Assessment
It starts with understanding the resident
Before move-in, the home reviews the resident's assessment, abilities, routines, and preferences: what they can do on their own, where they need cueing, and where they need hands-on help.
Personal Care Assistance
Compassionate Personal Care Assistance for Seniors
At Magnolia Senior Care, our caregivers provide personalized assistance with everyday activities, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, mobility, transfers, and daily routines. We tailor support to each resident's assessed needs, abilities, preferences, and negotiated care plan, emphasizing dignity, comfort, safety, and independence whenever possible.
How it works
What families can expect.
Care plan
A negotiated care plan guides each day
In Washington, each Adult Family Home resident has a negotiated care plan developed with the resident and their representative. It spells out what help is needed, how it is given, and the resident's preferences, so every caregiver works from the same plan.
Daily help
Assistance with everyday activities
Bathing and showering, dressing, grooming and oral care, toileting and continence care, eating, walking, and transfers, including mechanical lift transfers when the care plan calls for them.
Independence
Doing with, not for
Caregivers encourage residents to do as much as they safely can, offering reminders or stand-by help before stepping in.
Changing needs
Plans are updated as needs change
When a resident's abilities change, the care plan is reviewed and updated with the resident and family. RN-guided care planning helps the team notice when a review is needed.
RN-Led Clinical Excellence + Family-Centered Care
The role of RN oversight
Sosena Mekuria, RN, guides care planning so caregivers know what help is needed and how to give it safely. Registered Nurse visits are scheduled according to resident needs and each home's care arrangements. Trained caregivers provide 24-hour resident support, and Magnolia does not provide 24-hour on-site nursing.
Good to know
Limits and fit
Some support, such as awake overnight care, dedicated one-on-one support, or two-caregiver assistance, may be available for an additional fee, as described in each home's Disclosure of Services. Each home can only provide care it can safely deliver given the needs of residents already in the home.
At each home
Two homes, two clearly defined RN roles.
Burien, WA
Magnolia Senior Loving Care: RN-Owned & Operated
The Burien home is owned and operated by Sosena Mekuria, RN, who directly oversees care planning and daily operations there.
Visit the Burien home pageDes Moines, WA
Magnolia Senior Care of Highline: RN-Managed
The Des Moines home is RN-Managed: Sosena Mekuria, RN, provides RN management and oversight of care planning there.
Visit the Des Moines home pageQuestions families ask
Frequently asked questions
FAQ
How is the level of help decided?
Through the resident's assessment and negotiated care plan, which is reviewed when needs change.
FAQ
Will my loved one be encouraged to stay independent?
Yes. Caregivers encourage residents to do what they safely can and offer cueing or stand-by help before doing tasks for them.
FAQ
Can Magnolia help with two-person transfers or overnight care?
Two-caregiver assistance, dedicated one-on-one support, and awake overnight care may be available for an additional fee. Ask during your consultation.
Services are provided when appropriate for the individual resident, based on assessment, the negotiated care plan, and each home's ability to meet needs safely. This page is general information, not medical advice.
Free and no-obligation
Talk through your loved one's needs.
A free consultation is a calm way to ask questions, understand fit, and plan a tour of one or both homes.