About Us
Washington Care Center is a team of people sharing the commitment to understand and help those unable to care for themselves and their family and friends. For more than forty years we’ve been listening to, caring for and comforting our neighbors in the Rainier Valley.
Mission:
Washington Care Center is a multicultural community committed to enhancing the lives of our residents needing long-term care or short-term rehabilitation by consistently demonstrating high standards of practice in a therapeutic homelike environment. We aim to serve as a community resource and asset by providing jobs, training, student-mentoring and exceptional services.
Vision:
To be a premier provider of both short-term rehabilitative services and long-term care in the Pacific Northwest and a center of excellence among all skilled nursing facilities.
To maintain an exceptional community reputation through a highly skilled and professional staff offering total comprehensive care.
To cost effectively return each individual to the most productive and independent life possible.
To partner with all other appropriate community resources which enhance our ability to achieve our mission.
Our Core Values:
We are guided by the principles and values that embrace continual performance improvement. Care that is compassionate and professional, respectful of individuals and their rights is delivered by our health care professionals who creatively offer full support and teamwork at each level of our organization.
Respect: We affirm the dignity and autonomy and worth of the whole person.
Compassion: We create a caring environment that supports fulfillment, companionship and empathy, recognizing that human suffering is relieved when issues of hopelessness, loneliness and boredom are addressed.
Cooperation: We are aware that working together with a common purpose results in mutual benefits for our employees and positive outcomes for those we serve.
Wisdom: We are guided by the knowledge and ethical foundation of our professions, utilizing good judgment, sound action, creativity and experience to guide our caring practices.
History:
Washington Care Center first opened in 1959 and from the very beginning through today has been a locally owned nursing home. Throughout our history, services have reflected the needs of our community. The first of our family owners was Don Watkins who sold the operations to Carolyn and Leo Pavlov. The Pavlov’s sold their company to Dan and Dee Humphrey in 1986.
In 2000, SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) started working with the Humphreys to put together a plan that would ensure that Washington Care Center would remain a strong employer and community asset. SEED is a community-based not-for-profit development corporation that invests in the future of Southeast Seattle. SEED formed two additional not-for-profit corporations. The first, Southeast Care Center Facilities (SCCF) purchased the building and equipment in 2005 and immediately added a 49-bed sub-acute unit and remodeled the existing nursing home. The second, Washington Care Services (WCS), purchased the operations in 2006.
SEED
Founded in 1975, SEED works to strengthen and revitalize the neighborhoods and business districts of Southeast Seattle. The organization is made up of fourteen individuals living and working in our community. Under their direction SEED has been developing community-change strategies to improve Southeast Seattle using four major program components: Economic Development, Housing, Arts and Capital Improvements. You can find out more about SEED at www.seedseattle.org.
The SEED Mission:
- To revitalize the Rainier Valley by creating effective partnerships and new working relationships among public and private sectors and the community.
- To serve as a strong entrepreneur in housing and economic development.
- To strive for housing preservation, business retention, commercial redevelopment and revitalization, cultural enhancement and neighborhoods.