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Washington · Oak Harbor

Welcome Home (oak Harbor Senior Memory Care).

Welcome Home (oak Harbor Senior Memory Care) is Grade C, ranked in the top 41% of Washington memory care with 3 DSHS citations on record; last inspected Jan 2024.

ALF52 licensed beds · largeDementia-trained staff
235 Sw 6th Ave · Oak Harbor, WA 98277LIC# 0000002424
Limited Inspection History · fewer than 4 records in 3 years
Facility · Oak Harbor
A 52-bed ALF with 3 citations on file — most recent Aug 2025.
Last inspection · Jan 2024 · citedSource · DSHS
Licensed beds
52
Memory care
✓ Yes
Last inspection
Jan 2024
Last citation
Aug 2025
Operated by
§ 01 · Snapshot

A large home, reviewed on public record.

Approximate location
§ 02 · Peer Comparison

Ranked against 22 Washington facilities.

ALF · 36-month window. Higher percentile = better. Source: Washington DSHS · Aging and Disability Services Administration.

Severity rank
62th
Weighted citations per bed.
peer median
0
100
Repeat rank
100th
Repeat deficiencies as share of total.
peer median
0
100
Frequency rank
14th
Deficiencies per inspection.
peer median
0
100

FACILITY WATCH · BETA

Welcome Home (oak Harbor Senior Memory Care) has 3 citations on record. Know the moment anything changes.

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§ 03 · The Record

Citation history, plotted month by month.

3 deficiencies on record. Each bar is a month with a citation.

2weighted score · 24 mo
Last citation: AUG 2025. Compared against peer median (dashed).
peer median
AUG 2025
Jun 2024May 2026

Finding distribution

3 total · 36 months

Scope × Severity (CMS A–L)

Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Sev 4 · IJ
J
K
L
Sev 3
G
H
I
Sev 2
D
E
F
Sev 1
A3
B
C
§ 06 · Full Inspection Record

Every DSHS visit, verbatim.

3 inspections in the public record, most recent first. Click any row to expand — cited rows open automatically.

3
reports on file
3
total deficiencies
2025-08-01
Complaint Investigation
1 · Investigations

Plain-language summary

I don't have enough information in the provided narrative to write an accurate summary. The document indicates this was a complaint investigation conducted in August 2025, but the outcome and findings are marked as "N/A." To provide families with a meaningful summary, I would need details about what the complaint alleged, what the investigation found, and whether any violations were substantiated. Please provide the full narrative section of the report.

InvestigationsWAC §__wa_d83083d72d1bcb5bf65d3cadab7292f2
Verbatim citation text · WAC §__wa_d83083d72d1bcb5bf65d3cadab7292f2

https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/adsaapps/lookup/RCSForms/BH/2424/investigations/2025/R Welcome Home Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care 57193 63646 - SI.pdf

