Why Supporting Partners In Care in Bend, Oregon Matters
There are moments in life when time slows, when priorities narrow, and when what matters most becomes beautifully simple: comfort, connection, and being truly seen. Partners In Care exists for those moments.
Based in Bend, Oregon, Partners In Care is the region’s most trusted hospice and palliative care organization dedicated to caring for people facing serious illness and end-of-life transitions. Their work spans hospice care, palliative care, grief support, and the Hospice House—a place that feels like a sanctuary and home away from home for patients and families navigating some of life’s hardest chapters.
Their mission is not about giving up. It is about living fully, honestly, and gently—right to the very end.
Care That Sees the Whole Person
Many families arrive at Partners In Care after feeling fragmented by the healthcare system. One provider focuses on symptoms. Another addresses mental health. Another treats a diagnosis. Too often, no one sees the whole person.
Partners In Care does.
Their hospice and palliative teams focus on quality of life—physical comfort, emotional wellbeing, spiritual peace, and the needs of loved ones walking alongside the patient. Doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, aides, and volunteers work together, not just to manage illness, but to understand what matters most to each individual.
As one caregiver shared, “It’s easy to be grateful when there are wonderful people like you in the world. Your kindness, caring hearts, and comfort were a tremendous help to my family while you tended my mom with dignity. Although this was a difficult time, we felt very comforted she was in the best hands.”
A Place Where Life Still Happens: Hospice House
Many people think hospice is about dying. Families who experience Hospice House often discover something entirely different.
Hospice House is where the final chapters of a beautiful story are filled with meaning. It is where laughter still finds room. Where moments are reminisced. Where families remember why they love each other.
One husband described it this way: hospice is not a place you go to die—it is a place you go to remember how to live.
At Hospice House, patients are cared for the way loved ones would care for them if they could do everything on their own. Pain is managed. Dignity is protected. Families are welcomed, supported, and given permission to simply be present.
Stories That Stay With You
Rich Reynolds speaks of his wife, Ellie, whom he married more than 50 years ago. Their lives were shaped by love, resilience, and repeated encounters with cancer. When palliative care entered their journey, it offered something unexpected—clarity, peace, and a sense of control during uncertainty.
Another daughter shares her experience bringing her mother to Hospice House after years of unmet needs. Her mother had carried unspoken trauma for decades, believing she did not deserve comfort or care. At Hospice House, that belief was gently undone. For the first time, her mother received the love she had always deserved.
And through that care, something else happened. Her daughter was able to stop managing, advocating, and protecting—and simply become a daughter again.
That is the quiet power of hospice done well. Watch their stories.
Care That Reaches Beyond Medicine
Partners In Care also provides:
- Palliative care for people living with serious illness, helping manage symptoms while patients continue treatment
- Hospice care in homes, care facilities, and at Hospice House
- Grief support for individuals and families before and after loss
- Caregiver support, education, and counseling
Every service is guided by compassion, respect, and the belief that no one should walk this path alone.
How Your Support Makes a Difference
As a nonprofit, Partners In Care relies on community generosity to continue providing care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. Donations help ensure that Hospice House remains open, staffed, and ready to welcome families when they need it most.
Your support can help fund:
- Uncompensated hospice and palliative care services
- Hospice House operations and patient comfort needs
- Grief counseling and bereavement programs
- Training and support for nurses, caregivers, and volunteers
There are many meaningful ways to give—one-time donations, recurring gifts, memorial contributions, and planned giving options that honor loved ones while supporting future families.
Ways to Give and Support Partners In Care
Partners In Care is a nonprofit organization, and community support makes it possible to provide hospice and palliative care to everyone who needs it, regardless of ability to pay. Your generosity helps sustain Hospice House, expand services, and ensure no family faces serious illness alone.
Ways to give include:
- One-time donations to support hospice, palliative care, and grief services
- Monthly giving to provide steady, ongoing support for patients and families
- Tribute and memorial gifts made in honor of someone you love
- Planned giving options, including bequests and legacy gifts
- Employer matching gifts, when available, to extend the impact of your donation
Each contribution helps fund compassionate care, patient comfort, family support, and the dedicated teams who walk alongside people during life’s most vulnerable moments.
To learn more or make a gift, visit our Donation page.
A Lasting Impact
Giving to Partners In Care is not just a donation. It is an act of trust—trust that when someone is facing fear, pain, or loss, they will be met with kindness instead of urgency, presence instead of pressure.
It is an investment in care that restores dignity, strengthens families, and reminds patients and caregivers alike that love and connection do not end when time becomes limited.
In moments when life feels most fragile, Partners In Care stands steady. With your support, they can continue to do so for generations to come.