Josephine Sunset Home

This place conjures up the nightmarish images of nursing homes of the past, where people «park“loved ones waiting for them to die.
Our dad was there 10 days. He never saw a doctor, or in his recollection the head nurse. He slept in a wheelchair writhing in pain every night. They loaded him with narcotics so he could barely talk. His legs swelled with 40 pounds of water weight. We paid $ 450 a night for this lack of care (because he was only in the hospital 2 nights, not 3 before arrival.) The money would have been much better spent going to the Four Seasons, where there is also no medical care, but the beds and food are better.
His kids intervened and whisked him to Vermont where he entered Grace Cottage. This place and their doctors and nurses saved his life. Within 48 hours, he was himself again, he’d lost 40 pounds, he was sleeping in a bed, and he was off the narcotics. He plans to come back to Camano Island soon.
We are thankful that we were able to get him better care even if we had to leave the area to do it. Medical experts say that if he’d stayed 7 days more, we wouldn’t have him around. Our familly if working overtime to see if there is a place in the Northwest that actually provides medical care for older people who are suffering.