Patient and Family Services

We support our patients, their caregivers and family members endorsing the importance of dignity and quality of life.
 
   
 
Our Mission

The mission of
Willamette Valley Hospice is to enhance the quality of life for terminally ill persons and their families, to provide bereavement support for the caregivers and families of our patients and members of the community, and to educate the community about the hospice philosophy and programs.
  

 

 
 

Our Promise To You

Our patients have the right to respect and dignity, quality care, privacy, participation in decision-making and access to financial information. We promise to help our patients enjoy life to its fullest by offering comprehensive support and by allowing patients to define their own care. All choices and decisions are collaborative efforts.

The patients’ caregivers and family members will learn how to provide daily care for their loved ones. Willamette Valley Hospice supports the work of family and friends by providing…

  • Registered nurses are available 24 hours a day.
  • Respite volunteers who can take over caregiving temporarily.
  • Home health aides to help with personal care and light housekeeping.
  • Counselors for family members during illness and bereavement support.
  • Special bereavement support for younger family members.

 

Our Comfort-Based Care Comes To You

The patient's caregiver and their family members will learn how to provide the daily care for their loved one. Hospice care is available wherever you call home, including nursing homes, rest homes and assisted living facilities. Willamette Valley Hospice provides expert physical/medical care, as well as emotional and spiritual support, for residents of facilities who have a life-limiting illness.

We support the care given by family and friends with:

  • Board-Certified physicians on staff to supervise and recommend best care options
  • Registered nurses available for calls or visits 24 hours a day
  • Comfort-care, pain and symptom management
  • Short-term respite stays in facilities
  • Respite volunteers help caregivers take breaks or breathers from care.
  • Home health aides to help with personal care and light housekeeping
  • Social workers to provide emotional support for patients and family members during illness, progression of disease and bereavement support
  • Counselors to provide emotional support to family members following death
  • Medications related to the life limiting illness
  • Durable medical equipment including oxygen and medical supplies related to the terminal illness
  • Hospitalization and transportation, if needed for acute symptom management
  • Spiritual support when requested
with any questions you may have. We are here for you. 
©2006 Willamette Valley Hospice - Web design by NwNetcom