Cedar View Adult Family Home

    8513 Madrona Ln, Edmonds, WA, 98026
    4.3 · 7 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    3.0

    Lovely home, caring staff, concerns

    I loved the house's single-story, open great-room feel, spacious bedroom (we brought our own furniture) and beautiful yards - the second, newer property was even nicer. Staff were courteous, communicative and compassionate, with excellent visiting access, good medical coordination, daily routines, activities and very good meals - they could provide needed care. However, shared baths, spotty cleanliness, chronic understaffing and value/eviction concerns made me worry about meeting my mom's needs; I'd recommend families consider this community but inspect care and contracts closely.

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    4.29 · 7 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.3
    • Staff

      4.2
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Welcoming, small-home atmosphere with individualized care
    • Good communication with caregivers and medical professionals
    • Outstanding visiting access
    • Able to provide needed medical and personal care
    • Single-story layout and open great-room concept
    • Spacious bedrooms with option to bring own furniture
    • Friendly, helpful, compassionate and professional staff
    • Lots of activities and routine daily schedules
    • Very good food and great meal options
    • Routine doctor visits and attentive caregivers
    • Beautiful yards and a newer/ nicer second property (per some reviews)

    Cons

    • Under-staffing reported
    • Concerns about meeting some residents' needs
    • At least one report of threatened eviction / management conflict
    • Value and cost concerns raised
    • Inconsistent cleanliness (one report: not so clean)
    • Shared bathroom at one location

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across the review summaries for Cedar View Adult Family Home is more positive than negative, with several consistent strengths identified alongside a few notable concerns. Multiple reviewers emphasize a warm, welcoming, small-home environment that supports individualized care. The facility’s single-story layout, open great-room concept, spacious bedrooms (where residents may bring their own furniture), and attractive yards contribute to a homelike, comfortable feel. Several comments say the home was "best for dad," reflecting that reviewers felt it met specific resident needs well.

    Care quality and staff performance are frequent positive themes. Reviewers repeatedly note good communication between caregivers and medical professionals, routine doctor visits, and attentive caregivers who are professional, courteous, kind, and compassionate. The management and hiring practices are framed positively in multiple summaries—reviews describe high standards and caregivers who genuinely care for residents. Many reviewers would recommend Cedar View to other families based on the level of personal attention and the facility’s ability to provide needed care.

    Daily life features are also highlighted as strengths. The community is said to offer lots of activities and a predictable daily routine, which reviewers appreciated. Dining earns consistent praise: "very good food" and "great meal options" are specifically mentioned. Visiting access is described as outstanding, which is important to families who want frequent, flexible contact with residents.

    However, there are several important and concrete concerns that temper the positive feedback. A recurring negative theme is under-staffing; at least one review explicitly connects staffing shortages with worries about the home’s ability to meet a resident’s needs. Cleanliness appears inconsistent across properties—while some reviews call the home clean, another report specifically states "not so clean" and notes a shared bath, which may be a drawback for some families. There is also at least one serious complaint involving a threatened eviction and associated value/cost concerns, indicating potential issues with management communication or contractual/financial expectations in at least one case.

    Another pattern is variability between properties: reviewers describe a "second property" as nicer or newer, suggesting differences in condition and amenities depending on which house a resident occupies. That variability, combined with the staffing and cleanliness concerns, suggests the experience can differ by location and over time.

    In summary, Cedar View Adult Family Home appears to offer a warm, home-like environment with attentive, compassionate staff, good medical communication, predictable routines, engaging activities, and well-regarded meals. These strengths make it a recommended option by several reviewers for families seeking a smaller, individualized care setting with excellent visiting access. At the same time, prospective families should be aware of reported weaknesses: intermittent understaffing, at least one serious management dispute involving threatened eviction and cost/value concerns, and inconsistent cleanliness (including shared-bath configurations at one property). Those considering Cedar View should verify current staffing levels, cleanliness practices, bathroom arrangements, and contract/eviction policies, and ideally visit the specific house they are considering (noting there appears to be variation between properties).

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    About Cedar View Adult Family Home

    Cedar View Adult Family Home in Edmonds, Washington serves up to six seniors in a quiet suburban home near Lake Ballinger and Puget Sound, offering assisted living, memory care, long-term care, hospice care, and respite stays, which means folks can stay for short-term help or as long as needed, and the staff tries to make a calm, comfortable daily life with a focus on privacy, independence, and good relationships with both residents and families. The home's got a resident-first approach, so trained staff helps with eating, dressing, bathing including help in and out of the shower, toileting, and grooming, plus they take care of medication reminders and supervision, and there's a traveling hairdresser and on-site beautician to help everyone look their best. They plan three homemade meals a day with snacks, and they adjust meal plans for special medical diets or if someone's vegetarian, making sure everyone gets food that fits their needs, and there are schedules for exercise, music therapy, pet therapy, board games, movies, reading, planned crafts, wellness activities, devotional services, and outdoor gatherings in the yard whenever the weather's nice.

    Cedar View aims to create a safe place, including memory care rooms with a WanderGuard system for residents with Alzheimer's or dementia, and an on-call physician, registered nurses available all day and night, plus access to dentists, podiatrists, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, with visiting hours between 9:00 am and 8:00 pm for friends and family. Every resident's care is planned by staff using current senior care practices, which include medication monitoring, mental health support, behavioral care, and care for those with developmental disabilities, and the home is also pet-friendly, so folks can bring their pets if they'd like, and there's resident parking for those still driving, plus transportation help for medical trips, errands, off-site religious or fun activities, and community events, with a bus line nearby as well.

    Residents live in either private or semi-private rooms, some designed for hospice or memory care needs, with wheelchair-accessible showers and gender-specific accommodations, and everyone gets access to indoor and outdoor common areas, a spa, wellness area, recreation and reading rooms, and sometimes there are special nights or community events. Cedar View Adult Family Home is licensed by Washington's Department of Social Services for up to six seniors over age 65, with certification number 750102, and is privately owned with no Medicaid accepted and no specific information about Medicare use, so the base price depends on care needs, but costs are usually much lower than full-time nursing homes. Staff are certified in dementia care, provide both structure and freedom where it's appropriate, keep the environment clean and organized, and focus on giving seniors respect, dignity, safety, support, and a chance to stay part of the local Edmonds community. The listing's currently vacant and ready for new residents.

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