Assisted Living and Memory Care
The Cottages at Mill Creek
13200 10th Drive Se, Mill Creek, WA 98012 · Map
Licensed for 40 residents
The Cottages at Mill Creek is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Mill Creek, Washington. It is licensed for 40 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: 2025-12. See the record
License
Active, 40 residents
Assisted Living Facility 1977.
Nearest emergency room
7.5 miles
Swedish Edmonds Hospital, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cottages at Mill Creek this community | 40 | Not published | Active | 14 investigation reports, 7 enforcement letters | |
| Happy Place AFH | 0.4 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 1 investigation report, 0 enforcement letters |
| Alder Home Care | 0.5 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 2 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
| Hope Link Adult Family Home | 0.5 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
| Trillium Adult Family Home | 0.5 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | 0 investigation reports, 0 enforcement letters |
State inspection record14 investigation reports, 7 enforcement letters
- Latest inspection report
- December 2025
- Inspection reports posted
- 2
- Investigation reports posted
- 14
- Enforcement letters
- 7
- Fire inspection reports (State Fire Marshal)
- 2
Enforcement letters
- July 1, 2026: Imposition of civil fine, $600 in civil fines, after a complaint investigation on June 25, 2026
Staff: The licensee failed to ensure a staff was available in one secured memory care cottage to monitor and supervise one resident for safety. This failure contributed to the resident exiting the cottage unnoticed by staff during the night and placed the resident at risk of harm. - April 9, 2026: Imposition of civil fine, $300 in civil fines, after a complaint investigation on March 31, 2026
Investigations: The licensee failed to investigate, determine the circumstances, and institute preventative measures when a staff member administered medication without following the prescribed orders for one resident. This failure resulted in the facility not being able to determine the circumstances, rule out abuse or neglect or identify preventative measures for the resident and placed the resident at risk of future medication errors. - April 17, 2025: Imposition of civil fine, $400 in civil fines
Medication services: The licensee failed to ensure one resident received all their medications as prescribed. This failure resulted in the resident not receiving their prescribed medications. - July 15, 2024: Imposition of civil fines, $600 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on July 1, 2024
Signing negotiated service agreement: The licensee failed to ensure three residents signed the Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA). This failure placed the three residents at risk of not being aware of or agreeing to their plan of care.
Storing, securing, and accounting for medications: The licensee failed to properly store prescription medications in one cottage. This failure placed all 39 residents at risk of ingesting prescription and topical medications. - March 29, 2024: Imposition of civil fine, $500 in civil fines
Infection control: The licensee failed to implement safe infection control practices when four staff had not been fit tested for a N95 respirator, and one medication cart had a sharps container with a lid that did not lock. These failures resulted in residents, staff, and visitors being placed at risk of contracting an infectious disease and a medication cart having an unsecured sharps container placing all residents in one cottage at risk for a needle stick injury from a used needle. - January 18, 2024: Imposition of civil fine, $200 in civil fines, after a follow-up visit on January 4, 2024
Coordination of health care services: The licensee failed to integrate information into the negotiated service agreement (NSA) for one resident. This failure resulted in the resident’s NSA not identifying that the resident was admitted to hospice and did not include an order for a ROHO cushion (a heavy-duty air-filled cushion for treatment and prevention of pressure ulcers). - and 1 more on the state’s site
Investigation reports
- August 2026
- May 2026
- August 2025
- August 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- and 8 more on the state’s site
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 40 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
- 1977
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 40
- County
- Snohomish County
- Executive Director
- Beryl Muriuki
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 THE COTTAGES AT MILL CREEK under DSHS Medicaid contract. Contracts: Adult Residential Care, Enhanced Adult Residential Care, Specialized Dementia 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 7.5 mi, nursing home 1.2 mi, pharmacy 0.5 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Swedish Edmonds Hospital, Edmonds. 7.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Bethany at Silver Lake, Everett. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Centerwell Home Health, Everett. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 98012 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Nkc Everett Kidney Center, Everett, 2.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Lynnwood Dialysis, Lynnwood, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Mill Creek Dialysis Center, Bothell, 3.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 98012.
Alpha Hospice, office in Everett, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Bristol Hospice - Snohomish County, office in Lynnwood, 2.9 miles away, straight line
Providence At Home With Compassus, Snohomish County, office in Everett, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Post Acute Medical PLLC, Lynnwood. 3.0 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 relatively 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 August 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 | 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 relatively 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 The Cottages at Mill Creek provide?
The Cottages at Mill Creek is licensed by the state of Washington for assisted living, memory care in Mill Creek, Washington. Its licensed capacity is 40 residents.
Does Lilisity rate The Cottages at Mill Creek?
No. We publish state licensing details for The Cottages at Mill Creek 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 The Cottages at Mill Creek cost?
Assisted Living in Snohomish County typically starts at $4,650 to $5,450 a month. Based on 19 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The Cottages at Mill Creek does not publish its prices.
How do I contact The Cottages at Mill Creek?
Use The Cottages at Mill Creek's website, vineyardparkliving.com/find-a-community/vineyard-park-cottages-mill-creek, or visit at 13200 10th Drive Se, Mill Creek, WA 98012.
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