EVERETT — A grant from the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe will help elderly patients receive nursing and rehabilitation care at Bethany of the Northwest facilities in the Providence Regional Medical Center’s Pacific Campus and in Silver Lake.
The $5,000 grant will help fund the nonprofit’s Dignity Project, said Virginia Wolff, director of development at Bethany of the Northwest Foundation.
“The project covers equipment and things that are special needs for residents of Bethany facilities,” she said. “Our rehabilitation equipment needs include ramp and curb training sets, wall mount blood pressure cuffs, wheelchairs and mattresses. We have a list of needs that we call our Dignity List.”
The list of needs for the care of Bethany Northwest patients also includes wheelchair cushions, a LiteGait system to help people relearn to walk and ergonomic exercise systems that can cost more than $4,000 alone, she added.
Wolff first learned about the grant from the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe before Christmas. The grant is unrestricted meaning that the nonprofit can decide where the funding is most needed.
“There’s so much to be funded,” Wolff said. “When one (need) gets fulfilled we move on to the next.”
The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Charity Fund distributes approximately $1 million every year to nonprofit organizations, churches and state-recognized schools, said Rollin Fatland, a tribal spokesman.
Bethany Northwest care at the Providence Regional Medical Center is located on the third, fourth and fifth floors of the center at 916 Pacific Ave. in Everett.
The facility in Silver Lake is located at 2235 Lake Heights Drive in Everett.
In total, Bethany Northwest facilities provide 231 beds for skilled and sub-acute nursing, 54 apartments for assisted living and 120 apartments for independent senior living.
Amy Daybert: 425-339-3491, adaybert@heraldnet.com.
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