Our Mission
Part of Hearts for Hospice's mission is to educate our community about hospice and end-of-life concerns. This page is dedicated to providing the community with resources and programs that may help anyone who is involved with hospice or end-of-life.
Planning Ahead
Advance Care Planning
Planning ahead is about preparing for the future today. Communicating your end-of-life wishes to your loved ones, appointing a healthcare power of attorney, and writing a will and addressing the costs of long-term care are just a few of the issues you can address today to plan ahead.
www.or.polst.org/advance-directives/
www.caringinfo.org
www.theconversationproject.org
Planning ahead is about preparing for the future today. Communicating your end-of-life wishes to your loved ones, appointing a healthcare power of attorney, and writing a will and addressing the costs of long-term care are just a few of the issues you can address today to plan ahead.
www.or.polst.org/advance-directives/
www.caringinfo.org
www.theconversationproject.org
Advance Directives
An advance directive is a legal document that details your wishes for medical treatment and names an agent to follow your instructions if you are no longer able to speak for yourself.
www.or.polst.org/advance-directives/
www.caringinfo.org
An advance directive is a legal document that details your wishes for medical treatment and names an agent to follow your instructions if you are no longer able to speak for yourself.
www.or.polst.org/advance-directives/
www.caringinfo.org
POLST – Physician Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment
The National POLST paradigm is an approach to end-of-life planning based on conversations between patients, loved ones, and health care professionals designed to ensure that seriously ill or frail patients can choose the treatments they want, or do not want, and that their wishes are documented as a doctor’s order and honored.
www.or.polst.org/advance-directives/
National Chapter - www.polst.org
Oregon Chapter - www.or.polst.org
The National POLST paradigm is an approach to end-of-life planning based on conversations between patients, loved ones, and health care professionals designed to ensure that seriously ill or frail patients can choose the treatments they want, or do not want, and that their wishes are documented as a doctor’s order and honored.
www.or.polst.org/advance-directives/
National Chapter - www.polst.org
Oregon Chapter - www.or.polst.org
Hospice
Hospice offers medical care toward a different goal: maintaining or improving quality of life for someone whose illness, disease, or condition is unlikely to be cured. Each patient’s individualized care plan is updated as needed to address the physical, emotional, and spiritual pain that often accompanies terminal illness. Hospice care also offers practical support for the caregiver(s) during the illness and grief support after the death. Hospice is something more that is available to the patient and the entire family when curative measures have been exhausted and life prognosis is six months or less.
Cascade Health
Cascade Health is a local nonprofit organization whose goal is to make life better for those it has the privilege to serve. The organization provides a full continuum of skilled services outside of a hospital setting to empower people to make informed, supported healthcare decisions during all phases of health, and at the end of life. Programs supported by Hearts for Hospice include:
www.cascadehealth.org
541-228-3050 / 541-228-3035
Cascade Health is a local nonprofit organization whose goal is to make life better for those it has the privilege to serve. The organization provides a full continuum of skilled services outside of a hospital setting to empower people to make informed, supported healthcare decisions during all phases of health, and at the end of life. Programs supported by Hearts for Hospice include:
- Palliative Care Plus | Palliative care provides pain and symptom management for people with life-limiting illnesses. It is available earlier in the disease process than hospice, and does not require a six-month prognosis, allowing people to benefit from additional support and comfort measures while still undergoing curative treatment and rehabilitative care.
- Home Hospice | Home Hospice provides care and support for people with a terminal illness, focusing on comfort and quality of life and allowing people to remain in the comfort of their home, residence, or care facility. Hospice teams are interdisciplinary and offer individualized physical, emotional, social, and spiritual support to patients and their families, including ongoing bereavement support.
- Pete Moore Hospice House | Pete Moore Hospice House offers a home-like environment and hospital-level care for people with a terminal illness. Patients at the hospice house may need a higher level of care than can be offered at home or may simply prefer a live-in setting.
www.cascadehealth.org
541-228-3050 / 541-228-3035
Hospice of Sacred Heart
Website
541-461-7550
Hospice Foundation of America
www.hospicefoundation.org
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
www.nhpco.org
Palliative Care
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stresses of a serious illness—whatever the diagnosis. The goal of the Life Passages Program is to allow those in our community suffering with serious illness to remain at home and stay independent for as long as possible, while improving their quality of life.
