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Providing for hospice care Tuesday, March 16, 2021 11:25 AM As a healthcare professional and owner of Integrated Care in Sisters, Maureen Bidasolo, R.N., is well-acquainted with the vital services provided to her clients by local hospices and the Partners In Care Hospice House.
According to Bidasolo, her 10-person team of caregivers “help seniors stay in their homes, wherever that may be.” They start out being companions to their clients, providing housekeeping, meal preparation, and medication management, for which they are specially trained.
As clients’ health issues become more serious, Bidasolo often works in conjunction with hospice nurses, social workers, and chaplains for patients who remain at home. As the end draws near, clients or their families often choose for them to spend their last days receiving the specialized care provided at Hospice House in Bend. For example, intractable pain is managed with medications not possible for home
Hospice House: An oasis of comfort and care
By Sue Stafford Tuesday, February 23, 2021 10:38 AM Jim and Katie Williamsâ now 14-year-old cockapoo, Odie, keeping vigil for Jim at Partners In Care Hospice House in March 2018. Animals are allowed to visit or stay with their owners and the nurses keep their pockets full of treats for the visiting critters.
photo provided Katie Williams of Sisters lost her husband, Jim, to cancer almost three years ago, March 10, 2018 seven days before their 11th wedding anniversary. Katie’s story of her experience of spending Jim’s last eight days with him at Partners In Care Hospice House is one of gratitude for the comfort, support, and physical care provided to both Jim and Katie by the staff.
Partners in Care’s new Hospice House receives $1 million challenge grant
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Partners In Care, Central Oregon’s leading provider of end-of-life care, announced Tuesday it has received a $1 million challenge grant from the Tykeson Family Foundation to support construction of the organization’s new Hospice House, a specialty hospital for hospice patients.
The grant, designed to accelerate giving to a $6 million capital campaign, will provide a dollar-for-dollar match of all campaign gifts and pledges made before June 30.
After nearly 20 years providing in-patient hospice care in a six-bed unit, Partners In Care is constructing a new 12-bed Hospice House on its campus in Bend.