24/7 Personal Care
Caregivers awake and on duty around the clock — bathing, dressing, mobility, and gentle company at every hour.
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Marysville, Washington · Family-Owned
A home where your loved one is truly known.
Better Life Adult Family Home is a small, six-bedroom home where every resident receives the gentle, individualized attention they deserve — from caregivers who speak their language, prepare familiar meals, and treat them like family.
24/7
On-site care
6
Private bedrooms
2
Languages spoken
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Licensed · WA #756888
Family-Owned
Run by Abonesh Bezu and her family — not a corporate chain. Decisions made with heart.
Bilingual Care
English and Amharic spoken every day. Cultural meals prepared with the comforts of home.
Specialized Care
Memory, mental health, and developmental support — beyond standard senior care.
Fully Licensed
Washington State License #756888. Compliant, inspected, and accountable.
Our Story
Built on the belief that aging shouldn't mean losing the comforts of family life.
Founded by Abonesh Bezu, Better Life is the home she built for the families she serves — the kind of place she'd want for her own loved ones. Six private rooms. A garden patio. The smells of home cooking. A caregiver who knows your father's favorite song and your mother's preferred tea.
We specialize in dementia care, mental health support, and developmental disabilities — areas that demand patience, training, and the kind of attention you can only give in a small home. Our care isn't standardized. It's personalized — one resident at a time.
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Our Care
Specialized care, delivered like family
Twelve services delivered in a single small home — so each resident gets care that's tailored, not transactional.
Memory & Dementia Care
A calm, predictable environment built around the needs of someone living with Alzheimer's or dementia.
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Trained support for adults living with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other ongoing mental health needs.
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A consistent, structured home for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities — at any stage of life.
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Trained caregivers oversee every dose — daily, on schedule, with clear coordination with each resident's doctor.
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Working alongside hospice teams, we provide comfort, dignity, and presence in a resident's final chapter.
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A Difference You Can Hear
Your loved one will be greeted in their own language.
For Ethiopian and Eritrean families especially, finding care that feels familiar can be heartbreakingly hard. At Better Life, our caregivers speak Amharic fluently and prepare culturally familiar meals — injera, doro wat, shiro, the Sunday coffee ceremony — so your mother or father feels at home, not in a strange place.
And for residents of any background, we'll learn what comfort sounds, smells, and tastes like to your family. Tell us what songs they love, what foods say "home," and we'll bring it into our kitchen and our days.
What this looks like day-to-day
- Morning greeting in the resident's preferred language
- Familiar foods cooked from scratch — Ethiopian, American, or both
- Music, prayer, and traditions from the resident's own life
- Family welcomed any time of day or night
- Cultural holidays observed and celebrated in-home
- Pets welcome — they're family too
The Home Itself
A real home — designed for ease and dignity
Six private bedrooms, wheelchair-accessible spaces throughout, and a garden patio for sunshine and fresh air.
Six Private Rooms
Each resident has their own room — with privacy, personal belongings, and quiet when they need it.
Wheelchair Accessible
Wide doorways, accessible bathrooms, and step-free paths throughout the home and garden.
Garden & Patio
An outdoor space residents can use any time — for morning coffee, family visits, or simply sitting in the sun.
Home-Cooked Meals
Three meals a day plus snacks, prepared from scratch — including cultural and dietary preferences.
Pet-Friendly
Family pets are welcome to visit. We believe a familiar bark or purr is part of feeling at home.
Anytime Visits
No fixed visiting hours. Family is welcome whenever they want to be here — morning, evening, late at night.
From Our Families
What families tell us
When we found Better Life, my mother had stopped eating at her last home. Within two weeks here, she was asking for shiro and laughing with the caregivers in Amharic. We didn't realize how much she had missed simply being understood.
The Tadesse Family
Daughter of resident · Marysville, WA
My dad has dementia, and I was terrified about placement. Abonesh sat with me for two hours on my first visit and just listened. They take the time to learn who he was, not just who he is now. That meant everything.
Michael R.
Son of resident · Snohomish County
Testimonials are paraphrased and shared with family permission. Names changed where requested.
Find Us
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4426 127th Pl NE, Marysville, WA
Tucked into a quiet residential neighborhood in Marysville, Better Life is easy to reach from Everett, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, and Arlington — but feels a world away from any institution.