Gerry Care Adult Family Home

    9527 9th Avenue Southeast, Olympia, WA, 98513
    5.0 · 9 reviews
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    5.0

    Warm, attentive, family-like home care

    I placed my mother here and it felt like a genuine home from day one. The attentive, compassionate owners and staff went the extra mile-professional, organized, and warm-providing spotless, bright common areas, flexible homemade meals, excellent communication, and personalized care; our anxiety diminished and I highly recommend this loving, family-like place.

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    5.00 · 9 reviews

    Overall rating

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    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.7
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • Bright, light-filled, modern and airy environment
    • Spotless cleanliness
    • Home-like, family atmosphere
    • Compassionate, kind, and patient staff
    • Attentive and supportive owners
    • Personalized and holistic approach to care
    • Responsive communication and transition support
    • Flexible, homemade meals with resident choice
    • Celebrations of holidays and inclusion of families
    • Bereavement support and condolence outreach
    • Activities and regular visits (children, dogs, musician)
    • Professional, organized management
    • Adequate staffing levels
    • Staff initiative and willingness to go the extra mile
    • Observed health improvements and resident wellbeing

    Cons

    • Difficult or complex placement/admissions process

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment: The reviews for Gerry Care Adult Family Home are strongly positive. Reviewers consistently highlight a welcoming, clean, and bright physical environment paired with warm, family-like care. The dominant themes are compassionate staff and conscientious owners who provide personalized attention, creating an atmosphere that feels like home rather than an institutional setting. Many reviewers explicitly state that residents seemed happy and well cared for and several recommend the home highly.

    Facilities and environment: Multiple reviewers describe the residence as modern, light-filled, bright, airy and spotless. The layout and common areas are noted as comfortable and well organized, contributing to a home-like ambiance. The combination of cleanliness, comfortable common spaces and a pleasant aesthetic is repeatedly emphasized and appears to be a core strength of the facility.

    Staff, owners, and care quality: Reviews repeatedly cite compassionate, kind, patient, and responsive caregivers. Owners are described as understanding, supportive, attentive and easy to work with; reviewers use terms like “conscientious,” “loving,” and “generous.” Staff are credited with initiative — going the extra mile to make the home comfortable — and with delivering personalized, holistic care. Several notes mention reduced resident anxiety after placement and specific health improvements, suggesting that the caregiving approach has tangible positive effects. Communication is described as effective and professional, and the team provides supportive services around transitions and bereavement (including condolence calls), which reviewers appreciated.

    Dining and daily life: Homemade meals and flexible meal options are a repeated positive. Reviewers say residents are allowed to eat what they want and that special requests are accommodated without complaint. Holidays are celebrated and families are welcomed, contributing to lasting memories for residents and families. The dining experience is portrayed as both comforting and individualized rather than standardized or institutional.

    Activities, family involvement, and atmosphere: The home-like atmosphere extends into regular, pleasant activities and community touches: visitors such as children, dogs and a musician are mentioned specifically. These types of visits and the overall family-friendly environment reinforce the sense of a true home and support social and emotional wellbeing. Multiple reviewers describe a familial, small-community experience where residents and families feel blessed or grateful for the environment.

    Management, organization, and staffing: Reviewers consistently call out thoughtful, organized management and adequate staffing. The operations are characterized as professional and well laid out, with services and amenities that meet expectations. Staffing adequacy is mentioned positively, and reviewers feel the team is reliable. The combination of professional management and warm caregiving appears to be a key reason families feel confident placing loved ones in this home.

    Concerns and patterns: The only recurring concern mentioned across the summaries is a difficult or complex placement/admissions process. No other significant negatives appear in the provided summaries; reviewers note there are no complaints about special meal requests and praise responsiveness in other areas. This suggests that while overall care and daily life are excellent, prospective families might encounter some friction during intake or placement that could benefit from clearer guidance or support.

    Overall assessment: Based on the collected summaries, Gerry Care Adult Family Home presents as a highly recommended, well-run, family-style care setting with strong cleanliness standards, personalized homemade dining, active family involvement, and a compassionate staff/owner team. The care appears holistic and communicative, with meaningful support around transitions and bereavement. The single notable area for improvement from these reviews is simplifying or better communicating the placement/admissions process to reduce stress for incoming families.

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    About Gerry Care Adult Family Home

    Gerry Care Adult Family Home sits in Olympia, WA, at 9527 9th Ave SE, in a large, private house with six licensed beds, and nurses own and run everything here, which gives the place a family feel and keeps care personal and thorough for everyone, whether someone needs light, medium, or total care, including for quadriplegic patients and those who need trach or ventilator help, so residents always get a lot of attention day and night, with an RN on-site and another on call. This home covers many care needs, with services reaching from regular adult family home support, memory care, and help with daily things like bathing and taking medicine, all the way to nursing for strokes, diabetes, cardiac care, wound care with a proper team, pharmacy deliveries, blood thinner INR checks, and even central line or TPN. There's a registered dietitian on site, and meals and nutrition are part of daily life, as are things like in-home haircuts and nail care, so nobody's got to go without these comforts. Housekeeping, laundry, and all meals get handled by staff, and there's a fall prevention program and full wheelchair and walker access everywhere, which helps people move about safely.

    Residents can enjoy cable and satellite TV with channels in Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Filipino, local sports, plus private phones and smart TV remotes, Wi-Fi for guests, and smart voice-controlled options, so people can keep up with favorite programs or call friends and family as they please. There's a home security system, full fire sprinklers, fenced grounds, emergency call buttons, locked exits for safety, and a generator for extra peace of mind. Gardens and patios hold mountain and water views, fruit trees, and private boxes where residents can plant their own things, while a family dining area, activity room, and spaces for music, art, and spa days round out the home. Activities happen each day, ranging from painting, puzzles, story time, tea, reading, music therapy, and pet visits, to group outings, holiday celebrations, gardening, exercise, bingo, movie nights, singing, and dancing, and the owners even have an accessible van and bus for trips. Pets can visit too if someone's family wants to bring their animal by, though no pets live inside full-time. Rooms are private, the atmosphere is peaceful, air conditioning runs through the home, and visiting hours run 9:00am to 8:00pm. People get support for VA benefits if they need it, and special touches, like aromatherapy and a smoking area, are part of the place, which helps everyone feel at home.

    The home accepts men and women, supports a wide range of health conditions like traumatic brain injuries, mental health needs, developmental disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, and suits those who need respite stays, hospice, or end-of-life care, whether for a few weeks or long-term. The staff handle medication dispensing, therapy needs with physical, occupational, and speech support, help with diabetic and cardiac appointments, and offer both house and outside health care visits. There's easy access to public bus lines, nearby hospitals, and all the finishes make the place a blend of a real home and a top care spot. Gerry Care Adult Family Home doesn't take Medicare unless specially certified, is licensed and regulated under number 754202 for adult family home care and 755939, and falls under both state and veteran's guidelines. All the care and daily supports come in one place, so seniors can age in place and keep as much freedom and comfort as possible in a setting that feels like home, where everyone stays safe, well-fed, and as active as they want, and the nurses keep an eye on every detail.

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