Company Profile
Kin On Health Care Center
Company Overview
Kin On Health Care Center (Kin On) is a non-profit organization rooted in the Asian community for more than 30 years. Kin On’s mission is to honor, support, and advocate for our Asian elders and families in the Puget Sound region by offering culturally and linguistically appropriate health, social, and educational services. Kin On is creating an age-friendly campus which includes a 24/7 skilled-nursing facility, Rehab and Care Center, Home Care Services, Family Caregiver Support, Chronic Care Management Services, and Healthy Living Program. In addressing the unmet needs of the community, Kin On achieves a major capital expansion to include an Assisted Living Facility and Adult Family Home. Kin On and International Community Health Services (ICHS) formed Aging in PACE Washington (AiPACE) in 2015 to create Washington State’s first and only Asian-focused Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). In 2019, the $20 million capital campaign began, and will allow the new PACE program to open up a 25,000-square-foot senior care facility built on the vacant north parking lot of Pacific Hospital on North Beacon Hill. This program will provide integrated health care, allowing seniors to “age in place” with easy access to preventive, primary, long-term care, and support services to both participants and their caregivers.
Company History
Founded in 1985, community leaders in Seattle formed the Chinese Nursing Home Society to address
the needs of the aging Asian community. In 1987, the Nursing Home became the nation’s first bilingual
Chinese American skilled-nursing home catering to the unique cultural, linguistic and dietary needs of
Asian elders. Over the following two decades, Kin On broadened its services to provide in-home care
and supportive services to elders and their families.
In 1996, a new $11 million nursing home was built in Columbia City to replace the one being operated
under the Chinese Nursing Home Society. The new 100 bed facility opened its doors for operation on
October 1st of that year. Nearly $3.2 million was raised from the Chinese and Asian community in
order to build the new facility.
In 1997, the Chinese Nursing Home Society was renamed Kin On Community Health Care to provide
support for new offsite programs, such as Kin On Home Care, Alzheimer’s Support Center, and Kin On
Alert (emergency response). Kin On operated as two entities, Kin On Health Care Center (the nursing
home) and Kin On Community Health Care (offsite programs such as In-Home Care, Alzheimer
Support, etc.) up until 2017, when the board of directors decided to merge the two EIN’s to create one
entity known only as Kin On Health Care Center (KOHCC).
In 2017, all Kin On programs began operating solely as Kin On Health Care Center, and continues to
grow to become a vital and valuable resource for the Asian community, providing comprehensive,
culturally sensitive senior care and services, including wellness and lifelong learning programs, inhome care services, family caregiver support, rehabilitative care, and long-term skilled-nursing care.
Recent major milestones for Kin On include:
2019: AiPACE, the joint partnership between ICHS and Kin On, launched a $20 million capital
campaign to create a 25,000-square-foot senior care facility built on the vacant north parking lot of
Pacific Hospital on North Beacon Hill. This program will provide integrated health care, allowing
seniors to “age in place” with easy access to preventive, primary, long-term care, and support services
to both participants and their caregivers.
2019: Completed Phase 2 of the expansion project; opening up a new Assisted Living Building and
Adult Family Home. Assisted Living offers 26 units of affordable, culturally sensitive, supportive
housing for up to 31 residents (21 single and 5 double occupancy). Adult Family Home offers 6 private
rooms that will allow seniors with more acute needs to still have their own space in a home-like
environment, while Kin On provides 24/7 nursing care, meal preparations, and assistance with all their
needs. This integrated approach enables residents to age in place as much as possible, maximizing
quality of life, while minimizing unnecessary transitions and hospitalizations, thereby reducing
healthcare costs.
2017: Merged with Asian Senior Concerns Foundation (ASCF) in Bellevue to join the Healthy Living
Program, and to extend wellness and continuing education programs to the eastside. Currently,
providing culturally relevant health care and services to over 1200 Asian adults and seniors across all
programs.
2016: Completed Phase 1 of the expansion project to expand rehabilitation unit, built a resident
sunroom and converted the parking garage into a community center to offer wellness and lifelong
learning programs (Healthy Living Program), helping community Asian adults age 50+ stay active and
connected.
2015: Kin On and International Community Health Services (ICHS) formed Aging in PACE Washington
to create Washington State’s first and only Asian-focused Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
(PACE).
2014: Initiated at two phase capital expansion project to transform Kin On from a standalone nursing
facility to an aging-friendly campus including a wellness/community center, assisted living
apartments, adult family home, and a rehabilitation care center.