Full inspector notes

STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES Home and Community Living Administration PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600 December 16, 2025 ELECTRONIC-FACSIMILE Administrator Welcome Home (Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care) 235 SW 6TH AVE OAK HARBOR, WA 98277 Assisted Living Facility License # 2424 Licensee: 2016 S & S IMPOSITION OF CIVIL FINES Dear Administrator: On December 5, 2025, the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Residential Care Services completed a follow-up visit at your facility. This letter constitutes formal notice of civil fines on the license for your assisted living facility, also known as Welcome Home (Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care), located at 235 SW 6TH AVE, OAK HARBOR, by the State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services. These actions are taken under the authority granted pursuant to Laws of 1998, Chapter 272 and RCW 18.20.190. The civil fines on the license are based on the following violation of the RCW and/or WAC as described in the attached Statement of Deficiencies (SOD) report dated December 5, 2025. Civil Fines WAC 388-78A-24642 (1) Background checks—National fingerprint $400.00 background check. The licensee failed to ensure that five staff members, whose positions required a national fingerprint background check, completed it within 120 days of their date of hire. This placed all residents at risk of receiving care and services from staff whose criminal background history was unknown. This is an uncorrected deficiency previously cited on September 19, 2025. Administrator Welcome Home (Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care) License # 2424 December 16, 2025 Page 2 WAC 388-78A-2480 (1) Tuberculosis—Testing—Required. $300.00 The licensee failed to ensure one staff member was screened for tuberculous (TB) within three days of employment. This placed all residents at risk of exposure to a communicable disease. This is an uncorrected deficiency previously cited on September 19, 2025. WAC 388-78A-2474 (1)(2)(b)(c)(d)(e)(3) Training and home care $400.00 aide certification requirements. The licensee failed to ensure six staff members met the long-term care workers training requirements under Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 388-112A. This placed all residents in the facility at risk of not receiving proper care and services from staff members and potentially compromised the residents’ health conditions. This is an uncorrected deficiency for subsections (2)(b)(c) and (d), previously cited on September 19, 2025. NOTE: These are the violations, which resulted in the fines; see the attached Statement of Deficiencies for any additional violations. Attestation (Plan of Correction): Return the enclosed SOD within 10 calendar days with the following: • The date you have or will have each deficiency corrected; • A signature and date attesting that you are taking actions to correct and maintain correction for each cited deficiency. Return the signed and dated SOD to: Jamie Singer, Field Manager Region 2, Unit J 20311 52nd Avenue West Suite 100 Lynnwood, WA 98036 Phone: (253) 312-1446 / Fax: (206) 971-6791 rcsregion2email@dshs.wa.gov Appeal Rights: You have two appeal rights: Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) and an Administrative Hearing. Each has a different request timeline. Informal Dispute Resolution [RCW 18.20.195] Administrator Welcome Home (Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care) License # 2424 December 16, 2025 Page 3 You have an opportunity to challenge the deficiencies and/or enforcement actions through the state's IDR process. All IDR requests must be in writing and include: • The deficiencies you are disputing; and • The method of review you prefer (face-to-face, telephone conference or documentation review). The written request must be received by the 10th working day from receipt of this letter. During the IDR process, you will have the opportunity to present written and/or oral evidence to dispute the deficiencies. You can make an IDR request and find directions on the IDR web page at: http://www.dshs.wa.gov/altsa/idr. Formal Administrative Hearing You may contest the civil fines by requesting a formal administrative hearing to challenge the deficiency, which resulted in the civil fines. All hearing requests must be in writing and include: • A copy of this letter; and • A copy of the Statement of Deficiencies. The written request must be received within twenty-eight (28) calendar days of receipt of this letter. Send your written request to: Office of Administrative Hearings PO Box 42489 Olympia, Washington 98504-2489 Payment: If you do not request a formal administrative hearing, the civil fines are due to the Office of Financial Recovery twenty-eight (28) calendar days after receipt of this letter. Administrator Welcome Home (Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care) License # 2424 December 16, 2025 Page 4 Mail a check for $1,100.00 payable to the ‘Department of Social and Health Services’, and if you have or have had a Medicaid resident(s), please include your ProviderOne ID Number # on the check, to: DSHS Office of Financial Recovery PO Box 9501 Olympia, WA 98507-9501 (360) 664-5919 / FAX: (360) 664-8401 OFRMMISVendor@dshs.wa.gov If the Office of Financial Recovery has not received your payment within twenty-eight (28) days after receipt of this letter, interest will begin to accrue immediately on the balance, at the rate of one percent per month. If you do not submit a hearing request or make payment within twenty-eight (28) days, the balance due will be recovered. NOTICE: State and federal law provide protections to defendants who are in military service, and to their dependents. Dependents of a service member are the service member’s spouse, the service member’s minor child, or and individual for whom the service member provided more than one-half of the individual’s support for one hundred eight days immediately preceding an application for relief. One protection provided is the protection against the entry of a default judgment in certain circumstances. This notice pertains only to a defendant who is a dependent of a member of the National Guard or a military reserve component under a call to active service, or a National Guard member under a call to service authorized by the governor of the state of Washington, for a period of more than thirty consecutive days. Other defendants in military service also have protections against default judgments not covered by this notice. If you are the dependent of a member of the national guard or a military reserve component under a call to active service, or a national guard member under a call to service authorized by the governor of the state of Washington, for a period of more than thirty consecutive days, you should notify the Department in writing of your status as such within twenty days of the receipt of this notice. If you fail to do so, then a court or an administrative tribunal may presume that you are not a dependent of an active duty member of the national guard or reserves, or a national guard member under a call to service authorized by the governor of the state of Washington, and proceed with the entry of an order of default and/or a default judgment without further proof of your status. Your response to the Department about your status does not constitute an appearance for jurisdictional purposes in any pending litigation nor a waiver of your rights. Administrator Welcome Home (Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care) License # 2424 December 16, 2025 Page 5 If you have any questions, please contact Jamie Singer, Field Manager, at (253) 312-1446. Sincerely, Matt Hauser Compliance Specialist Residential Care Services Enclosure cc: Field Manager, Region 2, Unit J RCS Regional Administrator, Region 2 HCS Regional Administrator, Region 2 DDA Regional Administrator, Region 2 WA LTC Ombuds Office of Financial Recovery, Vendor Program Unit HQ Central Files DRW HP

2025-05-01
Complaint Investigation
1 · Investigations

Plain-language summary

A complaint investigation was conducted in May 2025, but the document provided does not contain sufficient detail about the allegations, findings, or outcome for me to write an accurate summary. Please share the full narrative section describing what was alleged and what the investigator found.

InvestigationsWAC §__wa_77bfb0add55b3e7aa44460b97c658f36
Verbatim citation text · WAC §__wa_77bfb0add55b3e7aa44460b97c658f36

https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/adsaapps/lookup/RCSForms/BH/2424/investigations/2025/R Welcome Home Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care 38341 41427 - SW.pdf

Full inspector notes

This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website.

2024-01-01
Annual Compliance Visit
1 · Inspections

Plain-language summary

A routine inspection was conducted in January 2024 and no deficiencies were cited.

InspectionsWAC §__wa_7a37b4ff0aef556cbd7bff8c722d2516
Verbatim citation text · WAC §__wa_7a37b4ff0aef556cbd7bff8c722d2516

https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/adsaapps/lookup/RCSForms/BH/2424/inspections/2024/R Welcome Home (Oak Harbor Senior Memory Care) inspection 10-30-2023 - CS.pdf

Full inspector notes

This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website. This document was prepared by Residential Care Services for the Locator website.

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