5615 W Umatilla Ave, Kennewick, WA 99336
3.0
(6 reviews)
"My mother has moved into Royal Columbian Senior Living for assisted living. It's very clean and it's reasonably priced. There are nice community areas where the residents can gather. They have a great library. I haven't interacted very much with the staff; however, those that I have met I would give a five, just because they're friendly and efficient. Regarding food, they don't have a ton of variety. In other words, they don't have like an extensive menu that you can choose from every day, but they do have selections that alternate, and they have a variety, so it's not like you're eating the same meatloaf three days a week or whatever. They have a variety of options. While you can tell it's an older building (like you can tell the elevator is an older elevator), things seem to be in working order, and when anything goes bad they seem to replace it. They've replaced the carpet and everything like that, so they maintain it, even though it's an older building. It's also one of the few assisted living communities that we found that actually has individual balconies for the residents for some of the rooms. A lot of the newer buildings don't offer that at all. They have a movie theater with theater chairs, and they have at least two different dining spaces. They have a front lobby that a lot of the residents gather in. They also have a gathering room. They have a weight room to workout in, and they have a beauty parlor or hair cutting station, that kind of thing. All homes are very expensive, but this one is on a different type of scale. A lot of them, they have a base rate when you go in, but for every type of help that your parent needs, they add on a price. Royal Columbian is more on a flat base. You pay one price no matter how much care that person needs. They could need full care, they could be flat on their back in bed, but it is one price. So, you're never surprised. "Oh, you added on an extra price this month because my mother fell or whatever." No! It is a set price, and we appreciated that. It may be a little higher, or it looks a little higher at the beginning, but when you start breaking it down and realizing, "Wow, I could be paying double in another facility with all the add-ons," then it's a good value."
$5,475