The Best Assisted Living Communities in Spokane County, WA

"Great staff, Very clean, very accomodating, OK food, OK activities "

"This facility has recently come under new ownership about 2 years ago. The rooms have recently been remodeled and the atmosphere is a great change from when we visited the first time in 2013. The staff are bright, cheerful and care about those they assist, the food was great, they have a great activities program and overall our experience was above par. I would definitely send my loved one here when the time comes. "

"It was very small, but it was a wonderful place. The staff gave us an amazing tour. She was very honest about the care they give, and about what they can't provide. As soon as we walked in, we just loved the community feel, the warmth, and the care. It was outstanding. A lot of the doors were open. They were decorated with each person's little personal things inside as well as outside. It was our number one place to go. They provided a lot of activities on a variety of levels. They had a dining room for a family where more than one or two people could come and share a birthday or a holiday with family, and you could be there with as many people as would fit in the room and have a meal. It was a special place. They had a menu that looked very balanced. The place reminded me of an ordinary home. It wasn't sterile like some of the nursing homes. It was perfect."

"Fields Senior Living at Spokane Valley is a beautiful place, but it's a little too formal for my parents. It felt more like a four-story hotel than it did a senior living place. It was very beautiful inside. They are a fairly new building and the smells were good. The gal there was wonderful to talk with. I really enjoyed her a lot. There were lots of dark colors, browns and grays, things that don't show the dirt, which makes sense. The rooms were much smaller than the place that my parents are currently at, so it would not have been a good fit. The hallways were large and wonderful. I saw people sitting around playing games and putting puzzles together. They were very pleasant and seemed very happy. They have a bistro area that has ice, water, and coffee available all day long. No offer of food. They have nice elevators that move between the floors. It was a good experience. The one thing they don't do is they don't help with transitioning them to Medicaid at all once they run out of money."

"Top Notch. Great Staff. Very caring. "

"Sylvan House was close to where my mother used to live, so that is why she wanted to go there. The staff were very good. They had all kinds of activities there. They had movie nights and they also went on walks, played games, listened to music, and they had someone playing the piano in the evenings and stuff like that. The food was okay. She had a really nice room. They didn't have any transportation that took them places -- that would be my only complaint. "

"When I first arrived, I was greeted courteously and given a tour of the facilities, which included a spacious central courtyard wit ha gorgeous fountain, and several adjoining rooms, one of which even had a trained parrot so that the residents could have interaction with animals. The staff was all very nice and polite, and the amenities seemed to be very well kept-up. Everything was clean and appeared to be new or, at the very least, more than adequate. From the interaction that I had with some of the residents who were there at the time, they all seemed to be very happy with their living conditions and their surroundings. Once I was acquainted with the facility and some of its residents, I proceeded to go outside and help with some groundkeeping, although very little of it was really needed, as the grounds were already very well kept-up, except for some weeds. All in all, it was a very positive and rewarding experience. "

"We needed to place mom somewhere. We chose Alderwood for several different reasons. The admissions woman was exactly what my siblings and I needed. She wasn’t pushy and was also there to answer our questions before actually admitting mom. Mom’s room is perfect had just been painted before she arrived. Large enough for us to come visit and not be crowded. We have loved all the staff there taking care of mom. They all seem to truly care about their residents. Yes sometimes she has to wait after pushing her buzzer but they come as soon as they can and take care of business."

"My mother is very happy in Maplewood Gardens. They have very caring staff who has been really good at working with her. She has a small dog and they've been really great with that too. She feels like she's just at home. She also loves the food and you're always able to reach someone by phone. They've been good about keeping me informed about any issues she has and it's important to me that they're easy to contact. They were also the first to have an opening so we picked them."

"From the hospital, I was put to Merit Care AF and didn't realize that it was a place for people with dementia. I could talk to them, but it doesn't make sense most of the time. It was run by a bunch of Kenyan people and I couldn't talk with them either or communicate. The owner's name is Dan, and he would hire his relatives and some of them said they had no working experience. It was terrible. The food was just terrible, too. Dan had his relatives cook for them when they never cooked before. They had one fellow there that was real bad. We called him coach, he was an ex-coach in football, and he had really bad dementia, so at night he would get up and walk around and try to get outside. They would actually stack furniture in the front living room against the doors so he couldn't get out, and if there's a fire, we couldn't get out either. It was bad. It was kept clean, though. They were good at taking care of my apartment."

"Very clean environment, the residents seemed happy. The staff was very helpful and attentive, they'd call us within minutes of a resident needing help. The facility itself was really very nice. It looked more like a high end apartment complex than a retirement home. The resident's units were very nice. 2 or 3 bedrooms each, all very clean. The residents were allowed to have pets, which I think is helpful to the infirm. They had a very nice dining area, and a rec room with a big screen tv and plenty of activities. The residents are encouraged to interact with each other, and they seem to develop real friendships and relationships. Overall, it was the nicest facility I saw in Spokane. A lot of places just cram people into beds, and do the absolute minimum required by law. Rockwood seems to genuinely care about the happiness, welfare, and health of their residents. "

"Emilie Court was the assisted living facility that we visited. It was a relatively small facility. They were, however, very gracious and helpful to us. They were very good with providing us with information, etc. My aunt is a very devout Catholic and it is very important to her that the facility is accessible to a church. Fortunately, Emilie Court is right across the street from a Catholic Church, so she could go and hear daily mass there. Overall, I think it was a terrific facility, but we weren't sure that my aunt was really ready for an assisted living. "

"North Central care is an assisted living facility located in Spokane Washington. When I visited there, I was impressed by the professional demeanor of the employees as well as the apparent satisfaction of the patients. It became clear to me when I volunteered there that the patients were treated with respect and dignity, which they obviously deserved. I will always remember several of the patients there telling me how much the staff cared for them and how it made them feel during a hard time in their life. The facility itself is in the northern part of Spokane across the street from North Central high school. This is a relatively nice area with a low crime rate, and little traffic. The building which houses North Central Care is a state of the art assisted living facility, and the amenities provided to the patients are as well. I can honestly say that North Central Care is the best assisted living home I have ever seen. "

"I had visited Touchmark on South Hill four times. It was a beautiful facility but very expensive. A unit there would run up to $500,000. It had activities for the residents and licensed nursing facility as well as a wing for patients with Alzheimer's. "