We Are Your Community Hospice

Since 1978, Willamette Valley Hospice, a nonprofit organization, has focused on community support and care. Our program began when local volunteers passionately dedicated their efforts to meet the needs of terminally ill patients and their families.

Providing compassionate and quality hospice care, Willamette Valley Hospice has traditionally served many of our friends and neighbors living throughout Marion and Polk counties. Community is important to us and so is offering the best end-of-life care we can provide.

We offer comprehensive hospice care services, including music, and massage therapy, bereavement support for the caregiver and information available for Spanish speaking communities. In our continuing efforts toward providing excellent care, we are Medicare certified and accredited by the Joint Commission.

Why Choose Willamette Valley Hospice?

• Our strong commitment for providing quality comfort-based hospice care in the community since 1978
• We are recognized for providing essential community resources for end-of-life care education
• We provide hospice care to patients of all ages, including children and infants
• Our care is available to everyone care regardless of their ability to pay
• Providing expert supervision by Hospice and Palliative Care Board-Medical Directors and Nurses
• Our staff is specially trained in pain and symptom management
• We are committed to excellence - Medicare/Medicaid certified and are rigorously evaluated and accredited by the Joint Commission (an agency that evaluates saftey and quality of care standards)http://www.jointcommission.org
• Offering free hospice education and resources to the needs of our growing community.
• Supporting patients and families with registered nurses available for visits and calls 24 hours a day seven days a week
• Spiritual counselors, social workers and home health aides
• We provide additional services: music, occupational, massage and physical therapies
• Trained hospice volunteers offering special care and support for patients
• Bereavement counselors provide grief support for adults, children and families in area schools and in the surrounding communities of Marion and Polk counties
• Offering hospice care, bereavement and volunteer services in Spanish
• Family and children focused - providing an annual summer grief camp to help families heal and learn more about loss.

Who Are Our Patients?

• Individuals diagnosed with cancer account for a large number of our patients. However, our patients also face heart, respiratory or neurological related diseases, liver or kidney diseases and strokes.
• Our patients range in age from newborn to 109 years; the average patient age is 76 years.
• Nearly nine out of 10 of our patients are over 60 years old; many rely on Medicare.
• We are committed to providing the spiritual guidance that our patients request while under hospice care.
• Many of our patients are cared for by life partners or other close family members.

For more information call 503.588.3600 or toll-free at 800.555.2431