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Empress Senior Living at Laurelhurst is a seventy-three-bed boarding home at 4020 NE 55th Street, Seattle, King County, Washington, providing assisted living and memory care. Licensed under Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Residential Care Services, the facility comprises studio and one-bedroom units (297 to 610 square feet) in a three-story building. Jamie Bravato serves as administrator.
The facility permits pets and provides licensed nurses and CNAs, rehabilitation services, respite care, housekeeping, and transportation. Amenities include a theater, salon and barbershop, fitness center, library, bistro, activity and art studio, private dining room, and outdoor garden terrace. A full-service restaurant provides meals; a bistro serves snacks. Current occupancy is seventy-three percent.
Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Residential Care Services conducted five inspections between March 2023 and August 2025, identifying nineteen total deficiencies. The facility averaged 6.3 deficiencies per year, 39 percent below the state average of 10.3.
The most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, found zero deficiencies. Prior citations addressed elopement prevention policy failures (one resident eloped and sustained injury on elbow), incomplete staff background checks (one staff member worked 501 days without valid background check, exposing thirty-eight to thirty-nine residents to risk), food menu documentation gaps, tuberculosis screening failures, bed rail safety issues, and fire safety documentation deficiencies including firewall and sprinkler system inspections, fire alarm testing, smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector testing, and emergency lighting and generator documentation.
One complaint investigation substantiated an elopement incident; another addressed failure to implement a Respiratory Protection Program during Covid-19 exposures (four residents and one staff member tested positive). No enforcement actions such as fines or license suspensions were documented.
Located in the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood 6.2 miles from Seattle’s city center with a walk score of seventy-eight, the facility is 0.44 miles from the nearest hospital.
Washington Medicaid programs including COPES, Community First Choice, and Washington Family Caregiver Support Program provide coverage for qualifying residents.
Families should request complete documentation of corrective actions for all cited deficiencies covering fire safety, staff background checks, elopement prevention, and Respiratory Protection Program implementation.
Similar to the Washington average: 72.5%Key information about the people who lead and staff this community.
In Washington, the Department of Social and Health Services, Residential Care Services conducts unannounced inspections and issues reports on the quality of care in all licensed settings.
This scorecard compares key inspection, citation, and complaint metrics at this facility against the Washington state average. Metrics rated ≥15% worse than average are highlighted in red; those ≥15% better are highlighted in green.
Deficiencies
| This Facility | WA Average | vs. WA Avg |
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Total deficiencies
Formal regulatory issues recorded by inspectors across all inspection types.
| 19 | 31 | This facility has 39% fewer total deficiencies than a typical Washington assisted living residence (19 vs. WA avg 31).↓ 39% better |
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Deficiencies per year
Average deficiencies per year since 2023.
| 6.3 | 10.3 | This facility has 39% fewer deficiencies per year than a typical Washington assisted living residence (6.3 vs. WA avg 10.3).↓ 39% better |
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Deficiencies per inspection
Average deficiencies per inspection.
| 3.8 | 3.4 | This facility has 12% more deficiencies per inspection than a typical Washington assisted living residence (3.8 vs. WA avg 3.4).↑ 12% worse |
Inspections
| This Facility | WA Average | vs. WA Avg |
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Total inspections
Combined count of all routine and focused inspections. Excludes complaint investigations.
| 5 | 9 | This facility has 44% fewer total inspections than a typical Washington assisted living residence (5 vs. WA avg 9).↓ 44% better |
An editor-reviewed summary of the themes and findings across this facility's recent inspection reports.
The most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, found no deficiencies, indicating the facility met Assisted Living Facility licensing requirements at that time. Earlier inspections identified issues including failure to develop a policy to prevent elopement of Memory Care Residents, incomplete background checks for staff, and fire safety documentation deficiencies. Complaint investigations included a substantiated case involving a resident eloping and sustaining an injury, and another regarding lack of a Respiratory Protection Program during Covid-19 exposures. Enforcement actions such as fines or license suspensions were not listed in the available reports. The facility showed improvement over time, with follow-up inspections confirming correction of previously cited deficiencies.
Read the full inspection reports for this facility, including detailed findings and corrective actions.
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Pets Allowed
Room Sizes: 297 - 390 / 427 - 610 sq. ft.
Housing Options: Studio / 1 Bed
Building Type: 3-story
Transportation Services
Fitness and Recreation
6.2 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from Seattle's city center to Empress Senior Living at Laurelhurst's address, calculated via Google Maps.
— 0.44 miles to nearest hospital (Seattle Children's Heart Center)
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Empress Senior Living at Laurelhurst is in the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood of Seattle.
Empress Senior Living at Laurelhurst has a walk score of 78. Very walkable. Most errands can be accomplished on foot, and many essentials are within a short walk.
According to WA state health department records, Empress Senior Living at Laurelhurst's license number is 2613.
According to WA state health department records, Empress Senior Living at Laurelhurst's license expires on May 31, 2026.
Empress Senior Living at Laurelhurst's occupancy is 73%.
Empress Senior Living at Laurelhurst has 73 beds.
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