Welcome to Where The Heart Is

As a premier Assisted Living and Memory Care community in Burlington, WA, Where the Heart Is proudly serves Burlington, Skagit Valley, Tacoma, Sequim, and the surrounding regions. Residents have joined our community from all over the country and the world, including New Jersey, The Netherlands, Germany, and Hong Kong. No matter where you’ve lived, we’d be honored to have you join our community.

The Burlington, WA region has numerous attractions for residents and visitors. The community is centrally located near Deception Pass, the Cascade Mountains, and the Tulip Fields. The annual Tulip Festival takes place every year, and the region is known for tasty, flavor-filled, locally-grown berries. Burlington, WA, is less than 30 minutes to Bellingham and under two hours to Seattle.

Where the Heart Is offers the area’s finest Assisted Living services, designed for residents who need a little bit of help with the Activities of Daily Living and want an exciting and enriching place to live; a place like home, only better, with resort-style amenities, fitness classes, social opportunities, and exceptional dining experiences. With a focus on both hospitality services and community engagement, we strive to create meaningful relationships with our residents who enjoy resort-style hospitality services, including scheduled transportation, cozy rooms just off of public areas, exciting on and off-site events, and more.

Where the Heart Is offers comprehensive and compassionate Memory Care services for those living with Alzheimer’s’ and other memory loss conditions. We like to celebrate everything that is special our residents. Our care teams support residents’ abilities and interests in a joyous and positive atmosphere. We constantly strive to help our residents live their lives to the fullest. We carefully select our care team members who are passionate about delivering high-quality care. All caregivers are professionally trained in working with residents in our community.

Residents of our Memory Care can take advantage of all the services and amenities Where the Heart is offers. All classes and events will be tailored to those in memory care and take place in secured areas. Amenities are also available for residents living in memory care and are customized to their unique skills and needs.

The friendly and compassionate staff at Where the Heart Is, are proud to offer our Assisted Living and Memory Care residents our award-winning SPARK® program.  Imagine a program specially designed for seniors that not only strives to help them reach their full potential but also provides an opportunity to spend their days with a sense of joyful purpose. Frontier Senior Living’s award-winning SPARK® program is exactly that!

SPARK® is a research-based program inspired by the teachings and research of Maria Montessori and Dr. Cameron Camp, which focuses on giving residents meaningful ways to feel needed and be productive. We use tailor-fit assessment tools to evaluate each resident’s capabilities and strengths, so the program can best meet their specific needs.

The Four Pillars of the Frontier SPARK® Program 

The effectiveness and success of our SPARK® program for Assisted Living & Memory Care Residents is based on 4 foundational pillars.

• Social: We ensure that each resident has a role in the community that allows them to interact with others.
• Skills Focused: Our Montessori Assessment Tool uncovers remaining skills often missed by traditional evaluations.
• Procedural Memory: Skills can be learned and even improved through repetitive “procedural learning,” which allows residents to perform routine activities with less concerted effort.
• Progression & Goal Setting: Residents who work on projects or learn new things over a period of time with a set goal in mind feel more engaged and successful.

Inspiring contribution, productivity and engagement from all of our residents is our mission. Residents are encouraged to participate in a wide range of activities based on their personal interests and abilities. We celebrate our seniors as the unique individuals that they are by providing them with both meaningful experiences and proven therapeutic techniques to help them retain their cognitive capabilities to the fullest extent possible.

If you would like to learn more about how your loved one can fill their days with meaning and purpose through our award-winning SPARK® program, we would love to speak with you more about it. You are cordially invited to visit our beautiful properties, take a tour and meet our friendly and compassionate staff of caregivers.

Whether your senior loved one requires some help with the activities of daily living (ADLs) or is living with the effects of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, our dedicated staff takes great pride in delivering high-quality care that is compassionate, safe, and resident-centered. Our health and wellness services are designed to meet our residents’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Our skilled staff includes a Medical Director, Health Services Director, Executive Director who is licensed as an infection preventionist, and LPNs. Each resident is assessed to formulate a specialized care plan based on their needs, and we strive to use activities to manage behavior and avoid medications when possible. Our community is a certified Monarch butterfly habitat with vibrant gardens that offer residents the chance to explore ways to be in nature and become immersed in creativity. With compassionate and experienced staff members, we are committed to providing the highest level of care.

Accommodations

Where the Heart Is features spacious apartments that are cozy and conveniently located near the common areas. There are shared room options and one and two-bedrooms and studios. Residents enjoy the sunroom, theatre, and beautiful courtyards and gardens.

The Where the Heart Is community features new dining room floors, a theater, a sunroom where residents gather to visit, a salon, and a beautiful courtyard for entertaining and activities. We also have two balconies where people can sit for meals or visits.

Amenities 

At Where the Heart Is all residents enjoy a diverse range of amenities designed to increase their sense of well-being, comfort, and fun! Take advantage of the spa and salon, housekeeping and linen services, library, scheduled transportation, movie nights, happy hours, art therapy, and more.

Additionally, Where the Heart Is provides a unique opportunity for residents to enjoy the vegetables from our garden, making soup daily, using SPARK™ procedural memories. Additionally, we have pop-up cookouts on the balcony, resident-made pancakes, homemade cookies, and we plan special parties based on different foods, like a chocolate day or honey day. Every Friday during the summer, residents enjoy a BBQ outside.

Explore our extensive list of amenities and experience a life that revolves around your happiness!

Top 5 Amenities

• Gourmet Dining
• Scheduled Transportation
• Social Lounges
• Courtyard
• Housekeeping & Laundry Services

Explore our extensive list of amenities below and experience a life that revolves around your happiness.

At Where the Heart Is, we offer the best in senior living, where comfort meets exceptional care, and the joy of living is celebrated daily. Learn about reasons why families choose us:

• Premium apartments with modern finishes, décor, and appliances.
• Exciting on and off-site events, classes, and outings.
• Beautiful landscaping with calming features and seating.
• Memory Care community is specifically designed and focused on various levels of cognitive impairment.
• Parties, happy hours, art therapy, donation drives, baking classes, socials, and holiday celebrations.
• Licensed nurses are on staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and all staff are trained in dementia and Alzheimer’s behaviors and care.
• Medication assistance and management.
• Help with bathing, dressing, as well as on-site spa and salon.
• Award-winning Spark Program with engaging, Montessori-inspired activities.
• Variety of floorplans and room types to meet different needs and budgets.
• Five Star Quality Care!

If you want to learn more about Where the Heart is and its many services and amenities, we invite you to contact us to set up a tour and speak with our friendly staff.

Contact Us today to learn more!