Boise Senior AdvisorCottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett at 411 East 12th Street, Emmett (Gem County) holds Idaho residential assisted living facility license RC-1187 (unrestricted), licensed for 32 beds, 32 of them in a secured memory care setting; IDHW's file lists 15 surveys and 1 enforcement action.
Is Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett in Emmett licensed by the state of Idaho?
IDHW's licensing file shows Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett as an unrestricted RALF, license RC-1187, with 32 licensed beds and a license period that runs to December 31, 2026.
| IDHW record | Value |
|---|---|
| License number and type | RC-1187, residential assisted living facility (RALF) |
| License status | Unrestricted |
| License period | January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026 |
| Licensed beds | 32 |
| Secured (memory care) beds | 32 |
| HART beds (behavioral health) | 0 |
| Resident types accepted | Alzheimer's/dementia, developmental disability, elderly, mental illness, traumatic brain injury |
| Accepts Idaho Medicaid | Yes |
| Excellence in Care award on file | None shown |
At 32 beds it is a mid-sized community; the median senior-serving RALF in the five counties has 37 beds. The secured count (32) is the figure to check when a parent with dementia has started to wander.
How did Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett do on its state inspections?
The most recent health care licensure survey, on October 4, 2024, recorded “non-core issues found”.
Over the last three years the state ran 2 complaint investigations here (52 of 93 senior RALFs in the five counties had none in that period). Across the full history 2 of 15 surveys found no issues, and 1 survey in the past five years found a core issue.
The last fire, life safety and sanitation survey was January 28, 2025: non-core issues found.
| Survey date | Survey type | Result (IDHW) |
|---|---|---|
| 07/30/2026 | Health Care Complaint Investigation | Non-core issues found |
| 01/28/2025 | Fire Life Safety and Sanitation Licensure | Non-core issues found |
| 10/04/2024 | Health Care Licensure and Follow-Up + complaint investigation | Non-core issues found |
| 11/08/2023 | Health Care Complaint Investigation | no issues found |
| 05/12/2023 | Fire Life Safety and Sanitation Licensure | Non-core issues found |
| 05/11/2023 | Health Care Licensure and Follow-Up | Non-core issues found |
| 01/06/2023 | Health Care Core Deficiency Follow-Up | no issues found |
| 08/19/2022 | Health Care Complaint Investigation | Core and Non-core issues found |
| 04/08/2022 | Fire Life Safety and Sanitation Licensure | Non-core issues found |
| 10/08/2021 | Health Care Licensure and Follow-Up | Non-core issues found |
Has Idaho taken enforcement action against Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett?
Yes: IDHW's record lists 1 enforcement action at Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett, the most recent a monetary penalties imposed February 12, 2025; 1 show no lifted date.
- Monetary Penalties, imposed February 12, 2025, not shown as lifted: FLS CMP Enforcement Letter
Idaho uses civil monetary penalties, limits or bans on admissions, provisional licenses and required consultants to force corrections. A past action is history, not a verdict; ask what changed afterward.
Who owns and runs Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett?
IDHW lists the owners as Maxfield, CEO, Mark; Derek Maxfield; Cottages Holdings, LLC; Cottages Senior Living I, LLC (Primary), and the current administrator as Karen Mendoza, in the role since 01/07/2026.
The state's five-year administrator history shows 5 administrators at this home. Frequent changes in the administrator can mean shifting routines; ask how long the current team has been in place.
Who can live at Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett?
IDHW's record lists the resident types Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett is set up for as Alzheimer's/dementia, developmental disability, elderly, mental illness, traumatic brain injury, and it does accept Idaho Medicaid.
It has secured beds, so dementia with wandering risk can be served in the locked area. Medicaid acceptance means a path to stay if savings run out; ask for the Medicaid room and board rate. How Medicaid works in Idaho assisted living.
Which assisted living homes near Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett should we compare?
The nearest other senior-serving RALF is Apple Valley Residence in Emmett, at practically the same spot (ZIP-code centers), and the closest hospital is Valor Health, roughly 5 miles.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | Secured (memory care) beds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Valley Residence 715 North Butte Avenue, 83617 | 0.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Meadow View Assisted Living and Memory Care 1013 S. Johns Ave., 83617 | 0.0 | 88 | 18 |
| Ashley Manor - Storybook Way 126 North Storybook Way, 83616 | 12.4 | 30 | 30 |
What should we ask Cottages Senior Living I LLC dba The Cottages of Emmett before moving in?
Start with what its state file shows: ask for the October 4, 2024 survey report and how each non-core item was fixed within the 30 days Idaho allows.
- There were 2 complaint investigations in three years; ask what they concerned.
- Ask how many administrators the home has had and who is in charge on weekends.
- Get the day and night staffing in writing before signing.
- Ask who delegates medication assistance and how aides are trained for it.
- Ask what would trigger a move out of the secured unit, and what extra the unit costs.
