Support for older adults and people with disabilities begins here. Learn about long‑term care options, how to apply, and where to find support.
What is Long‑Term Care
Long‑term care helps with personal tasks like bathing, meals, transportation, housework, or staying safe at home. It can also include housing options like adult family homes, assisted living, or nursing homes.
Understand your needs
What kind of help do you or your loved one need? Think about what daily tasks are becoming harder, what feels unsafe, and what would make life easier. This may include help with bathing, meals, getting around, managing medications, memory support, or staying connected to your community.
WA Cares Fund
As you explore long-term care options, it is important to understand what programs may be available to help pay for care. WA Cares Fund provides eligible Washingtonians with access to long-term care benefits that can help pay for care and support when needed.
Learn more about WA Cares Fund
Need Assistance?
Contact the Home and Community Services Intake Team to learn about long-term care services and find out if you may qualify.
Intake Team: 877-429-7019
Community Resources
- Community Living Connections
Resource for all ages, disabilities and income levels, their caregivers, legal representatives and families get the right home and community-based supports and services. - WA211.org
Connection to local community services from utility assistance, food, housing, healthcare, elder care, childcare and after school programs, mental health supports and more.
- Brochures
- Choosing Care in an Adult Family Home or Assisted Living Facility (DSHS 22-707 PDF | Additional Languages)
- New Freedom Medicaid Waiver (DSHS 22-2118 PDF)
- Medicaid and Long-Term Care Services for Adults (DSHS 22-619 PDF | Additional Languages)
- Technology Support Services (DSHS 22-2033 PDF)
- Moving from a Facility
Programs that help people with significant long‑term care needs move from institutions back into homes and community settings.
- Roads to Community Living
- Resources for People in Skilled Nursing Facilities (DSHS 22-2032 PDF | Additional Languages)
- Transitioning to a New Home Workbook (DSHS 22-1984 PDF | Additional Languages)
- If you have a developmental disability and live in a Residential Habilitation Center, nursing facility, or hospital, learn about DDA transition support.