Life Care Center of Kirkland

    10101 NE 120th St, Kirkland, WA 98034
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Clean facility, excellent caring staff

    I stayed here and was very pleased with the clean, welcoming facility and the incredibly caring, professional staff. Therapy and rehab were excellent, meals were nutritious and accommodated needs, and activities/social services helped restore energy and mood-staff consistently went above and beyond, so I would recommend this center.

    Current/former resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.98·(176)

    Overall rating

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

      3.5
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      2.6
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      1.6

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing and caregiving staff
    • Strong physical, occupational, and speech therapy programs
    • Engaging and well-organized activities and events program
    • Supportive social services and case management
    • Personalized nutrition planning and accommodated diets
    • Successful short-term rehabilitation outcomes
    • Pleasant outdoor spaces, garden areas, and pet visits
    • Friendly and welcoming reception and front-desk interactions
    • Clean, recently refreshed common areas in portions of the facility
    • Housekeeping and laundry services that meet expectations for some residents

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and high staff turnover
    • Slow or unreliable response to call bells and assistance requests
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in some rooms and common areas
    • Gaps in medication administration, documentation, and review
    • Poor tracking and security of resident belongings and laundry
    • Communication breakdowns with families, physicians, and external providers
    • Inconsistent dining quality and meal-service continuity
    • Aging infrastructure and HVAC/ventilation maintenance issues
    • Weak infection-control and outbreak-management consistency
    • Deficiencies in transfer, discharge, and medication-handoff coordination
    • Insufficient fall-prevention monitoring and safety-practice controls
    • Billing and financial-transparency problems

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews portray a facility with a pronounced polarization of experiences: many families and former residents praise clinical rehabilitation, therapy teams, and social-service support, while others describe operational and safety shortcomings that materially affected care.

    Care quality and clinical services: Therapy programs (physical, occupational, speech) and short-term rehabilitation are frequently highlighted as strong points; multiple accounts describe meaningful functional recovery and well-coordinated therapy plans. Nursing and aide performance is described inconsistently — reviewers alternatively describe compassionate, attentive caregivers and episodes of delayed assistance, poor monitoring, or concerning medication handling. Recurrent clinical themes include delayed responses to assistance requests, gaps in medication administration and documentation, and incomplete medication handoffs at discharge. Several families also raised serious concerns about medication errors and management practices.

    Staff and management: Staffing consistency and turnover are central operational themes. Many reviewers report high staff workload, inconsistent shift coverage, and long response times to call bells. Conversely, particular nurses, night staff, therapists, and social workers receive repeated positive mentions for professionalism and communication. Management-level weaknesses emerge in family communication, physician access, front-desk responsiveness, and billing transparency. There are also allegations regarding loss or theft of personal property and at least some references to legal action; these raise concerns about inventory controls and administrative oversight.

    Dining, activities, and social support: The activities program is a clear strength — reviewers frequently commend a robust, creative calendar, well-run events, and staff who engage residents socially. Social services and case management are often described as attentive and effective, facilitating transitions and personalized plans. Dining receives mixed feedback: some describe nutritious, accommodating meal planning with attention to restrictions, while others note inconsistent meal quality, inadequate protein portions, or meals delivered cold to rooms.

    Facilities, cleanliness, and infection control: Physical plant observations are mixed. Parts of the building are described as clean, airy, and recently refreshed, with attractive landscaping and pleasant common spaces. At the same time, multiple reviewers report sanitation and odor concerns in certain units, HVAC/ventilation problems, and areas needing maintenance. Infection-control consistency is another pattern of concern — reviewers referenced outbreak events, visitor restrictions, and variability in containment and communication practices.

    Safety, possessions, and logistics: Safety-practice weaknesses appear in delayed bathroom and toileting assistance, fall-prevention gaps (including monitoring, alarms, and side-rail practices), and occasional errors in transport or transfers. Recurrent logistics problems include lost or mishandled belongings during moves or laundry, discharge coordination issues (including incomplete medication delivery on discharge), and billing/accounting errors.

