Bethany at Silver Lake

My 86 yr. old father was transferred to this facility, after being released from the hospital. His major complaint is when he pressed the call button, no one came "immediately" to his call. I understand, he didn't, that this isn't a hospital, where there would be an immediate response to his call button request. However, he did state it could take up to 30 minutes for someone to come to his call request.

My mother was being rehabilitated after her hip surgery here. She became ill with the flu 4 weeks into her stay. She was taken to therapy even though she told them she was ill. She vomited all over the floor and herself loosing her dentures. Staff cleaned her up and threw away her teeth in the process. She was without teeth and being served food she had to chew. Her food was cold most of the time. No one took the initiative to make sure she was cared for correctly.. fed correctly... This care facility is on the National Nursing Home Watch list. They have a red flag "actual harm or imediate jeopardy" rating... they hire persons with known histories of abuse/neglect...

My grandfather was suffering from mild dementia. We knew that he could no longer stay in his own home unassisted, and we worried a great deal about what moving to a new environment would do to his state of mind. This was my mother's dad, so my mom and I toured many facilities in the Everett area. Many of the facilities were great and we started to feel more comfortable about the situation. When we went to Bethany, we knew we had found the place. The environment felt very warm and caring from the minute we stepped in, not institutionalized at all. The room my grandpa ended up settling in was excellent, and bigger than other places we had looked at. Because of his dementia issues, eating and personal hygiene were areas that he needed help with. When he stopped showing up for meals, he was reminded that he needed to eat. When he stopped brushing his teeth and shaving, he was assisted. In a few short weeks, my grandpa, who had been living alone and mostly isolated since my grandmother had died the year before, was communicating with people his own age on a daily basis. After a few months, he even had a girlfriend and it warmed out hearts to see my grandpa move on with his life. We strongly feel that even though it was a difficult decision to move my grandpa out of his home, this ended up being the best scenario possible and my grandpa thrived in assisted living. The best thing about Bethany too was that there was a nursing facility connected with Bethany so that in the event that grandpa needed to transfer to a nursing home, the transition would have been easy.