Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House is an in-patient facility that serves patients who are near the end of life and provides respite care for family caregivers. The facility features twelve private rooms with various amenities and is able to accommodate frailty, incontinence, and wheelchairs. It’s available statewide.
The Oregon Home Care Commission Registry and Referral System is a 24/7 service connecting employers with homecare workers across the state, with no age restrictions.
OHPCA provides information about hospice and palliative care, caregiving, family grief support groups, and death with dignity options. Their website offers a facility finder and care comparison tool. They work statewide and there is no age restriction.
NHPCO offers nationwide resources to help people of all ages understand, prepare, and plan for end-of-life care and the available resources.
Kindred Hospice offers hospice and palliative care services to individuals with end-stage illnesses in Clackamas, Columbia, Marion, Multnomah, and Washington counties. Their team of professionals includes registered nurses, physicians, health care aides, social workers, chaplains, bereavement counselors, and trained volunteers who provide care in English and Spanish using interpreter services.
Pinnacle Hospice Care of Portland offers comfort care for those in need of hospice services, providing medications, medical equipment, education, spiritual care, grief support, respite care, and community resource referrals to patients, loved ones, and caregivers in Clackamas, Columbia, Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill counties.
The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Helpline (NHPCO) provides individuals and families with assistance and information about end-of-life care and services. NHPCO’s website, www.nhpco.org, offers valuable resources and support to those facing serious illness or the loss of a loved one.
The National Association of Home Care and Hospice advocates for in-home caregivers of the chronically ill and disabled, and offers a database search locator for home care and hospice agencies nationwide. No age restriction applies.