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Memory care in Shaw Island offers 24-hour care and supervision, trained staff, and specialized activities to accommodate the needs of seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia. These communities typically offer advanced security features and engaging activities to help ensure residents’ well-being. The cost of memory care in Shaw Island is about $5,103 per month. To find the best memory care options for your needs and budget, browse the 263 communities, read 915 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services and amenities. 

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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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My Mom lives there and it seems amazing. The food is much better than most and the staff is attentive and friendly. I am impressed.
Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Welcome to Selkirk Senior's Village, one of Retirement Concepts retirement communities. Our primary goal is to find what you need, when you need it. And if we don't have it, Retirement Concepts has other close-by options that may be right for you. We are here to help! Conveniently located on...
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Both my parents moved to Sunrise when they were 85 and were in need of full care which they received. The staff are great and became like family to them.. I feel that they couldn’t have been in a better...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Harbor Tower Village, adjacent to the historic Neil Tower Landmark in Oak Harbor, truly allows you to relax and enjoy retirement amidst a thoughtful, caring community only minutes from nearby shopping, medical facilities and churches. By using a simple yet comprehensive fee schedule, our...
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The staff is always available to help out and answer questions. They stay on top of medical issues. Staff is eager to help and always lots of smiles. They know their residents and are extremely accomodating.
Provides: Memory Care
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Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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My father in law has been at Orchard Park for one year and has grown to love it there. He will do his won thing and they are there to support him. The nurses in charge always take what I have to say and then...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
An 82 unit Assisted Living facility, Orchard Park provides accommodation to clients ranging from those totally independent to those requiring 24-hour care. Staff includes Licensed Nurses 24 hours a day. Apartments range from studio to 2-bedroom/2-bath up to 860 square feet. All are fully...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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This is a fantastic community. They have so many activities for the residents to choose from. They will even take the residents to lunch and rides around town. The staff is always super friendly to the...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
“Providing loving care from the Heart” Our dementia cottage is cozy and intimate, and each person who enters out cottage, receives a “Best Friend” – someone to go on this most difficult journey of dementia with your loved one. Best Friends spend time with their resident. They keep a scrap...
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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My husband passed away on [date removed] at Evergreen. My thanks to the staff at Terraces third floor for all the care and compassion given to [name removed] over the past 2 1/2 years. From the nurses, care...
Provides: Memory Care
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Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.

Cost of memory care in Shaw Island, WA

The average cost of senior living in Shaw Island is $5,103 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Sequim, WA with an average of $4,476 per month.

Memory care costs in Shaw Island, WA, vs. nearby cities

Shaw Island, WA
$5,103/mo
$5,163/mo

Memory care costs in Shaw Island, WA, vs. state and national averages

Shaw Island, WA
$5,103/mo
U.S. national average
$5,013/mo

Memory care costs in Shaw Island, WA, vs. other senior living options

Memory Care
$5,103/mo

Memory care costs in Shaw Island, WA, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$6,438/mo
Studio
$8,281/mo
1 Bedroom
$9,666/mo

Senior living costs in Shaw Island vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Shaw Island, WA
Column state: Washington
Column national: U.S.
Community typeShaw Island, WAWashingtonU.S.
Memory Care$5,103/mo$5,201/mo$5,013/mo
Assisted Living$5,223/mo$5,290/mo$4,750/mo
Independent Living$4,619/mo$4,192/mo$4,210/mo
Memory Care
Shaw Island, WA:$5,103/mo
Washington:$5,201/mo
U.S.:$5,013/mo
Assisted Living
Shaw Island, WA:$5,223/mo
Washington:$5,290/mo
U.S.:$4,750/mo
Independent Living
Shaw Island, WA:$4,619/mo
Washington:$4,192/mo
U.S.:$4,210/mo
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What families are saying about memory care in Shaw Island

Recent reviews for memory care in Shaw Island

Brookdale Stanwood

4.4
Really enjoy working with the staff. We have a family member in Assisted Living but are struggling with what to do next as she shows signs of mid-stage dementia. Time to move her or too soon? Staff are so patient with her and us ... Very professional and knowledgable.

Chandler's Square in Anacortes, WA

5.0
Cleanliness - they have not been able to keep the room cleaning schedule that was there when we started due to staffing issues. However all the common areas are clean and the residents are trying to keep their rooms clean. They offer a variety of foods and take my mom's requests seriously and ...
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Astoria Retirement Residence in Port Coquitlam, BC

4.8
Love Astoria! From the first steps in the door we knew this was the place for Dad. The decor, the facilities, the rooms, and especially the friendliness, both of staff and residents, made Astoria stand out above all other residences. The staff bent over backwards to accommodate us and make Dad ...
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Shaw Island review score based on 181 family reviews

6.9
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This proprietary review score is based on 181 reviews of 171 Shaw Island memory care communities. All reviews were submitted in the past two years by verified community residents and family members.
The Shaw Island review score informs your search by letting you see at a glance how memory care residents and family members rate memory care in your area. Compare review scores in multiple locations to understand how overall satisfaction rates differ from city to city. Based on recent reviews, the maximum possible score is 10.Methodology: How we calculate our city review scores

