6th Avenue Senior Living LLC

Considering 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC in Tacoma? It's a DSHS-licensed assisted living with 107 licensed beds (license #2552). Below are the verified facts plus a practical framework for judging fit.

How Washington regulates assisted livings

In Washington, assisted living is licensed by DSHS (ALTSA / Residential Care Services) under RCW 18.20 and WAC 388-78A. A facility's license can include endorsements — such as Specialized Dementia Care — that let residents stay as needs increase. Always verify the exact license and endorsements; they determine how long your parent can remain as care needs grow.

Tacoma location & hospital context

Tacoma is the Pierce County seat and the region's third-largest city, with about 220,000 residents on Commencement Bay, an affordable and revitalizing housing market, and the deepest adult-family-home network in the metro.

Nearby hospitals: MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, St. Joseph Medical Center (Virginia Mason Franciscan Health), MultiCare Allenmore Hospital. Proximity matters for hospital discharges, emergencies, and specialist visits, so families weighing 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC often factor drive time to these. Nearby areas: North Tacoma, Stadium District, Proctor, Hilltop, South Tacoma.

What assisted living costs near 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC

Assisted Living in the Tacoma area typically runs $4,950–$7,000/month (2026). Pricing at any specific provider depends on care level, room type, and size. Washington's Apple Health (Medicaid) with the COPES waiver and VA Aid & Attendance can offset much of the care cost for those who qualify — ask us what applies.

How to evaluate 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC

The strongest signals of quality at an assisted living community are staffing and transparency, not amenities. Find out the awake-overnight staffing level, the caregiver turnover rate, and the tenure of key leaders. Ask for an itemized, all-in monthly cost for your parent's specific care level, and what triggers a move to a higher (more expensive) tier. Probe how the community handles a decline — a fall, new incontinence, or memory changes — and how it communicates with families. Visit more than once, unannounced, at different times of day, and check the DSHS inspection and enforcement history on the fortress.wa.gov lookup for a pattern of repeat deficiencies before you commit.

Is 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC the right fit?

Assisted living fits an older adult who needs daily help — bathing, dressing, medication reminders, meals — but does not require round-the-clock skilled nursing. It's the most common first move when living alone stops being safe. 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC is licensed for this level of care in Tacoma; whether it's right for your parent depends on their specific needs, budget, and preferences. A free advisor can compare it head-to-head with other licensed Tacoma-area options.

What's typically included at a assisted living like this

Usually included: housing, three meals daily, 24/7 awake staff, housekeeping, laundry, scheduled transportation, social and wellness programming, and a basic care plan. Typically billed separately: medication management above a basic tier, two-person transfers, incontinence care, on-site hospice coordination, and one-on-one aide hours. Ask 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC for an itemized monthly rate sheet so you can compare it honestly against other Tacoma options.

Questions to ask when you tour 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC

• What is the staff-to-resident ratio overnight?
• What care changes would force a move-out?
• What is the all-in monthly cost for this care level — every line item?
• How do you handle a sudden change in needs, like a fall?
• What is your current resident average length of stay?

Common questions about 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC

How Tacoma families actually pay for care

Very few families cover senior care from a single source. In Tacoma, the typical plan layers several of these, often shifting over a multi-year stay:

1. Personal savings & Social Security. Most Puget Sound families self-fund the first 12–24 months from savings, pensions, and monthly Social Security before tapping other sources.
2. Long-term-care insurance. If a policy is in force, it can cover a large share of assisted living or home care — check the elimination period and daily benefit cap. Washington's WA Cares Fund also provides a state long-term-care benefit for eligible workers.
3. VA Aid & Attendance. Eligible wartime veterans and surviving spouses can receive roughly $1,800–$2,900/month toward care — a major lever in a metro served by VA Puget Sound (Seattle and the American Lake campus in Lakewood).
4. Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) long-term care. Washington's Apple Health long-term care — delivered in the community through the COPES waiver, administered by DSHS Home and Community Services — covers personal care and many community-based services for those who qualify by income and assets. Adult family homes are a common low-cost, Medicaid-contracted setting.
5. Home equity. Selling the family home or a reverse mortgage frequently funds sustained care once a parent has moved.
6. Family cost-sharing. Siblings often split the monthly gap; a written agreement keeps it fair and durable.

Because Tacoma assisted living can run into the thousands per month, mapping the funding plan early — before a crisis — often saves a family tens of thousands of dollars. A free local advisor can tell you which of these you qualify for and which Tacoma providers accept Apple Health (the COPES waiver).

Washington programs & protections to know

Washington senior care is licensed and inspected by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) — through its Aging and Long-Term Support Administration (ALTSA) and Residential Care Services (RCS); you can verify any license, inspection, and complaint history free at fortress.wa.gov/dshs/adsaapps/lookup. Service funding and in-home support are coordinated through the local Area Agency on Aging — in the Seattle metro, Aging and Disability Services (ADS) for King County, Homage in Snohomish, and Aging & Disability Resources of Pierce County. Long-term-care help runs through Apple Health (Medicaid) and the COPES waiver, and residents are protected by the Long-Term Care Ombudsman and DSHS Adult Protective Services. These are the same programs our advisors help families navigate at no cost.

How we help with 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC

We're a free, local senior-care advisory service — families never pay us. If 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC is on your shortlist, we can tell you how it compares to nearby licensed options on cost, care level, and availability, join the tour or the call, and help you read the DSHS record. We only earn anything if you choose to move in somewhere and are glad you did, so our incentive is a genuine fit, not a particular building. We'll also flag good alternatives in Tacoma that don't compensate us.

About this page: the facility facts above come from current Washington DSHS (ALTSA / Residential Care Services) licensing data. We don't publish unverified reviews or ratings — we share the public record and help you evaluate the provider in person. Confirm the current license at fortress.wa.gov/dshs/adsaapps/lookup before you sign anything.