54 Assisted Living Facilities near Redmond, WA

Benefits and Drawbacks of Assisted Living in Redmond

• The Redmond area is home to world-class medical facilities, including the Swedish Redmond Campus hospital and the EvergreenHealth Emergency Department — Redmond, in the event of medical emergencies or illness.
• Redmond has an array of community resources for seniors, including the Redmond Senior Center, a facility with a large social hall that offers computers for senior use, a beverage bar for mingling and a greenhouse for personal use. 
• The overall cost of living in Redmond is nearly 13 percent higher than living in nearby Seattle. Seniors who choose to live in the Redmond area will find housing costs considerably more expensive than in Seattle but will find food, utilities and health costs approximately equal to Seattle's costs.
• A senior has a 1 in 31 chance of being a victim of violent or property crime in Redmond. In other words, the crime rate in Redmond is 72 percent higher than in all other cities and towns across the state of Washington. These crime rates could suggest that Redmond is a less safe area for assisted living.
• In Redmond, seniors are able to use the One Regional Card for All (ORCA) bus pass across various public transportation services. Citizens aged 65 or older in the area are eligible to receive their first ORCA card for free. 
• Based on the number of hazardous pollutants in the air, the National Air Toxics Assessment ranks air quality throughout the nation on a scale of 1-100 (with 100 being perfect air quality). Redmond receives an air quality score of 36, just under 25 percent worse than the national average air quality score of 58. Seniors who notice that their health conditions are aggravated by poor air quality could consider moving elsewhere in the Northwest.