    Overall impression and recommendations: The facility demonstrates strong rehabilitative and social-service capabilities and can deliver excellent, recovery-oriented care for some residents. However, the frequency and severity of operational concerns — inconsistent staffing, response delays, medication and documentation issues, belongings security, cleanliness variability, and administrative communication lapses — create a risk profile that prospective families should evaluate carefully. When considering this facility, ask specifically about current staffing ratios and turnover, call-bell and monitoring systems, medication-management protocols, tracking for personal items and laundry, bathing frequency and incontinence-care procedures, recent infection-control performance, and billing practices. Where possible, observe a mealtime and an activities session, and request contact information for the on-duty nurse manager and the social-services lead to assess day-to-day communication and coordination practices.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Life Care Center of Kirkland is located at 10101 NE 120th St, Kirkland, WA, 98034.

    About Life Care Center of Kirkland

    Life Care Center of Kirkland sits at 10101 NE 120th St. in Kirkland, Washington, offering skilled nursing, rehabilitation, memory care, and assisted living services for seniors who need anything from short-term recovery support to long-term care, and some folks end up needing all those things, especially if they're dealing with health concerns that need medical staff available at all hours, and the place stays open 24 hours every day to handle that. The facility has 190 licensed beds, with all of them also approved for Medicare. Life Care Center of Kirkland is run by Life Care Centers of America and known for high care quality, even winning Best of Senior Living and Best of Senior Living All Star awards, which recognize their good standards of resident care and satisfaction from families, which is handy to know when looking at so many options in the area.

    Residents at this Kirkland facility have access to skilled nursing, post-acute care, palliative care, respite stays, and rehabilitation services, including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, with specialized memory care programs for those living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, which often require care plans that work around confusion or wandering. The staff includes health care professionals dedicated to helping seniors maintain independence and dignity, always emphasizing respect and kindness, which the staff here seem to live up to, as they're often described as friendly and helpful, creating a warm local community feel that draws plenty of positive feedback. Personal care, like help with bathing, dressing, and medication management, is available for those who need it, and they also provide services like anodyne, suction, oxygen, and intravenous therapies, as well as vital therapy programs like VitalStim® and the Biodex Balance System SD for those in rehabilitation, and whatever the treatment, each care plan gets tailored to what each person needs.

    Meals here get attention too, because there's a focus on nutritious food made by chefs and meal planners who aim to match seniors' dietary needs, and residents can eat in community dining or in their rooms, which might be private spaces filled with homelike touches, like a fireplace, courtyards, cable TV, computer access, and an easy walk to the on-site library, barbershop and beauty salon, and organized activities that keep people socially, physically, and mentally active. There are bus trips out for group events and regular recreation, so there's always something going on, which tends to help folks keep up their strength and their spirits, especially for those who want to stay mentally sharp and feel some sense of community. Residents can make use of TV and phone connections in their rooms, and the general atmosphere tries to feel inviting without being fussy.

    Life Care Center of Kirkland does take care to ask for and use resident feedback. It keeps residents updated through a Facebook page and has a media gallery to share care stories, which keeps families in the loop and helps make the place feel personal. The facility's location is near Juanita Bay, St. Edward State Park, Arthur Foss Tugboat, and the Bellevue Botanical Gardens, and it's close to places people might enjoy visiting, which is good for outings when health allows. The facility has the SNREAC designation, which recognizes its skilled nursing and rehabilitation capabilities. Both short-term and long-term care are available, and options exist for both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation. So, for people looking for a skilled nursing home with a full range of care and activity options, Life Care Center of Kirkland is one to have on the list, especially for those needing strong memory care and therapeutic support in a setting with a track record of helpful staff and useful amenities.

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    Life Care Center of Kirkland offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 10101 NE 120th St, Kirkland, WA 98034.

    No, Life Care Center of Kirkland 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.

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