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Partners In Care Achieves Five Star CMS Ratings for Patient Care

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...

Understanding Palliative Care: Q&A for Patients and Families

Understanding Palliative Care: Q&A for Patients and Families

When facing a serious illness, the need for compassionate care that focuses on quality of life and support for both the patient and their loved ones becomes paramount. Palliative care is a specialized form of medical care that addresses these needs by expertly...

How to Support Someone Who is Grieving

How to Support Someone Who is Grieving

Grief is a profound and personal experience, one that each person navigates in their own way. Supporting someone who is grieving can be daunting because it is hard to know what to say or do. The most meaningful grief support you can offer is your presence, not advice,...

How to Become a Hospice Volunteer in Central Oregon

How to Become a Hospice Volunteer in Central Oregon

Hospice volunteers embody the spirit of kindness and compassion, dedicating their time to bring light and comfort to those nearing the end of their life's journey. These selfless individuals offer a gift of presence, ensuring that no one must face their final days...

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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…

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