Washington Edition · Vol. 01 · Spring 2026

The best memory care in Washington, ranked by the state’s own inspectors.

Q: Where does Washington inspection data come from?

Primary sources: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA), Residential Care Services — specifically the public ALF Reports portal (fortress.wa.gov). Inspection and investigation report links are sourced directly from that portal.

Q: Do you accept payments from facilities or operators?

No. StarlynnCare receives no referral commissions, lead fees, or paid placement from any operator. Rankings are derived solely from state inspection records and verified family reviews.

Q: How often is Washington data updated?

After each ingest run from the DSHS ALF Reports portal. Source links appear on each facility profile.

Q: What is Washington's Specialized Dementia Care contract?

The Specialized Dementia Care contract is a DSHS contract tier that ALFs holding this status must meet — it requires staff with specific dementia care training, behavioral support protocols, and enhanced supervision standards beyond a standard ALF license. Only Specialized Dementia Care contracted ALFs appear on StarlynnCare for Washington.

Q: Can a facility correct or respond to information on its profile?

Yes. Every profile includes a verified-operator response field, edited by us only for length. We do not remove inspection findings at operator request.

No paid ads. No sales calls. Every claim sourced and dated to a public state record.

Live across 16 WA counties

Illustrated family walking together — representing the families we help navigate memory care decisions in Washington

§ 01 · The Public Record

The Washington facility data you need, curated + analyzed for you.

[01] DSHS

180

Licensed memory care facilities indexed across Washington

[02] DSHS ADSA

721

State inspection reports, parsed and dated

↑ Updated regularly

[03] DSHS

Severe deficiencies on file in the last 24 months

[04] Policy

Referral commissions, lead fees, or paid placements accepted from operators

↑ Since day one

Data refreshed 2026-05-11 from DSHS public records

§ 02 · The Record

Three data signals. Compared to peers.

Data you can trace to a citation number.

Each facility shows its inspection record directly from Washington’s regulator — every citation, severity level, and repeat violation. We compare each facility against similar Washingtonfacilities so you can see what’s normal and what stands out.

The methodology is published and version-controlled. We change it in public. Read the full methodology →

Emerald Heights

Redmond, WA

LIC# 0000000994Capacity 74alf general

Top 8%

Peer-relative percentiles · higher is better

Upper third
Middle third
Lower third

Severity79

Repeat rate100

Frequency97

Not medical advice. Percentiles summarize published inspections versus peers — same methodology as full facility profiles.

Source: Washington state agency · public inspection dataView full profile →

Step 01

Pull the public record

Inspection and investigation reports for Specialized Dementia Care ALFs are sourced directly from the DSHS ALF Reports portal (fortress.wa.gov) — Washington's public residential care reporting system.

Step 02

Specialized Dementia Care contract only

StarlynnCare indexes only facilities holding an active DSHS Specialized Dementia Care contract — a contract tier requiring dementia-specific staffing qualifications, behavioral support protocols, and enhanced supervision beyond a standard ALF license.

Step 03