About Us

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   Our hospice is a home-based program designed to meet the special physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients and their families. Hospice provides skilled nursing, pain and symptom control, counseling, practical home care and a variety of therapies.
Hospice & Palliative Care of Washington County exists to provide support and care of persons in the last phases of incurable disease so they might live fully and as comfortably as possible. Emphasis is placed on the quality of life rather than on extending life by any means. The philosophy of hospice is not specifically a place or a program. In its broader sense, it is a concept of care. The purpose of hospice is to improve the quality of the patient and families lives by alleviating pain and recognizing that dying patients have special needs different from those whose treatment is designed to achieve a cure. Care is provided regardless of ability to pay.

The Washington County Hospice Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c) 3 organization devoted exclusively to:

 

 

 

  
  • Increasing awareness of and access to hospice care in Washington County, Oregon
  • Educating the community to specific death and dying issues.
  • Providing funds for terminally ill patients being served by Washington County Hospice who do not have the ability to pay for themselves

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A board of directors of six oversees the work of the Foundation. Established in 1994, this Foundation has thus far:

 

 

 

 

  
  • Sponsored a community adolescent grief series aimed at helping parents, teachers, and students deal with the local deaths.
  • Co-sponsored the Washington County Annual Grief Conference (1995-1999) that reached 250-400 people every year of its offering.
  • Provided, in part, an electronic communication devices to Washington County Hospice, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients unable to communicate orally.
  • Provided $16,000 toward pain medications and morphine pump expenses for a terminally ill patient unable to pay all his/her medical costs
Hospice & Palliative Care of Washington County is an equal opportunity employer and serves patients/families without regard to color, race, handicap, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ability to pay.

 

 

  
  • Oregon State Accredited
  • Medicare Certified
  • Provider Member, Oregon Hospice Association
  • Provider Member, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

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Hospice & Palliative Care of Washington County
900 SE Oak Street Suite 202 . Hillsboro, OR 97123.4214 / Phone: 503.648.9565 / Fax: 503.648.1282
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