Legacy Hospice Services
How to find us
Compassionate, accredited care
We provide physical, emotional, social and spiritual comfort for adults and children who are terminally ill, and for their families. Learn more about hospice.
Many patients prefer to be cared for in the comfort of home, with family and friends involved. That's why our program is primarily home-based, in the Portland metropolitan area and communities throughout the Willamette Valley. All Legacy Hospice services are accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body for healthcare.
Care can also be provided in residential or assisted living settings, adult foster homes and nursing care facilities. For adults who need acute symptom management, we offer a 14-bed inpatient facility in southwest Portland called Legacy Hopewell House Hospice.
An interdisciplinary team
Hospice services are provided under the direction of a physician and our interdisciplinary team, which includes:
- Registered nurses
- Home health aides
- Physical, occupational and speech therapists
- Medical social workers
- Medical director
- Spiritual care
- Pharmacists
- Pediatric consultant
- Bereavement counselors
- Volunteers
- Dietary counselors
With the guidance of the patient and family, the patient's physician and hospice team design a plan of care that may include:
- Visits by nurses and other health care professionals
- Management of pain and symptom control
- Medical treatments as prescribed
- Patient care instruction for family members
- Personal care
- Providing or arranging for respite care
- Assistance in obtaining medical equipment, supplies or medications
- Counseling and emotional support for patient and family
- Spiritual support
- Companionship and practical services by volunteers
- Information about insurance, financial aid, in-home support, transportation agencies and community agencies
- Bereavement follow-up for families
Special arrangements may be made for:
- Short-term inpatient care for symptom management
- Medical equipment and supplies
- Drugs and biological supplies
Admission criteria
Anyone may request hospice services, but a physician's order must be obtained before we provide care. To be eligible for home hospice care, patients must meet these criteria:
- Terminal medical condition with a life expectancy of six months or less, assuming the illness runs its natural course
- Agree to palliative care (control of symptoms and not cure of the illness)
- Agree to follow the plan of care established by the patient, their family, their physician and the hospice team
- Live within the geographic area served by Legacy Hospice - Portland or Legacy Hospice - McMinnville
- Have a place of residence (home, foster home or residential care facility) that is a safe environment for the patient, caregiver and hospice staff
- Have a realistic plan for the provision of primary caregiving 24 hours a day
Legacy Hospice will not knowingly admit or continue to care for anyone whose home environment will not support our services or whose needs cannot be met by our agency either directly or indirectly through service agreements with other providers.
Gift and volunteer opportunities
Donating: Your donation to Legacy Hospice allows us to offer compassionate and professional hospice care to our community. Please call 503-413-6955 or see the Good Samaritan Foundation page. Remember to indicate whether your gift is intended for Legacy Hospice - Portland; Legacy Hospice - McMinnville; Legacy Hopewell House Hospice or Light Up a Life. Thank you.
Volunteering: Please see Volunteering for Hospice.
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