6th Avenue Senior Living LLC

Last verified: October 2026 against the Washington DSHS provider lookup.

6th Avenue Senior Living LLC is a 107-bed assisted living facility in Tacoma, Pierce County, licensed by Washington DSHS (#2552). This page lays out its license, its inspection and enforcement file, and the questions worth asking before you tour.

Is 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC licensed by Washington DSHS?

Yes. 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC holds Washington DSHS assisted living license #2552, in operating status, for 107 beds, renewed through August 2027. You can confirm it yourself on the DSHS provider lookup.

What do 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC's DSHS inspection and enforcement records show?

The DSHS file lists 1 routine inspection report, the most recent dated July 2025. Washington inspects licensed assisted living at least every 18 months, so a recent date is normal; what matters is what each report cites.

No complaint investigation reports are posted on the current DSHS file.

The State Fire Marshal's most recent fire inspection on file is dated November 2025.

Does 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC offer memory care?

Yes. 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC is Memory Care Certified on its DSHS record and also holds a Specialized Dementia Care contract, the DSHS arrangement that lets Apple Health (Medicaid) residents with dementia live in assisted living.

In Tacoma, 15 of 25 licensed assisted living facilities carry a memory care certification or dementia contract. The full list is in our memory care directory.

Does 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC accept Apple Health (Medicaid)?

Yes. The DSHS record shows 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC can accept Apple Health (Medicaid) under these contracts: WA Cares Fund provider (state long-term-care benefit); Specialized Dementia Care — DSHS contract for Medicaid residents living with dementia; Enhanced Adult Residential Care (EARC) — Medicaid care for residents with higher needs; Expanded Community Services — Medicaid support for residents with behavioral-health needs; Adult Residential Care (ARC) — Apple Health (Medicaid) personal care in assisted living.

Holding a contract does not guarantee an open Medicaid apartment; many communities cap the number of Medicaid residents. Eligibility itself runs through a DSHS Home and Community Services assessment — see Apple Health long-term care and the COPES waiver.

Where is 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC, and what is nearby in Tacoma?

6th Avenue Senior Living LLC is at 610 N FIFE ST in Tacoma (Pierce County). 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.

Other licensed assisted living in the area: Peoples Senior Living LLC (145 beds), Weatherly Inn (130 beds), Grand Park, LLC (117 beds), Cogir at The Narrows (115 beds), The Village Senior Living (110 beds), Franke Tobey Jones (101 beds).

What does assisted living cost near 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC?

Assisted living in the Tacoma area typically runs $4,950–$7,000/month in 2026, and memory care about $6,250–$8,200/month. We do not publish a price for 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC: rates depend on apartment size and the care level in your parent's assessment, and they change. Ask for an itemized rate sheet.

Ways families close the gap include VA Aid & Attendance, long-term-care insurance, the WA Cares Fund, and Apple Health for those who qualify — Aging & Disability Resources of Pierce County can walk you through local options.

How does 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC compare with other assisted living near Tacoma?

By licensed beds, 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC ranks #11 of 58 assisted living facilities in Pierce County. Across the county, 31% of licensed assisted living facilities have at least one enforcement letter on their DSHS file, so a clean enforcement file is a genuine point in its favor.

The table puts it next to nearby licensed communities using the same DSHS fields, so you can shortlist on the record before you spend a Saturday touring.

How should you evaluate 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC before choosing it?

The record tells you what the state has looked at; a visit tells you how the place runs day to day. Ask for the overnight staff-to-resident ratio, caregiver turnover over the past year, and how long the administrator and head nurse have been in their roles. Ask which care needs would force a move-out, and get the all-in monthly price for your parent's actual care level, not the base rate.

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. Whether 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC fits depends on your parent's needs, budget, and how the community answers the questions below.

What should you ask on a tour of 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC?

Bring these questions and write down the answers — they make two or three communities easy to compare side by side.

• 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?
• What did the most recent DSHS inspection find, and what changed afterward?
• Is the community Memory Care Certified, and which apartments does that cover?
• How many residents need two-person transfers, and how is night staffing set for them?

How does Washington regulate assisted living like 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC?

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.

Residents' rights, discharge notices and care planning (the negotiated service agreement) are set by WAC 388-78A. Complaints go to DSHS Residential Care Services; the Long-Term Care Ombudsman advocates for residents for free.

How can Seattle Senior Advisor help with 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC?

We're a free, local advisory service — families never pay us. We can compare 6th Avenue Senior Living LLC with other licensed Tacoma-area options on price, care level and availability, help you read its DSHS reports, and stay reachable through the move. Communities pay us only if you choose one and move in, and we'll tell you about good options that don't pay us.

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.