Assisted Living and Memory Care
Ellensburg Senior Living
818 E Mountain View Ave, Ellensburg, WA 98926 · Map
Licensed for 80 residents
Ellensburg Senior Living is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Ellensburg, Washington. It is licensed for 80 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, 80 residents
Assisted Living Facility 2376.
Nearest emergency room
0.2 miles
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellensburg Senior Living this community | 80 | Not published | Active | 11 investigation reports, 3 enforcement letters | |
| Hearthstone Senior Living | 0.0 mi | 69 | Not published | Active | 4 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
| Avista Senior Living Ellensburg | 0.2 mi | 36 | Not published | Active | 4 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
| Grace Manor | 0.2 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
| Riverview Manor | 22.1 mi | 65 | Not published | Active | 5 investigation reports, 3 enforcement letters |
State inspection record11 investigation reports, 3 enforcement letters
- Latest inspection report
- August 2025
- Inspection reports posted
- 1
- Investigation reports posted
- 11
- Enforcement letters
- 3
- Fire inspection reports (State Fire Marshal)
- 6
Enforcement letters
- July 10, 2025: Imposition of civil fines, $1,300 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on June 27, 2025
Safe storage of supplies and equipment: The licensee failed to ensure hazardous supplies and toxic chemicals were not accessible to residents in two Memory Care Units. This failure resulted in resident access to unsafe materials and placed residents at risk of injury from hazardous supplies and toxic chemicals.
Policies and procedures: The licensee failed to ensure staff implemented the facility’s reporting and investigation policy and procedure for two incidents. This failed practice precluded the department from conducting a timely investigation and resulted in a lack of preventative measures to prevent further incidents This is an uncorrected deficiency previously cited on May 7, 2025, for subsections (2)(a).
Communication system: The licensee failed to ensure that residents had a way to summon staff for assistance in five facility areas. This failure resulted in residents not having access to a communication system to request staff assistance and placed the residents at risk of harm and unmet care needs. - July 9, 2025: Imposition of civil fine, $300 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on June 26, 2025
Signing negotiated service agreement: The licensee failed to ensure that negotiated service agreements were signed and agreed upon annually for two residents. This failure placed the residents at risk for unmet care needs. - August 14, 2024: Imposition of civil fines, $3,000 in civil fines
Policies and procedures: The licensee failed to ensure the Extreme Weather Policies were followed for one resident. This failure resulted in the resident being left outside in 102-degree weather for ninety minutes which resulted in second degree burns and hospitalization.
Safety of the built environment: The facility failed to ensure a safe environment in the courtyard by allowing residents access to a hot, unsafe, metal chair to be left in direct exposure to the sun within an enclosed area that lacked shade or any external cooling source for one resident. This failure contributed to the resident being in direct sunlight in an enclosed area that was radiating heat, sitting in a hot metal chair which caused second degree burns and hospitalization.
Investigation reports
- June 2026
- March 2026
- March 2026
- August 2025
- August 2025
- September 2024
- and 5 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 80 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
- 2376
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 80
- County
- Kittitas County
- Contact
- Brian G. Sorenson
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.
Contact name from the Washington licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsOn the Washington list of Medicaid providers (2026)
On the Washington list of Medicaid providers. Listed as Ellensburg Senior Living under DSHS Medicaid contract. Contracts: Adult Residential Care, Assisted Living SOW, Enhanced Adult Residential Care. (state list, as of Sep 9, 2026)
Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.
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)
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 0.2 mi, nursing home 0.3 mi, pharmacy 0.5 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Kittitas Valley Community Hospital, Ellensburg. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Mountain View Post Acute, Ellensburg. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Kittitas Valley Home Health & Hospice, Ellensburg. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Whole Health Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 98926 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Ellensburg Dialysis Center, Ellensburg, 2.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 98926.
Kittitas Valley Home Health & Hospice, office in Ellensburg, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Central Washington Health Services Association, Wenatchee. 32.6 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 high; 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Ellensburg, WA, risk to homes is greater than 93% of communities in Washington and 97% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively high, earthquake very 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 June 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 checked12 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 | See above |
| 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 | See above |
| 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 |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Ellensburg Senior Living provide?
Ellensburg Senior Living is licensed by the state of Washington for assisted living, memory care in Ellensburg, Washington. Its licensed capacity is 80 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Ellensburg Senior Living?
No. We publish state licensing details for Ellensburg Senior Living 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 Ellensburg Senior Living 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. Ellensburg Senior Living does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Ellensburg Senior Living?
Visit Ellensburg Senior Living at 818 E Mountain View Ave, Ellensburg, WA 98926.
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