Assisted Living and Memory Care
Deer Ridge Memory Care Community
3901 5th St SE, Puyallup, WA 98374 · Map
Licensed for 70 residents
Deer Ridge Memory Care Community is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Puyallup, Washington. It is licensed for 70 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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Area costs
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What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Latest inspection report: 2025-08. See the record
License
Active, 70 residents
Assisted Living Facility 2578.
Nearest emergency room
1.6 miles
Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital, rated 2 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Ridge Memory Care Community this community | 70 | Not published | Active | 9 investigation reports, 6 enforcement letters | |
| Wesley Homes Bradley Park | 0.1 mi | 23 | $4,041/mo | Active | 0 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
| Brookdale Courtyard Puyallup | 0.4 mi | 120 | $5,985/mo | Active | 3 investigation reports, 1 enforcement letter |
| Berachah B AFH | 0.5 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
| The Fosters Care Homes 5 | 0.5 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 1 investigation report, 1 enforcement letter |
State inspection record9 investigation reports, 6 enforcement letters
- Latest inspection report
- August 2025
- Inspection reports posted
- 1
- Investigation reports posted
- 9
- Enforcement letters
- 6
- Fire inspection reports (State Fire Marshal)
- 1
Enforcement letters
- October 5, 2026: Imposition of civil fines, $2,500 in civil fines, after a complaint investigation on September 24, 2026
Investigations: The licensee failed to investigate, determine the circumstances, and implement interventions for two residents when residents sustained injuries. This failure placed both residents at continued risk of harm, delayed access to appropriate medical care, and contributed to a diminished quality of life.
Quality of life -- Rights: The licensee failed to provide care as agreed upon in the negotiated service agreement and follow the resident’s life sustaining measures directive for one resident. This failure resulted in the resident receiving unwanted emergency medical interventions, including resuscitation, intubation, hospitalization and violating the resident's autonomy and right to a dignified end-of-life process. - July 15, 2025: Imposition of civil fine, $400 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on July 7, 2025
Training and home care aide certification requirements: The licensee failed to ensure four staff completed 12 hours of continuing education (CE) hours as required. This failure to ensure staff were current with continuing education requirements placed all 46 residents at risk from receiving care from an unqualified caregiver. - July 2, 2025: Imposition of civil fine, $1,500 in civil fines
Investigations: The licensee failed to conduct investigations to determine the circumstances of the accidents and incidents, implement interventions to prevent recurrence, and to protect residents for five residents. These failures resulted in these residents being placed at risk from continued accidents and incidents without measures to prevent future incidents. - June 5, 2024: Imposition of civil fine, $1,500 in civil fines
Investigations: The licensee failed to conduct an investigation that determined the circumstances of the events and institute measures to prevent future incidents when residents sustained falls and injuries of unknown source for three residents. This failure contributed to one resident sustaining two falls with fractures, requiring surgery and hospitalization, another resident not having preventative measure in place, and the third resident at risk for abuse and continued harm. - February 15, 2024: Imposition of civil fines, $2,000 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on February 6, 2024
Implementation of negotiated service agreement: The licensee failed to ensure that residents received care and services as agreed upon in the negotiated service agreement (NSA) for six residents. This failure placed all six residents at risks for developing wounds, infections, and decreased skin integrity.
Quality of life -- Rights: The licensee failed to ensure that residents received care and services in a manner that enhances their dignity and quality of life for seven residents. This failure resulted in seven residents not receiving showers which placed them at risk for developing wounds, infections and a decreased in dignity and quality of life. - December 5, 2023: Imposition of civil fines, $1,200 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on November 21, 2023
Implementation of negotiated service agreement: The licensee failed to provide showers for ten residents. This failure resulted in all ten residents not receiving showers as agreed upon which contributed to risk of skin infections and decreased skin integrity.
Resident rights: The licensee failed to ensure that residents received care and services in a manner that enhances their dignity and quality of life for ten residents. This failure resulted in all ten residents not receiving care and services which contributed to the decrease in dignity and quality of life.
