Life is precious. Live every moment with compassion and dignity.
Hospice of the Northwest brings hope to individuals and families facing a life-limiting illness. Our team provides expert medical, emotional, social, and spiritual support that contributes to the best possible quality of life—at any age, wherever you are on your journey and wherever you live. We come to you, focusing on your needs and goals, so you can live each day to its fullest in comfort and dignity.
Give the Gift of Compassion
Integrative services, such as massage and aromatherapy, are used along with conventional interventions to reduce pain and provide comfort at the end of life. These are offered free of charge to our patients because of the generosity of donors. Join us in providing these important services!
Ports of Call Gala & Auction
Thank you to all who attended and supported the 2023 Ports of Call Gala & Auction. Together, we raised over $330,000 to support compassionate, dignified end-of-life care. Watch this year’s video featuring Toni, a patient who lives life to the fullest thanks to the care she receives from Hospice of the Northwest.
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Your Funds in Action
Equipment Improves Patient Care
Donors Provide Third Bladder Scanner In mid-September, Hospice of the Northwest clinicians were thrilled to receive a third bladder scanner for patient visits. Bladder scanners are essentially tiny, portable ultrasound machines charged in the office and deployed with...
How to Pay for Hospice
How to Pay for Hospice Care Hospice of the Northwest is a Medicare-certified, Washington State-approved hospice. This means two things: We are fully accredited by an objective third party and held to a nationally held quality standard. Because we are a...
A Man of the Community – Meet Rob Guy!
For hospice patient Rob Guy and his wife Andrea, taking to the sky was a lifelong ritual. Andrea explains, “When we were dating 50 years ago, and of course after we were married, I noticed Rob was always looking skyward and he started teaching me. He knew all the...
More SuperEar Devices Deployed with Hospice of the Northwest Clinicians
Each clinician now has their own set of SuperEars to assist with patient and family communication. In late 2019, donors funded the purchase of several SuperEar sound amplifiers. These devices were deployed by several clinicians and volunteers as a trial to see if they...
