Emerald Heights

Independent living senior housing and services: Eastside Retirement Association (dba: Emerald Heights) provides safe and secure senior housing and services to approximately 433 independent living residents in the organization's 333 apartments. The organization provides many support services, including meal services provided in a central dining room, fitness and exercise classes, equipment and swimming pool, wellness programs, social programs, a wide variety of resident activities, both on site and other locations, transportation to medical appointments and grocery stores, banks, and special activities, spiritual services, chapel and an on-site chaplain. All residents have unlimited access to assisted living and skilled nursing health care. Emerald Heights was financed with bonds issued by the Washington state housing finance commission. Through a separate regulatory agreement with the Washington state housing finance commission, Emerald Heights has set aside 25% of all units for lower-income households as defined by the commission. Emerald Heights is a type a extensive contract life plan Retirement community. As a type a facility in the state of Washington, no resident of Emerald Heights may utilize tax-payer funded public assistance programs such as medicaid. Emerald Heights provides financial assistance to residents who, for reasons beyond their control, become unable to pay their monthly service fees. As a not-for-profit, mission-driven organization, revenues generated in excess of expenses are invested and held as reserves to ensure all current and future contractual obligations can be fully met, to replace facility and program assets as needed and to allow prudent expansion of the mission. Emerald Heights provides opportunities for residents and staff to interact within the Emerald Heights community, the greater redmond community and beyond by establishing joint resident/staff committees, establishing close ties with community facilities such as redmond high school, and developing community outreach services and programs consistent with its mission. Emerald Heights recruits, develops and retains competent and caring staff who share the organization's principles, values and standards by maintaining open communication and stressing team work that builds up the spirit of community, and developing standards of performance for evaluation based on position descriptions, and providing fair, competitive compensation and benefits.

Assisted living housing, services and health care: Emerald Heights has 56 assisted living apartments that provide long-term housing and services to residents that need more care than independent living residents. Room and board are provided at the rate the resident would pay if they remained in their private residential unit plus the cost of receiving additional meals. A wide variety of support services are available to assist with activities of daily living and memory care for those residents with dementia. Social and program activities are provided. Some of these services are provided at additional cost to the resident.

Skilled nursing housing, services and health care: Emerald Heights has 61 skilled nursing beds that provide housing, care and nursing services to residents that need this higher level of care. Services in this area may be short term to provide needed care to rehabilitate after an illness or injury. The skilled nursing facility also provides long-term custodial care for those residents needing this higher level of health care. Room and board are provided at the rate the resident would pay if they remained in their private residential unit plus the cost of receiving additional meals. A wide variety of health care, support services, social and program activities are available to assist and care for residents. Some of these services are provided at additional cost to the resident.