Blue Haven

    655 S 189th St, Burien, WA 98148
    • Assisted Living

    Clean safe caring assisted living

    I placed my dad in this small, renovated home and have been very pleased - private rooms, exceptionally clean and bright common areas, and wheelchair-accessible bathrooms. The staff (led by Mariza) are kind, knowledgeable and highly attentive - quick to respond, follow doctors' orders, and treat residents like family; meals are home-cooked and healthy, with regular activities and live music. Management is organized and communicative, the layout feels safe and convenient, and overall it's a caring, well-run place I'd recommend.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Reviews

    4.87·(15)

    Overall rating

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    5. 1
    • Care

      4.9
    • Staff

      4.9
    • Meals

      4.6
    • Amenities

      4.6
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Attention to detail
    • Regular walks/outdoor activity for residents
    • Home-cooked, healthy meals
    • Care that follows doctor's instructions
    • Weekly live music/entertainment
    • High family satisfaction and recommendations
    • Organized management
    • Responsive administration and feedback handling
    • Clean, well-maintained environment
    • Smooth and accommodating move-in process
    • Helpful and hardworking staff
    • Personal laundry/clothing care (clothes put away)
    • Community-oriented atmosphere
    • Convenient location

    Summary of reviews

    Overall sentiment: The collected review summaries for Blue Haven are uniformly positive, indicating strong satisfaction across multiple dimensions of care and service. Families and residents emphasize a combination of attentive clinical care, personable staff, pleasant daily life amenities, and effective management. There are repeated endorsements and recommendations, suggesting a consistently favorable experience among those who provided feedback.

    Care quality and clinical adherence: Reviewers specifically note that staff provide care that follows physician instructions, which speaks to reliability and clinical responsibility. "Attention to detail" appears repeatedly, implying that medical, medication, and individualized care plans are being followed carefully. Combined with family-reported happiness and explicit recommendations, these observations suggest both competence and trust in the facility's caregiving practices.

    Staff and culture: The staff are described as helpful, hardworking, and nice to residents. Multiple summaries call out "wonderful staff," "staff helpful," and a general community orientation, indicating a warm, resident-focused culture. Additional evidence of attentiveness includes practical tasks such as clothes being put away, which signals attention to daily-living dignity and personalized service. Families also report that management is organized and extremely responsive to feedback, reinforcing the impression of an engaged leadership team that listens and acts on concerns.

    Facilities, cleanliness, and logistics: Reviews highlight a clean environment and a facility that "keeps it nice," implying good housekeeping and maintenance standards. The move-in process is described as accommodating and well-organized, which is important for first impressions and transitions. The convenient location is noted as an advantage for families visiting and maintaining connections, which likely contributes to overall family satisfaction.

    Dining and activities: Dining is repeatedly praised as home-cooked and healthy, a notable positive for residents who value quality meals and nutrition. Activities receive positive mention as well — specifically "weekly musicians" and regular walks for patients — indicating an active programming slate that supports social engagement, mental stimulation, and physical activity. These elements contribute to quality-of-life factors beyond basic caregiving.

    Management, responsiveness, and reputation: The leadership and administration are described as organized and extremely responsive to feedback. This pattern shows an operational focus on continuous improvement and open communication with families. Multiple reviewers explicitly state they would recommend Blue Haven to other families, which is a strong indicator of trust and reputation in the community.

    Notable patterns and limitations: The dominant pattern is consistent praise across care, staff demeanor, cleanliness, food, activities, and management responsiveness. No specific negative issues or recurring concerns are present in the provided summaries. However, this dataset appears to be a compilation of positive review summaries only, so the absence of criticisms may reflect sample bias. For a fully balanced assessment, it would be useful to review a broader set of comments (including any neutral or negative reviews) to confirm these strengths hold across a larger population.

    Bottom line: Based on the supplied summaries, Blue Haven demonstrates strong strengths in attentive clinical care, a caring and hardworking staff, well-maintained facilities, quality home-style dining, meaningful activities, streamlined move-in logistics, and responsive management. These attributes collectively create a family-recommended, community-oriented environment with high marks for both practical care and residents' quality of life.

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    Location

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    Blue Haven is located at 655 S 189th St, Burien, WA, 98148.

    About Blue Haven

    Blue Haven Adult Family Home sits in Normandy Park and Burien, offering a quiet, caring place for seniors who need extra help with everyday tasks and can't live alone anymore, and you'll find the building well-kept and comfortable, with wide, wheelchair-accessible bathrooms in every private bedroom-each with its own half-bath so folks have privacy. Residents enjoy air conditioned rooms, fresh cable and phone connections, and meals cooked fresh three times a day in an open concept kitchen, with dietary options for vegetarians and kosher eaters, and the caregivers, some who've been at this for years, always try to listen carefully to each person's needs and keep daily activities going, so everyone gets a chance to join in games, take part in a lively library, chat in the big living spaces or get a little sun on the patio near the organic garden. People who live here get all-inclusive pricing, and there is an entry fee, but the peace of mind comes from friendly, round-the-clock staff-led by Mariza-who are skilled with Alzheimer's, dementia, mental health, diabetes, and developmental disabilities, plus medication help, incontinence care, getting dressed, bathing, and supervision. Blue Haven's structure keeps close bonds, with a six-bed setup that feels more like a home, and the staff-not a big team, somewhere between two and ten-makes sure each person gets time and attention and, if it's social gatherings or organized games or quiet reading someone's after, the schedule's filled with ways to keep minds and bodies active, plus religious services offsite for anyone who wants to go. There are pets allowed sometimes, and there's space outdoors if folks like to sit with friends, and inside folks will find the rooms clean, cheery, and spaced well for moving around, and the kitchen's always busy with home-made food to keep mealtimes a lively, social part of the day. The place is close to shops like grocery stores, coffee spots, gas stations, restaurants, pharmacies, and even hospitals and clinics in King County, so getting what you need or heading out is easy for visiting families, plus the visiting hours stretch from morning to evening. The home's licensed by the state, follows good rules, and focuses on a respectful, comfortable setting, making transitions into retirement easier for folks who need extra care-and with extra guidance offered for long-term care plans and insurance too. Blue Haven Adult Family Homes has been serving the area since 2015, with a solid record of honest, friendly service and well-looked-after residents, and people who've reviewed the place mention how clean, bright, and calm the environment feels, with particular praise for the dedicated care and the friendly, home-like atmosphere.

    People often ask...

    Blue Haven offers assisted living and board and care.

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    The full address for this community is 655 S 189th St, Burien, WA 98148.

    No, Blue Haven does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Washington, the Department of Social & Health Services licenses assisted living and adult family homes, publishing inspection, investigation, and fire-safety reports.

    License number753150
    StatusOp
    Facility typeAdult Family Home
    Capacity6 residents
    Special certificationMental Health, Dementia
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    Inspection Reports

    1

    Reports

    5

    Citations

    0

    Complaints

    1

    Years

    01 Mar 2025Inspection
    Found multiple deficiencies related to background checks, resident rights notifications, resident record content, safety/maintenance, and use of common areas, with corrections noted on follow-up.
    • WAC 388-76-10165Background checks
    • WAC 388-76-10530Residents’ rights notices
    • WAC 388-76-10320Resident record content
    • WAC 388-76-10750Safety and maintenance
    • WAC 388-76-10705Common use areas

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