Star of Hope 2

    2005 36th Place Southeast, Puyallup, WA, 98374
    5.0 · 3 reviews
      AnonymousLoved one of resident
      5.0

      Loving, attentive, clean, safe care

      I found a loving, comfortable home with sweet, highly capable staff who treat residents like family. After a bad experience elsewhere, their attentive caregivers and strong leadership (owner has nursing experience) met every need in a clean, safe, cheerful place in a great neighborhood. It's the best of five facilities I toured - easy to visit daily and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

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      5.00 · 3 reviews

      Overall rating

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      • Care

        5.0
      • Staff

        5.0
      • Meals

        5.0
      • Amenities

        5.0
      • Value

        5.0

      Pros

      • Loving, attentive care
      • Family-like, warm atmosphere
      • Excellent and highly capable staff
      • Strong leadership and owner with nursing experience
      • Clean and organized facility
      • Safe and cheerful environment
      • Every resident need met
      • Recommended and highly recommended by families
      • Considered best among multiple facilities
      • Easy and convenient for daily visits
      • Strong caregiver presence
      • Located in a great neighborhood

      Summary review

      Overall sentiment The review summaries for Star of Hope 2 are uniformly positive. Reviewers emphasize a home-like, loving environment and consistently praise the staff and leadership. Multiple summaries state that residents’ needs are fully attended to, and families describe the facility as one of the best options compared with other facilities they considered. There are no explicit negative aspects raised in the provided summaries.

      Care quality and staff Care quality emerges as the strongest and most repeated theme. Reviews use phrases such as "loving care," "best care," "every need met," and "highly capable in providing care." The caregiver presence is described as strong and attentive, and reviewers characterize the staff as sweet, caring, and wonderful. The atmosphere is reported as family-like, which reinforces a perception of personalized, relational care rather than an impersonal institutional model. Multiple reviewers explicitly recommend the facility to other families, which indicates sustained satisfaction with care outcomes and day-to-day support.

      Facilities, safety, and environment Physical and environmental descriptors are also uniformly favorable. The facility is described as clean and organized, safe, and cheerful. Reviewers mention that it feels like a loving and comfortable home rather than an institutional setting. The neighborhood is called out as a positive factor, and the ability to visit daily is highlighted as convenient for families. These points together suggest a residential setting that supports family involvement and a positive living environment for residents.

      Management and leadership Management and leadership receive specific praise. Reviews note strong leadership and that the owner has nursing experience, which reviewers associate with competent oversight and an informed approach to care. This combination of experienced leadership and attentive staff is presented as a key reason families trust the facility and feel comfortable recommending it. The mention of owner nursing experience implies a clinically informed management style, which reviewers appear to value.

      Comparisons, recommendations, and patterns A notable pattern is that several reviewers explicitly compare Star of Hope 2 favorably against other facilities (one summary states it is "best among 5 other facilities") and mention prior dissatisfaction with other care settings. This comparative praise strengthens the impression that Star of Hope 2 stands out in the reviewers’ experience for quality, atmosphere, and responsiveness. The frequency of recommendations to other families reinforces the facility’s strong reputation among those reviewers.

      Notable omissions and caveats While the summaries are strongly positive, they contain little to no information about certain operational aspects: there are no comments about dining quality, specific activities or social programming, medication management details, regulatory/inspection history, wait times, or cost/fees. Likewise, no clinical outcome metrics or detailed examples of care incidents are provided. The absence of negative remarks in these summaries is meaningful, but it should be read in context: the available data are limited to short review summaries that emphasize atmosphere, staff, leadership, cleanliness, and family convenience rather than comprehensive operational or clinical details.

      Conclusion In sum, the review summaries portray Star of Hope 2 as a clean, safe, and welcoming residential facility with compassionate, capable staff and engaged, nursing-experienced leadership. Families consistently report that residents’ needs are met, that the environment feels like a loving home, and that the facility is easy to visit. Reviewers strongly recommend the facility and often contrast it favorably with other places they tried. The main limitation of the available feedback is the lack of detail on dining, activities, costs, and clinical metrics, which would be useful for a fuller evaluation but are not addressed in these summaries.

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      About Star of Hope 2

      Star of Hope 2 sits at 2005 36th Place Southeast in Puyallup, Washington, and has a small, homey feeling with only six licensed beds and private or semi-private rooms, so folks don't feel crowded and the caregivers can pay close attention to everyone's needs, which seems to matter a lot to families who visit and leave reviews and shows up in a top rating of 5 out of 5 stars as well as a value rating of 4.8, and people have said good things about the staff always being friendly and the home being clean, cheerful, and organized, which is helped by owners with decades of experience in healthcare and nursing, and everyone notices the positive, home-like environment where dignity and respect come first. This Adult Family Home has been running for more than 28 years and handles all kinds of needs with specialized care, including dementia and Alzheimer's care, and even serves people with developmental disabilities and mental health conditions, so the services cover memory care, assisted living, independent living, and also offers board and care and respite stays, while people living here get help with daily activities, medication, meals, and personal care. The community welcomes visiting hours from 9:00am to 8:00pm, offers pet-friendly and handicap-accessible amenities, and keeps things safe and comfortable, which makes residents feel cared for and families get peace of mind, plus there's Wi-Fi for those who want to keep in touch, and the inside is set up to be easy to move through and keep the seniors happy and safe, especially those who might wander or get confused. Star of Hope 2, part of two facilities in Puyallup and Federal Way, doesn't take Medicaid, but it stays current with its state license, offers continuing care so folks don't need to move as needs change, and has received high praise for the way it meets individual needs promptly and thoughtfully. There's a big focus on activities and memory-enriching programs, particularly for memory care residents, and tours are available for people who want to get a look at daily life, dining, and activities before making decisions, and what folks like is that the care is personal, the setting is small, and the people there make all the difference, according to reviews and family feedback. The meals get high marks, the staff have top ratings, and the place won the Best of Senior Living 2025 award, which just sums up what many families have already noticed-a warm, clean, and loving home environment that can support seniors through all sorts of care needs in their later years.

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