Emerald heights is a not-for-profit NON-denominational life plan retirement community providing a continuum of living accommodations, supportive services, and health care for residents 55 years of AGE and older. As a life plan retirement community on the eastside of puget sound, the organization offers a wide range of quality programs, services and facilities to meet the health, social, spiritual and intellectual needs of its residents and to serve the broader community. Emerald heights is operated to fulfill its mission of service while remaining true to its CORE values of integrity, stewardship, empowerment, faith, change and choice. The organization is owned and operated by eastside retirement association. The association's board of directors is comprised of local community members, emerald heights' residents and heron's key resident, ALL dedicated to the mission of emerald heights and to ensure it continues to maintain its high standards of excellence and remains financially sound.