Partners In Care

01/28/2025

Important tax support across Central Oregon cities for low-income or older adults from the Council on Aging. Thank you for sharing this valuable resource!

AARP Foundation's Tax aide program in Central Oregon has appointments available at six locations to assist low-income and older adult taxpayers during the upcoming tax season. To make an appointment, please call the number associated with your location of choice.

01/24/2025

Thank you Mt. Bachelor Assisted Living & Memory Care for hosting us this week to share more about hospice and palliative care! Our Palliative Care Medical Director Dr. Jenny Blechman and Registered Nurse Laurie Slye gave a presentation to community members, staff, and residents to help dispel myths and raise awareness about both programs.

01/24/2025

We had the privilege of speaking with members of Redmond Kiwanis Club this week about our programs, and in particular how we support youth… our pediatric hospice and palliative care patients, children’s grief support program Camp Courage, and the Loss of a Child grief support group for parents.

We appreciate the support and collaboration of community organizations like Kiwanis!

01/09/2025

If you don’t have a calendar for this year, order a 2025 Therapy Dogs calendar for yourself, friends, or family and help support the many programs that Partners In Care is able to offer because of support from community members like you! Or order a calendar simply because our therapy dogs are so adorable. 🐾 So many programs at Partners In Care continue thanks to generous donors, with just a few examples below:

⭐ Transitions: a non-medical, resource-based program for people with life-limiting illnesses, where we help them or their loved ones navigate care, get connected with meals if there is food insecurity, connect with various housing resources, transportation, and more. We help them live with a better quality of life and are a life-line of support so no one falls through the cracks.

⭐ Grief support programs: free bereavement programs available to the community for those who have experienced the death of a loved one. A new program this year thanks to a generous donor was for parents experiencing the loss of a child.

⭐ Veterans outreach: we connect aging veterans with community resources, VA benefits, healthcare, and many other programs across Central Oregon to combat isolation and ensure veterans receive the unique care and recognition they deserve.

The HosPet volunteers at Partners In Care bring immeasurable care, comfort, and joy to patients and families across Central Oregon. 🐶 Dogs and their human partners spend time together visiting patients with serious, chronic, and terminal illnesses in their homes, senior living facilities, and Hospice House.

Order a calendar for $10 today to bring joy to yourself, a friend, or someone you love!

HosPet volunteers, the dogs and their human partners, provide companionship and comfort for our patients and families across Central Oregon.

01/03/2025

Be a Santa to a Senior is such a wonderful program! We are happy to support Home Instead every year with their mission of bringing joy to faces of older adults across Central Oregon during the holiday season 🥰

01/01/2025

We are so grateful for all the community support we’ve had in 2024 during a pivotal year for our team at Partners In Care!

We celebrated 45 years as a hospice organization in Central Oregon, 20 years of our free Transitions program, and 10 years of improving quality of life with our palliative care team.

Because of gracious reviews of our services and positive responses to Medicare surveys, we were recognized as your most trusted and compassionate hospice and home health team in the region. These recognitions are a testament to the exemplary and patient-centered care we provide to our neighbors across all services at Partners In Care.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five stars on the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey for the third year in a row (only hospice in Central Oregon and one of 5 in all of Oregon)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five stars on the Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) Home Health Survey

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Level Five National We Honor Veterans partner based on exemplary care and service provided to veterans

✨ Voted by YOU as the Best of Bend hospice organization for 2024

We look forward to continuing to support our neighbors in 2025 with compassion and dignity, just like how you support us. 💕

12/28/2024

We had a fantastic time supporting Home Instead Be A Santa to a Senior program this year to bring joy throughout Central Oregon. Even one of our hospice nurses, Dan Jeans, got into the action at the present wrapping party, dressing up as Santa!

We are grateful for partners in the community like Home Instead and the many other organizations that show up each year to bring a smile to so many older adults this holiday season.

12/20/2024

It's the last push for the year to donate to our Central Oregon Gives initiative! We are only $1200 away from our goal... can you donate $25 today?! is supporting with incentives this week if you donate. Help us win an additional $15,000 for patient care if we meet our goal by the end of the year.

Learn more about Partners In Care and how your donation helps on this radio segment with Dave Clemens from KQAK 105.7 FM Listen here: https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2024/01/17224422/ico-2024-12-08-seg2-maureen-dooley-morgan-sartin-partners-in-care.mp3

Our Communications Manager Maureen Dooley and Philanthropy Manager Morgan Sartin were recently on speaking about how we rely on community support as a nonprofit and how you can help the patients and families we serve during this holiday season! Donate at CO Gives today https://centraloregongives.com/nonprofit/partners-in-care/

12/17/2024

We are a proud supporter of Be A Santa to a Senior through Home Instead! We hope to see you at the wrapping party Wednesday night.