PeaceHealth Palliative Care Team
https://www.peacehealth.org/sacred-heart-university-disctrict/palliative-care
Grief Programs
Courageous Kids
The Courageous Kids organization offers programs that provide a caring and accepting atmosphere where grieving young people will learn that their feelings and thoughts are normal and that expressing those feelings helps to relieve the pain of the loss.
The organization offers weekly support groups, an annual summer camp and a Teen Theatre Troupe for children who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Support groups are also available for parents and guardians.
Services are offered free of charge to participants.
https://www.courageouskidseugene.org/
The Courageous Kids organization offers programs that provide a caring and accepting atmosphere where grieving young people will learn that their feelings and thoughts are normal and that expressing those feelings helps to relieve the pain of the loss.
The organization offers weekly support groups, an annual summer camp and a Teen Theatre Troupe for children who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Support groups are also available for parents and guardians.
Services are offered free of charge to participants.
https://www.courageouskidseugene.org/
Sacred Heart Adult Bereavement Support Groups
Hospice of Sacred Heart offers weekly and series support groups for any adult grieving the recent death of a loved one. Both daytime and evening meetings are available.
These groups are offered free of charge.
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Hospice
541-461-7550
Hospice of Sacred Heart offers weekly and series support groups for any adult grieving the recent death of a loved one. Both daytime and evening meetings are available.
These groups are offered free of charge.
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Hospice
541-461-7550
Sacred Heart Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends hold monthly meetings to provide support to bereaved parents, siblings, grandparents, or anyone who has lost a child of any age, under any circumstances. Compassionate Friends meets at the Lane County Mental Health building at 2411 MLK Jr. Boulevard.
This group is offered free of charge.
Contact Information
Sarah Garcia
425-289-9659
eugenecompassionatefriends@gmail.com
The Compassionate Friends hold monthly meetings to provide support to bereaved parents, siblings, grandparents, or anyone who has lost a child of any age, under any circumstances. Compassionate Friends meets at the Lane County Mental Health building at 2411 MLK Jr. Boulevard.
This group is offered free of charge.
Contact Information
Sarah Garcia
425-289-9659
eugenecompassionatefriends@gmail.com
Support Services
Patient Pet Advocates
Patient Pet Advocates provides pre-planning assistance, education, emergency services, and advocacy for pet owners facing a life-altering or terminal illness in the Eugene/Springfield area.
Our Services:
info@patientpetadvocates.org
www.patientpetadvocates.org
541-632-3217
Patient Pet Advocates provides pre-planning assistance, education, emergency services, and advocacy for pet owners facing a life-altering or terminal illness in the Eugene/Springfield area.
Our Services:
- Assistance in planning for future care, safety and well-being of your pets in an unforeseen event.
- Temporary fostering support
- Veterinary care assistance
- Rescue and re-homing coordination
info@patientpetadvocates.org
www.patientpetadvocates.org
541-632-3217
Positive Community Kitchen
Since 2013 Positive Community Kitchen (PCK) aims to simply take one stress off a very full plate by delivering free, freshly prepared, organic meals to the homes of neighbors facing health crises for at least 12-weeks.
The soups, salads, entrees, & desserts are gluten-free and meant to bring nourishment in every bite for the patient & their family if that is helpful. Delivery is currently on Tuesday evenings to the Eugene/Springfield area & beyond! Call or email today if this might benefit you or someone you know: 541.249.4942 ext 102/ info@positivecommunitykitchen.org.
Each package is made possible because PCK teams up with area youth, who volunteer to create meals each week. There are over 100 teen & adult volunteers who make this program possible. If you are ready to team up as a chef, delivery angel or in other areas visit: www.positivecommunitykitchen.org to learn more.
Since 2013 Positive Community Kitchen (PCK) aims to simply take one stress off a very full plate by delivering free, freshly prepared, organic meals to the homes of neighbors facing health crises for at least 12-weeks.
The soups, salads, entrees, & desserts are gluten-free and meant to bring nourishment in every bite for the patient & their family if that is helpful. Delivery is currently on Tuesday evenings to the Eugene/Springfield area & beyond! Call or email today if this might benefit you or someone you know: 541.249.4942 ext 102/ info@positivecommunitykitchen.org.
Each package is made possible because PCK teams up with area youth, who volunteer to create meals each week. There are over 100 teen & adult volunteers who make this program possible. If you are ready to team up as a chef, delivery angel or in other areas visit: www.positivecommunitykitchen.org to learn more.