Assisted Living Communities in Ellensburg, WA

"Had a great tour, everyone was very nice and helpful. The restaurant is as nice as any in town and the food was great. we looked at a couple different rooms and were surprised at how big they are. Price is inline with the other places we saw. Loved the gardens. I would recommend Englewood Heights to everyone. "

"I am always blown away with the quality of care that the staff of Ponderosa provides for my dear friend who has lived there for several years now. They are always keeping busy with a wide Variety of activities and outings and have lots of great events going on all the time. They recently got a new chef who has changed the hole dynamics of the dinning experience at Ponderosa! It's like going to a fine restaurant. I'm not kidding, the food is amazing! I enjoy eating there with my friends and there are so many options to choose from. "

Sun Tower is an assisted living community in Yakima, WA, that gives residents easy access to a variety of businesses and public spaces, including the Yakima Central Library, the Yakima Convention Center and the Yakima River. Its also surrounded by several parks and outdoor community spaces as well as stores and restaurants.Sun Tower is a mixed-use building that offers both assisted living and residential spaces. The assisted living residents receive comprehensive care from staff members that are available 24/7 to help them get dressed or maintain hygiene routines. Limited nursing services are available alongside options for medication monitoring. Residents at this facility receive monthly blood pressure checks, and they are also assessed by a visiting podiatrist.Residents at Sun Tower can choose a one-bedroom or studio unit, and each assisted living unit has an emergency call system to keep residents safe. A/C systems for cooling and heating are included in each room along with satellite TV. Each unit also has an efficient kitchen so that residents can prepare meals or store personal food items and beverages. This community offers a variety of planned activities for residents to socialize and exercise.To learn more about this providers license and review other available state reports, please visit: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Long-Term Care Residential Options

"I moved my parents to this property when my mom could no longer be in an Assisted Living facility in town. Mom went to the nursing home while dad was able to move to a totally independent apartment on the campus. First time living apart after 62 years of marriage. Dad was able to visit mom every day, without having to "drive" to see her, until she passed away nine months later. After mom passed, dad liked the entire campus so much, he has decided to stay here. The variety of housing options, meal plans, service "options", campus amenities, etc. are the best selection I found in Yakima PLUS the most affordable. Apt 1 STYLE - (1 or 2 bedrooms) Just an apartment (Dad has a 2 bedroom) He cooks all his own meals and does all his own cleaning, laundry, etc. The second bedroom is great for when out of town guest come for a visit. - Dad has the OPTION to buy a monthly dinner package or just individual meals, when wanted. He COULD have regular housekeeping, as much or little as wanted. Every few months dad eats a dinner with some of his friends, so the individual meal options are great. Once a year I hire the on-site staff to come deep clean his apartment (kitchen, oven, frig, bathroom, blinds, carpets, etc.) while dad is on one of his two-week driving trips to visit family in other states. This is the only cleaning dad has the staff do. Apt 2 STYLE - (1 or 2 bedrooms) Independent apartment with full kitchen PLUS cleaning services AND dinner each day. The staff handle the daily and weekly cleaning needs in the apartment. The excellent on-site Cafe that, if wanted, people can buy a breakfast and/or lunch, if they do not want to cook in their apartment that day is a great option. - Dad often goes over to the cafe area and has a meal while visiting with friends that often gather there to visit. Apt 3 STYLE - (1 or 2 bedrooms) Assisted Living: Mini kitchen PLUS ALL cleaning & laundry services AND all 3 meals each day. The service packages for the "extra individual needed services" is very competitively priced. I know a couple people who live here, and they tell me regularly that they enjoy it very much. They say the 3 meals a day are good and varied. Having had mom & dad in a different Assisted Living facility in Yakima for 5 years, I wish I would have brought them here. Apt 4 STYLE - (private or double rooms) Nursing Home. They handle and do EVERYTHING! Cleaning, Meals, etc. Mom's care during her final nine months was so tender and personal. They treated her like a queen. I never once was concerned for how she was treated. The communication between the staff dad and I was outstanding. How they also helped dad, as mom declined, was ABOVE AND BEYOND what I could have ever hoped for. We have a LARGE family (90 in mom & dad's family tree) so we got a private room out of respect for roommates, not wanting to disturb them. We had LOTS of family/friends coming into town to visit every week. Dad would also spend most of the day with mom. Dad LOVES the Cafe, Gym, Auditorium that are all in one large building complex. Dad does men's water aerobics twice a week, is part of the choir and goes on activities. While dd does his own driving, the campus buss to shopping and doctors could become valuable down the road, if dad’s health declines. I really like the staff here. Apartment side and Nursing Home side. They are friendly and vary communicative. A few times dad has had to call in a maintenance request, the staff has come to his apartment within 2 hours, normally within 30 minutes. I have recommended to other friends in town, with aging parents, to strongly look at this campus as home care is no longer an option. One dear friend is currently on the waiting list for a unit. "

