Oregon EOL/Palliative Care Initiatives

Compassionate Volunteer Vigil Program
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR 
     
This program ensures that no patient dies alone.  Volunteers are present with hospital patients who are actively dying but have no family or friends to support them during this important passage.  To date approximately 25 volunteers have been trained for this service.  Plans to implement this program at Providence Portland Medical Center are under way.

Cross Cultural Competency at the End of Life
Providence Health and Services, Portland Service Area

This curriculum has been developed by the Providence Center for Health Care Ethics for hospitalists in the Portland Service Area.  It includes video case studies as well as didactic presentations on the particular topic of each module, discussion, role play, and resource materials.  The first module of the curriculum was presented in spring, 2006. 

Bayer Institute Conversations at the End of Life
Providence Health and Services, Portland Service Area

In 2005, 79 Providence Portland Service Area staff were trained as trainers for these modules, which help staff to communicate competently and sensitively with patients and their families about the issues surrounding the end of life.  These trainers are now being asked to facilitate the modules on floors and units of the three hospitals in the Portland Service Area.

California Region Initiatives

Palliative/Supportive C.A.R.E. Team (Choices, Answers, Respect, Expertise)
Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, CA

The team, which consists of a social work manager, RN clinician, certified hospital chaplain, and palliative care medical director, provided 483 hospital consultations in 2005, focusing on pain management, spiritual and emotional counseling, assistance with completion of Advance Directives, and community resource identification and referral (hospice).  Team members trained over 665 nurses and nursing assistants in palliative and end-of -life care, and worked closely with key hospital staff in revising and implementing a physician comfort care order set.

Dedicated Comfort Care Suite
Providence St. Joseph, Burbank, CA

Work began in late November for a designated Comfort Care Suite on the Transitional Care Unit, which opened in April and accommodates patients and their loved ones at the end of life. 

TrinityKids Care - Pediatric Palliative Care and Hospice
TrinityCare Hospice, Torrance, CA 
 
This is one of three pediatric palliative care/hospice programs in the state of California.  There is a growing need for pediatric palliative care nationally, but not enough board certified physicians to fill this need.

Regionwide Standard for Palliative Care
There is an initiative to create a regionwide standard for palliative care under the umbrella of TrinityCare Hospice.  There are three TrinityCare offices in the LA area to date.

Local End-of-Life Care Programs Include:

Providence Extended Care Center
4900 Eagle Street
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 762-2281
Pcollins@provak.org

Providence San Fernando Valley Service Area
501 S. Buena Vista
Burbank, CA 91234
(818) 238-2807
Web site: www.providence.org
csettles@phsca.org
teisenman@phsca.org

Compassionate Care Council (Hospice based palliative care consults in acute care setting); Community forums

Providence Health System - Portland, Oregon
1235 NE 47th, Suite 299
Portland, OR 97213
Numerous initiatives aimed at improving end-of-life care ranging from primary care physician practices, hospice bridge programs, music thanatology and long-term care.

Providence Seaside Hospital
725 Wahanna Rd.
Seaside,OR 97138
(503) 717-7721
Jrenner@providence.org
 
Providence Milwaukie Hospital
10150 SE 32nd Ave.
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Denise.Anderson@providence.org

Providence Mount St. Vincent
4831 35th Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 938-5793
Cboyd@providence.org

Providence Central Washington Service Area
110 South Ninth Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902
(509) 575-5140
Mcasias@providence.org

Providence St. Peter Hospital
413 Lily Road NE
Olympia, WA 98506-5116
(360) 493-7984
Mkoenig@providence
 
Providence Extended Care Center
Anchorage, AK
 pcollins@provak.org 
(907) 762-2281

Providence Seaside Hospital, Seaside, OR
 www.providence.org/northcoast
jrenner@providence.org
(503) 717-7721

Standing ethics subcommittee called Supportive Care Coalition
Conducted multiple community-wide forums on end-of-life issues
Ongoing revisions of policies relating to end-of-life issues

Jack Mudd
Senior Vice President, Mission Leadership
1210 Whitaker Drive
Missoula, MT 59803
(406) 721-0398
jackmudd@msn.com
 
Benefis Healthcare
1101 26th Street South
Great Falls, MT 59405
Gina Drummond
Hospice Manager
(406) 455-2821
drumginm@benefis.org
 
Deer Park Hospital & Health Center
P. O. Box 742
Deer Park, WA 99006
 
DominiCare
P. O. Box 1070
Chewelah, WA 99109-1070
Sr. Sharon Stangler, OP President
(509) 935-4925
srsharons@plix.com
 
Holy Family Adult Day Centers
6018 North Astor
Spokane, WA 99207
 
Family
P. O. Box 2533
Spokane, WA 99207
Marna Bateman
Director, Oncology/Medical
(509) 482-2585
batemams@holy-family.org
 
Mount Carmel Hospital
982 East Columbia
Colville, WA
99114-3352
Val Carlton
Director, Pastoral Care
(509) 684-2561
carltov@mtcarmelhospital.org
 
Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories
P. O. Box 2687
Spokane, WA 99220-2687
  
Sacred Heart Medical Center
P. O. Box 2555
Spokane, WA 99220-2555
Virginia "Pinkie" Hutton
Multi-Units Manager
7th Floor South
(509) 474-3040
huttonp@shmc.org

Sr. Rosalie Locati
Director, Mission & Values
(509) 474-3359
locatir@shmc.org
 
St. Joseph Care Center
17 East Eighth Avenue
Spokane, WA 99202-1202
Alice Anderson
Administrator
(509) 474-5678, ext. 0309
andersa@shmc.org

Cathy Mindemann
Quality Assurance Coordinator
(509) 474-5678
c/o - andersa@shmc.org
 
St. Joseph Medical Center
P. O. Box 1010 
Polson, MT, 59860-1010
Maggie Darlington
Director, Home Health Agency
(406) 883-5273
darlingt@saintjoes.org
 
St. Joseph's Hospital
P. O. Box 107
Chewelah, WA 99109-0197
Cindy Burgess
LTC Social Worker
(509) 935-5289
C/o - mtoeckes@plix.com

David Verwolf
Chaplain, Pastoral Care
(509) 935-8211, ext. 262
davidverwolf@hotmail.com

Sr. Mary Toeckes
Director, Pastoral Care 
(509) 935-5263
mtoeckes@plix.com

St. Mary Medical Center
P. O. Box 1477
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Bruce Barga, M.D.
(509) 525-8110
bargbr@smmc.com
 
St. Patrick Hospital & Health Sciences Center
P. O. Box 4587
Missoula, MT 59806-4587
Amber Hierro
Director, 5N/Medicine & Oncology
(406) 329-2675
hierro@saintpatrick.org

Mary Anne Sladich-Lantz
Director, Workplace Ministry
(406) 329-5810
sladich@saintpatrick.org
 
St. Thomas Child & Family Center
 P. O. Box 2825
Great Falls, MT 59405
  
University of Great Falls
1301 20th Street South
Great Falls, MT 59403
   
VNA Home Health Care Services 
3901 East Main
Spokane, WA 99202-4736
Bonnie Williams
Clinical Manager
(509) 534-4300
bwilliams@svna.org