The Dugger House
4621 S Burkheart Dr. Tacoma, WA 98409
The Dugger House
The Dugger House is a memory care provider in Tacoma, WA. The staff at The Dugger House provide supervision and are able to remind residents to attend to activities of daily living such as grooming and toileting. There are activities appropriate for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia that help keep residents active and engaged. Residents who are prone to wandering can be accepted. The Dugger House may be able to accommodate residents who are physically aggressive. The community may also be able to accept residents who exhibit bizarre or difficult behaviors. The Dugger House can administer insulin or other injected medications The Dugger House may allow residents to keep a dog or cat. Devotional services are provided to residents.
Features at a glance
- Accepts Cats
- Accepts Dogs
- Handles Aggressive Behavior
- Handles Exit Seeking
- Free Standing Community
- Can Administer Insulin
- Can Administer Medications
- Reminders And Monitoring
- Visiting Nurse
- Wheelchair Accessibility
- Behavioral Care
Residents
- Accepts Residents Under 55
- Male
Staffing
- Visiting Nurse
- Visiting Physical Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
Medium Care | Medium Care May be able to manage some activities but requires assistance and supervision with activities of daily living; may require cueing or supervision; requires assistance with provision of basic needs, i.e. medications, nutrition, hygiene, housekeeping, mobility, etc. |
Heavy Care | Heavy Care Requires total care with most or all activities of daily living, with complex care nursing needs and/or behavioral management difficulties. |
Additional Services
Care available for behavioral problems/symptoms
This community can accept residents who are an elopement risk. This community can accept residents who act out physically.
Diabetic Care
Diabetic residents must be able to manage their own care, including blood sugar tests and insulin injections. The community can help residents monitor their blood sugar but cannot give insulin injections. This community can administer insulin injections and blood sugar tests, although are it is not necessarily able to offer sliding scale therapy. This community offers diabetes care and can offer insulin injections, including sliding scale therapy.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Memory Care Offered
This community employs technology to prevent residents from wandering and becoming lost, for example bracelets that will ring an alarm if the resident leaves the community. The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander. This community's memory care section can accept residents with major behavior issues. The community's memory care area was purpose built to care for residents with Alzheimer's and dementia. The community's memory care section is in its own building.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide standby assistance for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 1 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 2 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community is equipped to use mechanical lifts transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Services
This community is provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
Transportation
- Resident Parking Available
- Complimentary Transportation
- Transportation at Cost
- Property Convenient to Busline
Smoking
- Allowed Outdoors
Additional Amenities
- Activities Onsite
- Devotional Services Onsite
- Devotional Services Offsite
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Indoor Common Areas
- Meals Provided
- Vegetarian
- Private Bath
Other Services
- Wheelchair Accessible Showers
- Full Tubs
- Hospice Available
- Aging in Place
Average Room Pricing at The Dugger House
Room Type | Memory Care |
|---|---|
1 Bedroom | $3,500 |
Nearby Cities
City | Distance | Number of Facilities |
|---|---|---|
| Ellensburg | 121 miles | 1 |
| Graham | 24.3 miles | 1 |
| Tumwater | 32.1 miles | 1 |
| Brier | 49.2 miles | 1 |
| Monroe | 60.4 miles | 1 |
| Shelton | 51.2 miles | 1 |
| DuPont | 18.4 miles | 1 |
General Pricing Information for The Dugger House
Room Type | Average Cost |
|---|---|
1 Bedroom | $3,500 |
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