"I have a friend that lives in Highgate, and she has been there about four or five years. I was responsible to help her get settled in there. I did not choose that one for my father for several reasons. One was because it is large. They have two levels, with private little apartments, but you almost had to be on your own and able to do things for yourself, and my father really wasn't at that spot. He would have gone to the memory care unit, which was downstairs. I've never gone in there, and I don't think he would be happy around those people. I didn't feel that it was the right place. My friend's room had a bathroom, a little living room, and a curtain that you could pull over the bedroom area and have it separated, which was perfect for her. She has adjusted well. She doesn't use the shower in her room, so they let her have spas instead, and they do charge a little bit for it. They are well organized. They've got good staff. I've seen them take care of people. They got a good medical staff. There was really nothing about it that I didn't like. It's just that it was not the place for my father. I didn't feel he would be comfortable there. "

"I like the homey feel of Izzy's Adult Family Home. When we walked in, it didn't seem like a hospital. It had some nice little plants, little things on the wall, and nice little paintings. It was decorated very well, but it wasn't auspicious. They weren't putting on like, 'Whoa, we're the best,' it was more like, 'Welcome to our home.' It was very welcoming. The person that came and talked to us was very nice. When we took Dad to it, they talked to Dad instead of talking to us because they knew Dad was the person that was going to be living there, even though they were giving him information that he didn't remember. They were respectful to him. In the other places, when we took Dad, they didn't even talk to Dad. They just dealt with us because we were going to pay them the money, that's what it felt like. Izzy's Adult Family Home was very caring. I loved how clean it was. The rooms were very clean. The bathrooms were very clean. They had different types of equipment like lifting equipment and showering equipment that we saw, and that was nice to know because Dad's going to need help being lifted. There's 24-hour care. There is a button that he pushes so that they can come and help him. Like if Dad has to go to the bathroom at night, he just pushes the button and they come and help him. There are only six people that live in the house. The kitchen was right off of the gathering area. They also have a place where they would gather to do crafts and watch TV. The kitchen was visible, so anytime that the people were in that room and the caregivers were cooking, they could see everybody, so I thought that was very nice. Everything was visible. That whole area was visible. It was just a homey feeling, like we were in somebody's house. The staff communicated everything. She told us everything. She was very open to questions and had all the answers to any of our questions. She was wonderful. They were cooking when we were there and the place smelled so good. They were having spaghetti and meatballs and French bread and a garden salad, and it looked delicious. I think it was great."

"Apple Creek is a Christian place, and it is more homey than some high-gated or bigger places. It is divided into four sections, which meant it had only six people per section, so that whoever worked in that section was only responsible for six people at a time. I really liked it because they get a little more attention that way. I like the staff. I like that it is family run, and they're all Christians. The food is wonderful, and it is all home cooked. It is organized and handled very well. They are good and nutritious. Everybody gets water at least three times a day. I have things that I'm not happy with. Among them would be communication. Sometimes, communication gets bogged down, and you think you've told everybody, but there's always somebody that didn't get the message. They really do their best to deal with some problems, and they try to change and make it work, like their medications and making sure that everything is tracked well. The people that own it have big Great Danes. Once a month or so, they'll bring these dogs in and let them go around and greet the people. My father is 99, and he has Alzheimer's, but he is more accustomed to it now. They're really good about giving him attention and spending time with him. He can't remember who they are or what they do, but they spend enough time with him that he is becoming more and more comfortable. He has been there for a year, and I would recommend them. In fact, I have. "