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Partners In Care Announces Queen of Hearts campaign for Hospice House
[BEND, OREGON, April 14, 2025] Partners In Care announces its “Queen of Hearts” endowment campaign for Hospice House. In 1979, a group of volunteers created their own model of care for people who were terminally ill, based on the hospice philosophy of care that had...
How Home Health Care Reduces Hospital Readmission
At Partners In Care, we believe healing doesn’t just end when a patient leaves the hospital. For many in Central Oregon, especially elderly patients or those managing chronic medical conditions, the time following a hospital discharge is a vulnerable period. Without...
A Grateful Nation Remembers: Supporting Vietnam Veterans in Life’s Final Journey
As we observe the final year of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War this month, it is a poignant time to reflect upon and honor the sacrifices made by our Vietnam veterans. These brave individuals faced unimaginable challenges and, upon returning home,...
Partners In Care Introduces End-of-Life Doula Program
[BEND, Ore., February 27, 2025] Partners In Care, the leading and most trusted provider of hospice, home health, and palliative care services in Central Oregon, will be introducing an official end-of-life doula program in partnership with The Peaceful Presence...
Separating Fact from Fiction: Debunking 10 Myths About Hospice Care
Hospice care is a compassionate approach designed to support individuals with life-limiting illnesses, focusing on comfort, dignity, and quality of life. Despite its profound benefits, common misconceptions surround hospice care, often deterring patients and families...
Choosing the Right Path: Inpatient vs. Outpatient Hospice Care
Facing the end-of-life journey is a profound experience, both for individuals and their loved ones. Making informed decisions about the type of hospice care can significantly impact the quality of this journey. Understanding the distinctions between inpatient and...
Partners In Care Invites the Community to Education Series in 2025
[BEND, Ore., January 29, 2025] Local nonprofit Partners In Care invites community members in Central Oregon to its revamped, in-person education series this year. For the past 17 years, Partners In Care has been providing no-cost community education on a myriad of...
Partners In Care Achieves Five Star CMS Ratings for Patient Care
Local Nonprofit Recognized Nationally for Exceptional Hospice and Home Health Care Programs [BEND, Ore., November 21, 2024] For the third year in a row, Partners In Care has been recognized with a prestigious five-star rating on the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare...
Partners In Care Collaborates with ALSNW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5SJ2SpPlYw Partners In Care Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) Adam Pike and our Board Member and Neurologist, Dr. Greg Ferenz support ALS Northwest as specialists in collaboration with their clinic. The work they do alongside the...
How It Can Be
By Robin Emerson, Partners In Care Volunteer For the past year and a half, I’ve visited a woman, now 77, diagnosed with a degenerative condition that causes changes in motor and language skills as areas of the brain atrophy and nerve cells die. “I’m a prisoner in my...
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Current News from around the country
New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs
Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 Billion in Medicare Savings in One Year. Better Outcomes Together with Medicare Savings Demonstrate Hospice’s Value
(Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC) – New research shows that patients’ use of hospice care contributed to $3.5 billion in savings for Medicare in 2019, while providing multiple benefits to patients, families, and caregivers…
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‘We do not do the end of life well’ – How hospice can help
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s decision to seek hospice care and receive care at home has helped bring awareness to an industry that quietly serves people at the end of their lives.
Hospice, which provides care and support services for patients who are terminally ill with a life expectancy of six months or less, offers care at the end of life — something that people often are uncomfortable talking about… Read more
Redmond toddler, family struggle against devastating diagnosis
“That’s the thing. This is a learning process,” Megan Ryan said. “We’re a team. We’re going through this together. Kash is teaching us.”
“My job is to help people live — not die,” Kindra Wey, Kashtyn’s hospice nurse, said. Rather than making Kashtyn suffer just to extend his life for a few more months, the family has decided to instead focus on making his short life as happy and comfortable as possible…