Shaw Island review score compared against nearby cities

6.9
Shaw Island, WA171 facilities
6.1
Friday Harbor, WA63 facilities
7.5
Anacortes, WA216 facilities

Review subcategories for Shaw Island memory care

When memory care residents and family members submit a review on our site, they rate each community on categories such as cleanliness, activities, meals, and more. The chart below is based on 181 reviews of 171 Shaw Island memory care communities. This chart helps you compare Shaw Island resident and family memory care satisfaction rates against national averages. Use it to assess your needs and develop criteria for your own search. If you know that one of these categories is important to you or your loved one, our senior living advisors can help you find communities to match your needs.
Shaw Island, WA averageNational average
Cleanliness
3.9
4.0
Friendliness
3.9
4.1
Care services
3.5
3.8
Staff
3.7
4.0
Meals & dining
3.4
3.6
Activities
3.2
3.6
Value for cost*
3.3
3.7
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Shaw Island memory care services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Shaw Island memory care communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Shaw Island, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select care services in Shaw Island memory care

Memory care communities offer a variety of care services and visiting health care providers to meet seniors’ health needs. The chart below shows the percentage of memory care partners in Shaw Island that offer these care services compared to the percentage of partners that offer them nationally.
Shaw Island, WANational
Full medication management
Full medication management
41.5%
63.5%
Doctor on call
Doctor on call
19.9%
46.9%
24-Hour awake staff
24-Hour awake staff
99.4%
82.2%
Diabetic care
Diabetic care
99.4%
98.1%
*Visiting health care professionals
*Visiting health care professionals
42.7%
69.5%
Home care agency on-site
Home care agency on-site
18.7%
28.1%
Non-ambulatory care
Non-ambulatory care
98.2%
89.2%
Respite or short term stays
Respite or short term stays
36.8%
58.9%
Hospice available on-site
Hospice available on-site
34.5%
69.4%
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Availability of select dementia care services in Shaw Island memory care

Our community partners provide many services to keep residents with dementia or other memory concerns safe and engaged. Below, take a look at what percentage of Shaw Island Memory Care partners offer the selected dementia care services compared to the percentage of partners nationally.
Shaw Island, WANational
Dementia behaviors care
Dementia behaviors care
36.8%
71.8%
Specialized memory care training for staff
Specialized memory care training for staff
23.4%
45.1%
Secured community and/or wander guard
Secured community and/or wander guard
27.5%
67.7%
Memory care only community
Memory care only community
14.6%
25.9%
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Availability of select dietary accommodations in Shaw Island memory care

Memory care communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Shaw Island partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Shaw Island, WANational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
19.9%
27.6%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
36.8%
44.2%
No sugar
No sugar
35.1%
41%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
37.4%
49.7%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
12.9%
21.4%
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Availability of select dining options in Shaw Island memory care

Our memory care communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Shaw Island communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Shaw Island, WANational
Professional chef
Professional chef
32.2%
31.7%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
34.5%
39.6%
Room service
Room service
35.1%
37%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
16.4%
22.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Shaw Island memory care

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered memory care communities in Shaw Island offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Shaw Island, WANational
Activity director
Activity director
37.4%
45%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
26.3%
32.8%
Community service programs
Community service programs
22.8%
28.5%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
36.3%
52.8%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
40.9%
50.6%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
44.4%
59.2%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
34.5%
39%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
33.9%
35.2%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
32.2%
36.3%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
40.4%
46.5%
Live performances
Live performances
40.9%
46.8%
Dances
Dances
25.7%
31.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
17.5%
21.9%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
40.9%
45.7%
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State regulations for memory care in Shaw Island

Safety is a primary concern when seniors and their families look for memory care. Each state has its own laws and inspection processes to help ensure seniors reside in a safe environment and receive quality care. Learning about Washington memory care regulations will help you understand how memory care communities in Shaw Island protect seniors.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Avista Ferndale, Cascade Valley and Olympic Place Retirement and Assisted Living are the top-rated memory care facilities near Shaw Island, Washington. See full list of communities.
There are 263 memory care facilities near Shaw Island, Washington. See the full list.
The 263 memory care facilities near you in Shaw Island, Washington typically provide housing, therapies, and care tailored to those who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. To find memory care in Shaw Island, Washington, browse our detailed listings showing photos, floor plans, amenities, activities, and reviews from real families.
Browse A Place for Mom’s listings for memory care in Shaw Island, Washington, to take a virtual tour. Our local senior living experts can arrange for a live tour of these communities as well.
The cost of memory care facilities in Shaw Island, Washington ranges from $570 to $14539. The average Memory Care cost in Shaw Island, Washington is $5,103. Prices often vary based on care provided, amenities, unit size, and more.
The cost of memory care in Shaw Island, Washington typically starts at $570. A Place for Mom’s local, expert senior living advisors can help you find affordable memory care facilities near you and offer advice on how to lower costs and pay for care with VA benefits or public payment options.
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