Sea Mar Community Care Center sits at 1040 S Henderson St in Seattle and has been serving people since 1994 as part of the larger Sea Mar Community Health Centers network. The place runs as a nonprofit charity and sticks to helping people of all backgrounds, focusing on folks in the Latino and South Park communities, and takes anyone no matter their income, language, immigration status, or age, with residents ranging from 20 to over 100 years old, and always tries to make everyone feel like they belong. They've got a solid range of services with 24-hour supervised nursing care done by licensed clinicians, so if someone needs skilled nursing for a day or for years, they provide it, and they help with not just medical needs like wound care, dialysis, and memory care for Alzheimer's patients in a secure area, but with social services, counseling, and room, board, and laundry, too.
The center offers memory care, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and they're good at palliative care, hospice care, rehab, and respite care for short stays, with specialized programs tailored for those who need long-term or short-term support, including medical respite care for people coming out of the hospital and needing some time to recover before heading home, with the place recognized by the National Institute for Medical Respite Care. There's a big focus on being ready for almost anything, with specialized units such as ICU, ER, pediatric ER, and labor and delivery, and they work with unique care fields like dermatology, flight nursing, behavioral health, and they have therapy options like wellness therapy and psychiatric care, and they include both outpatient and in-patient rehab.
Sea Mar always keeps nurses and clinicians available around the clock and supports staffing through the Nursa platform, so shifts don't get missed, and residents always have someone to care for them. They have interpreters and multilingual staff, so Spanish-speakers and those from other backgrounds can get the help they need without struggling, and they do a lot to make sure the care is culturally competent and uses proven, evidence-based practices. If someone needs help with insurance, Sea Mar provides guidance and a sliding fee scale, and residents and families have access to MyChart to keep up with health records and messaging, and telehealth is available for remote visits.
Nutrition management, organized group activities, and social services help address daily needs, and the facility delivers health education, activities between generations thanks to being next to the Sea Mar Child Development Center, and extra programs for people without housing. Sea Mar is part of many outreach and community health programs, and takes pride in helping the whole person-body, mind, and spirit-and in running as a true community-based, public charity organization with a long-standing track record in the Seattle area.