Investigation reports
- March 2026
- November 2025
- October 2025
- August 2024
- August 2024
- June 2024
- and 3 more on the state’s site
Inspection reports
See every report on the state’s site →
What these terms mean
DSHS: Inspections are “conducted at least every 18 months to review facility compliance with applicable rules and regulations and resident safety.”
Investigations: “In response to reported concerns, the department checks to ensure the facility is in compliance with applicable rules and regulations.”
Enforcement actions: “Letters summarizing action taken by the Department to compel a return to compliance.”
Fire inspections (assisted living): “Conducted by the State Fire Marshal upon initial licensing, complaint or on an annual basis.”
Limitations (adult family homes): “A determination, typically for the duration of the license, that limits the type of residents who can be housed in a specific area of the home.”
Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR): “The provider’s right to request an opportunity to present information that might allow the department to change a finding that the facility did not meet a rule or requirement.”
Civil fines: “Monetary penalties for instances of noncompliance with state law.”
Conditions: “Requirements placed on the license that limit or prevent or direct specific facility actions until deficiencies are corrected.”
Stop placement: “An order that temporarily prevents the facility from admitting any additional resident(s) until deficiencies identified are corrected.”
Revocation: “The legal action of taking away the facility’s license.”
Summary suspension: “The legal action that immediately suspends the provider’s license.”
Complaint investigation report: “the written report for complaint investigations that result in a citation.”
For adult family homes, state law (RCW 70.128.280) has DSHS post three years of inspection letters, statements of deficiencies, notices of return to compliance and enforcement notices, and remove a violation or enforcement remedy that is deleted or rescinded on appeal. DSHS: “The length of time for completion and posting of final documents, including amended documents, will vary.” DSHS: “To protect residents’ privacy, information in these reports may be blocked out if it is confidential or could identify a resident.” Dates are the month DSHS lists beside each report, or the date printed on an enforcement letter. This community is licensed for 70 residents; larger communities are inspected and investigated more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Residential Care Services, report pages read October 15, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- 2578
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 70
- County
- Pierce County
- Executive Director
- Shawn Brooks
Source: Washington state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Executive Director name from the operator's website, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Washington, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Washington
- Assisted living Medicaid service packages: Adult Residential Care, Enhanced Adult Residential Care, Enhanced Adult Residential Care - Specialized Dementia Care Services, Assisted Living. Yes. Assisted living facilities that serve Medicaid residents offer one or more service packages, which set the level of care and support the facility provides. Use the state search to find facilities that accept Medicaid. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.6 mi, nursing home 1.0 mi, pharmacy 0.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup. 1.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Life Care Center of South Hill, Puyallup. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Wellspring Home Health Center, LLC, Lakewood. 9.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 98374 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Kidney Care Puyallup, Puyallup, 0.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Puyallup Dialysis, Puyallup, 0.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Lake Tapps Dialysis, Sumner, 4.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 98374.
Puget Sound Hospice, office in Tacoma, 9.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Multicare Hospice, office in Tacoma, 9.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Pierce County, office in Tacoma, 9.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- South Sound Inpatient Physicians PLLC, Puyallup. 1.7 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively moderate; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in October 2026. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
- What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
- How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
What we checked13 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Residential Care Services inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Washington Medicaid provider list | Sep 9, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Deer Ridge Memory Care Community provide?
Deer Ridge Memory Care Community is licensed by the state of Washington for assisted living, memory care in Puyallup, Washington. Its licensed capacity is 70 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Deer Ridge Memory Care Community?
No. We publish state licensing details for Deer Ridge Memory Care Community but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Deer Ridge Memory Care Community cost?
Assisted Living in Washington typically starts at $3,950 to $5,300 a month. Based on 130 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Deer Ridge Memory Care Community does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Deer Ridge Memory Care Community?
Use Deer Ridge Memory Care Community's website, koelschseniorcommunities.com/senior-living/wa/puyallup/memory-care/deer-ridge, or visit at 3901 5th St SE, Puyallup, WA 98374.
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