The Be a Santa to a Senior wrapping party is on Wednesday! This fun and festive event is open to the public at Silver Moon Brewing. Come by to wrap presents for local Meals on Wheels participants and enjoy food and festivites. It's a great family event to get into the holiday spirit. The BASTAS program is organized by Home Instead.

12/10/2024

The HosPet volunteers at Partners In Care bring immeasurable care, comfort, and joy to patients and families across Central Oregon. 🐶 Dogs and their human partners spend time together visiting patients with serious, chronic, and terminal illnesses in their homes, senior living facilities, and Hospice House.

This holiday season, order a 2025 Therapy Dogs calendar for yourself, friends, or family and help support the many programs that Partners In Care is able to offer because of support from community members like you! Or order a calendar simply because our dogs are so adorable. 🐾 So many programs at Partners In Care continue thanks to generous donors, with just a few examples below:

⭐ Transitions: a non-medical, resource-based program for people with life-limiting illnesses, where we help them or their loved ones navigate care, get connected with meals if there is food insecurity, connect with various housing resources, transportation, and more. We help them live with a better quality of life and are a life-line of support so no one falls through the cracks.

⭐ Grief support programs: free bereavement programs available to the community for those who have experienced the death of a loved one. A new program this year thanks to a generous donor was for parents experiencing the loss of a child.

⭐ Veterans outreach: we connect aging veterans with community resources, VA benefits, healthcare, and many other programs across Central Oregon to combat isolation and ensure veterans receive the unique care and recognition they deserve.

Order a calendar for $20 today!

HosPet volunteers, the dogs and their human partners, provide companionship and comfort for our patients and families across Central Oregon.

12/03/2024

This Giving Tuesday, we ask that you support our team and the patients and families we serve. Each year, thousands of our neighbors across Central Oregon entrust is with caring for their loved ones, friends, and family with serious, chronic, and terminal illnesses.

Deeply rooted in the community and trusted by our neighbors, partners, and healthcare professionals, our team members and volunteers are honored to provide exemplary and patient-centered care every day. We couldn't do what we do without the support of the community. As a community based nonprofit organization, many of the services we provide free of charge, simply because it's the right thing... some of those include our Transitions program for those with life limiting illnesses, our community grief support groups, our Veterans outreach support, and more. Our team members go above and beyond to help out their most vulnerable neighbors to help improve quality of life and provide an extra layer of support for loved ones during challenging times.

If you can donate today, we ask that you not do it for the incentives (while amazing this week!), but for your neighbors across Central Oregon who may be facing health challenges and could use a compassionate hand to help them navigate their care.

Whatever amount you donate makes a difference; whether it's $1, $5, $25, or $100, we appreciate any amount you can give on this Giving Tuesday.

From the bottom of our hearts (all 200 staff and nearly 200 volunteers!) to yours, we thank you. ❤

Donate here: https://centraloregongives.com/nonprofit/partners-in-care/

12/03/2024

We are so grateful The Bulletin interviewed one of our hospice nurses, Susan Myers, who was able to share both her personal and professional experience of caring for those with Alzheimer's and Dementia.

“I can’t emphasize enough that people with Alzheimer’s or any kind of dementia, they are still who they are in their core, they are there,” Susan Myers said.

Compassionate care is at the heart of Myers’ care for memory loss patients.

“I think they’re lovely human beings whose brains just don’t work the way they used to,” Myers said. “Understand that every human being at their core understands a compassionate approach.”

Read the full article in photos or here: https://www.bendbulletin.com/health/redmond-senior-center-brings-education-to-alzheimer-s-awareness-month/article_421eca46-a877-11ef-80ec-43dd5d4b71a4.html

Alzheimer's Association Living Well With Dementia Sisters Redmond Senior Center Country Side Living of Redmond

11/23/2024

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 Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey. The Home Health team at Partners In Care also achieved a five-star rating from the Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HHCAHPS) Home Health Survey from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

“We are very proud of our team and the exemplary care that our clinicians provide every day to our patients, their family members, and caregivers,” said Kristi Williams, RN, Quality Program Manager at Partners In Care. “This dual recognition for hospice and home health is a testament to the strong and patient-focused team we have here at Partners In Care. We take care of patients and families as if they were our own family members and strive for excellence, compassion, and dignity across all service lines.”

The success of the hospice and home health services at Partners In Care can be attributed to the exceptional team of healthcare professionals who demonstrate unparalleled expertise and empathy in their work. From doctors and nurses to home care aides, social workers, therapists, chaplains, volunteers, and administrative support, the Partners In Care team is driven by a genuine passion for serving their patients and their loved ones during some of life’s most challenging journeys.

Read more in our press release!

[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 Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey.