Kin On sits in the Puget Sound region and has served the Asian community for over 35 years, focusing on care that respects culture and language with staff who speak Cantonese, Mandarin, Toishanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Korean, so families feel more at home when they need help with aging. The facility holds a Skilled Nursing Facility license (#1221), has 100 beds, and offers both long-term skilled nursing care and short-term rehabilitation, with Medicaid/Medi-Cal and Medicare options that help make it more accessible. Kin On has grown from the nation's first bilingual Chinese-American nursing home into a nonprofit with a full range of services like home care, caregiver support, assisted living apartments, and a Healthy Living Program with classes about exercise, health, and arts & crafts that encourage seniors to stay active. It's got memory care, chronic care management, pain management after hospital stays, and even a clean courtyard and activity areas for relaxing or joining group events, while some spaces have special things like a Christmas Tree with Po Ornament or kid/baby activity area to make visit time more welcoming.
Kin On emphasizes support for seniors who want to stay independent, so they have Help at Home with cooking, cleaning, and companionship, personalized care plans, in-home rehab services, and a team that works together to guide each family or resident. The Kin On Community Center in Seattle and the Eastside location in Bellevue connect seniors to free wellness programs, organized activities, and family caregiver support, while a Care Navigator Tool and the Ark & Winnie Chin Legacy Home help people pick the right service, from home care to supportive housing to assisted living. All the programs, from social services to healthy-aging classes, prioritize the needs of Asian elders, with culturally familiar meals and health support, and Kin On keeps its nonprofit roots by promoting team member jobs, volunteer spots, and lots of ways for the community to get involved. Kin On gives seniors the choice of aging at home or joining its age-friendly campus with round-the-clock nursing, rehab and recovery, adult family home options, and an environment with gentle, multilingual staff who try to honor elders and help family members too.
