Independent Living and Assisted Living
Port Townsend Senior Living
1201 Hancock St, Port Townsend, WA 98368 · Map
Licensed for 90 residents
Port Townsend Senior Living is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living community in Port Townsend, Washington. It is licensed for 90 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $3,560 /mo | Jun 19, 2025 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Port Townsend Senior Living says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Transportation
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
All pets are welcome, including service animals!
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Couples welcome.
Our CONNECTIONS program provides personalized support for couples with varying levels of care needs.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: one-bedroom.
One Bedroom
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
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: 2026-08. See the record
License
Active, 90 residents
Assisted Living Facility 2408.
Nearest emergency room
0.2 miles
Jefferson Healthcare, rated 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Townsend Senior Living this community | 90 | $3,560/mo | Active | 5 investigation reports, 5 enforcement letters | |
| Olympic Neighbors | 0.8 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
| Victoria Place | 0.9 mi | 39 | Not published | Active | 3 investigation reports, 5 enforcement letters |
| San Juan Villa | 1.4 mi | 32 | Not published | Active | 2 investigation reports, 2 enforcement letters |
| Sylvias Adult Home | 9.3 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 2 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
State inspection record5 investigation reports, 5 enforcement letters
- Latest inspection report
- August 2026
- Inspection reports posted
- 2
- Investigation reports posted
- 5
- Enforcement letters
- 5
- Fire inspection reports (State Fire Marshal)
- 4
Enforcement letters
- January 22, 2025: Imposition of civil fines, $1,500 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on January 8, 2025
Infection control: The licensee failed to provide necessary handwashing supplies to six resident’s rooms. This failure placed all 58 residents, staff, and visitors at risk for spread of disease or illness.
Background checks: Who is required to have: The licensee failed to have a Washington State name and Date of Birth background check completed for one contracted agency caregivers prior to them working at the facility. The facility failed to ensure that the one contracted agency staff had their national fingerprint background check results within the required time.
Service agreement planning: The licensee failed to implement and develop a 30-day negotiated resident service plan for one new resident. This failure placed the resident at risk for staff untrained on the care and services required and unmet care needs. - April 17, 2024: Imposition of civil fine, $750 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on April 10, 2024
Other requirements: The licensee failed to ensure all staff were medically cleared for fit testing of an N-95 respirator before use for three staff. This failure placed all the residents and staff in the facility at risk of infection and spreading a communicable disease. - March 7, 2024: Imposition of civil fine, $500 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on February 26, 2024
Other requirements: The licensee failed to ensure all staff were medically cleared for fit testing of an N-95 respirator before use for three staff. This failure placed all 57 residents, staff, and visitors in the facility at risk of being infected and spreading a communicable disease. - January 22, 2024: Imposition of civil fines, $1,350 in civil fines
Reporting abuse and neglect: The licensee failed to ensure staff members reported a substantial injury of unknown cause to the department’s Aging and Disability Services Administration Complaint Resolution Unit (CRU) hotline consistent with chapter 74.34 RCW in a timely manner as required by mandatory reporters for one resident. This failure placed the resident at risk for being abused and neglected.
Implementation of negotiated service agreement: The licensee failed to ensure staff followed the negotiated service plan and check the resident every two hours to prevent falls for one resident. This failure contributed to harm to the resident who fell, fractured her lower back, and was hospitalized, and placed the resident at risk for being neglected and services not being met. - January 18, 2024: Imposition of civil fine, $200 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on January 5, 2024
Other requirements: The licensee failed to ensure all staff were fit tested for an N-95 respirator for one staff. This failure placed all the residents and staff in the facility at risk of being infected and spreading a communicable disease.
Investigation reports
Inspection reports
Informal dispute resolution letters
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 90 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
- 2408
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 90
- County
- Jefferson County
- Executive Director
- Peder Berg
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 programsOn the Washington list of Medicaid providers (2026)
On the Washington list of Medicaid providers. Listed as Port Townsend Senior Living under DSHS Medicaid contract. Contracts: Assisted Living SOW. (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 1.2 mi, pharmacy 0.6 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Life Care Center of Port Townsend, Port Townsend. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Jefferson Healthcare Home Health, Port Townsend. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Safeway. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 98368 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Puget Sound Kidney Center-Port Townsend, Port Townsend, 0.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Puget Sound Kidney Center Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, 14.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 98368.
Jefferson Healthcare Home Health, office in Pt Townsend, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Whidbey Island Public Hospital District, Coupeville. 8.9 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave very low, 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?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- 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?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
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 | 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 | 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 | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Port Townsend Senior Living provide?
Port Townsend Senior Living is licensed by the state of Washington for independent living, assisted living in Port Townsend, Washington. Its licensed capacity is 90 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Port Townsend Senior Living?
No. We publish state licensing details for Port Townsend 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 Port Townsend 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. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Port Townsend Senior Living?
Use Port Townsend Senior Living's website, cogirusa.com/communities/port-townsend-senior-living, or visit at 1201 Hancock St, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid