, and no overwhelming choice.

Assisted Living Facility (ALF) — our Lynnwood community

An Assisted Living Facility is a different DSHS license — for communities serving more than six residents in a non-residential setting (apartments instead of bedrooms in a house). Our Lynnwood ALF runs at sixteen residents, deliberately small for an ALF. It offers all three lifestyles in one building:

• Independent Living. Maintenance-free studio or one-bedroom apartment, three meals a day, weekly housekeeping, social and cultural calendar. From $4,200/mo.
• Assisted Living. All of independent living, plus help with bathing, dressing, medication, and the daily rhythms that have become harder. From $5,400/mo.
• Memory Care. A secured neighborhood within the community, with dementia-specialized programming and higher staffing ratios. From $7,100/mo.

The point of running an ALF in addition to AFHs is continuity. Residents whose needs grow can transition between lifestyles in the same building, with the same caregiver team. Couples can age together — one in independent living while the other is in memory care. That's the case where an ALF beats an AFH.

A typical day in our memory-care neighborhoods

Whether in an AFH or in the memory-care neighborhood at Lynnwood, the shape of the day is the same — predictability is part of the care. The details flex with each resident's history and energy.

Staffing

Three things we won't compromise on:

• Tight daytime ratios. 1:3 in our six-resident AFHs (two awake caregivers, always). 1:5 in our sixteen-resident Lynnwood ALF.
• An awake overnight caregiver. Not "on-call from the next room" — actually awake. At every community.
• Long-tenured team. Our caregivers have been with us an average of four years. Continuity isn't a nice-to-have for memory care; it's the whole job.

Pricing & what's included

Our two AFHs run on simple all-inclusive pricing — one monthly fee covers everything. Our Lynnwood ALF tiers pricing by lifestyle (independent / assisted / memory care).

All three communities accept Apple Health (Washington Medicaid) through the DSHS Specialized Dementia Care Program — see our Apple Health guide for how the timeline works.