What makes a day feel normal?
Wake-up times, meals, quiet hours, hobbies, faith, visitors — the routines a person wants to keep.
Licensed adult family home · Lake Stevens, WA
Welcome.
Welcome.
We’re glad you’re here.
A licensed adult family home on 1st Street SE in Lake Stevens, where the days are unhurried, the door is always open to family, and registered nurses are part of the household.
- Two RNs, BSN — owners, on site
- 24/7 care & supervision
- WA DSHS licensed
Inside
It still feels like a house.
One single-storey home with a kitchen you can smell from the living room, step-free showers, and a porch to sit on. Have a look around.
Before anything is decided
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Four questions worth asking — of us, and of everyone else.
A good match starts with questions, not assumptions. Bring these to any home you tour.
What support is actually needed?
Mobility, personal care, medication, communication, overnight needs — at a level that still feels respectful.
How will everyone stay connected?
How families, doctors and the home share updates, make decisions, and raise concerns quickly.
Does the home feel right in person?
Access, atmosphere, room layouts, daily pace — and whether the person moving in is comfortable there.
The people here
You will know the people caring for you.
Alder is owned by two registered nurses, both BSN-prepared, and both of them are here in the home. Clinical judgement is part of the household, not a phone call away.
Agumase Addisu, RN
Nursing manager at CRISTA Rehab & Assisted Living and at Skyline Assisted Living & Rehabilitation. Rehabilitation and cardiac care nursing before that. 15+ years in health care, 11+ as a nurse. BSN. ACLS certified.
Portrait —
Betelhem Beshawered, RN
Betelhem Beshawered, RN
Betelhem Beshawered, RN, BSN
Charge nurse at Providence Swedish Rehabilitation Hospital. Acute care at Kindred Hospital with ventilated patients. BSN, Brookline College — and a BS in Electrical Engineering from UW Bothell.
What we do
Care & services.
Services we provide. Pricing can change depending on the level of care.
Personal care
Bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and continence care, at whatever level is right.
Medication management
Ordered, organised, given on schedule and documented — by a registered nurse.
Meals & diets
Three home-cooked meals plus snacks. Diabetic, low-sodium, soft and pureed diets as standard.
Mobility support
Transfers, walking assistance, wheelchair and walker support, fall prevention.
Nursing assessment
Vitals, weight, appetite and mood tracked daily, so a change gets caught early.
Laundry & housekeeping
Personal laundry, linen and daily housekeeping. Nothing for family to collect.
Look around
The house itself.
Tap any photograph to see it larger. Use the arrows or swipe to move between them.
Evening at home
The house slows down.
Dinner at one table, for as long as anyone wants to sit there. Then television, cards, or the yard while the light goes. Nobody is moved along to a schedule.
Residents are welcome to bring their own bed, chair, quilt and photographs. A room that looks like the one someone left is a room they settle into faster.
3:00 AM The hour that worries you
Someone here is awake.
This is the hour families are actually frightened of. Your mother wakes confused, or needs the bathroom, or falls — and nobody comes.
Every care home writes “24-hour care” on a list. In plenty of them it means a caregiver asleep down the hall. Ask that question at every home you tour, including this one, and make them answer it plainly.
Visit us
Come and see it in person.
Photographs only tell you so much. Walk through the house, meet both nurses, and ask the hard questions.
Call
(206) 883-9838
Tap to call. Agumase usually answers.
Email
alderhouseafh@gmail.com
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Visit
8918 1st St SE
Lake Stevens, WA 98258 Tap for directions.
Lake Stevens, WA 98258 Tap for directions.
Licensed
Washington State DSHS
Adult family home licence