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Care with compassion
Your gifts enable our Palliative Care team to bring comfort, control, dignity and peace to patients and families when they need it the most. Assistance from a skilled team can reduce symptom distress by up to 66%, leading to much improved quality of life. The education and practical assistance our team provides helps patients and their loved ones to feel less fearful and more in control to shape the life that is most meaningful to them.
Most often, palliative care is delivered alongside curative treatment. As curative options narrow, patients receive earlier hospice referrals so they can fully benefit from the services that hospice can offer.
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Our 65-and over population is growing, which means more friends and neighbors are at risk for serious and complex illnesses.
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center Foundation
To learn more about the power of your giving, contact:
Cathy Barr, CFRE Interim Executive Director
cbarr2@peacehealth.org 360-414-7901
Your philanthropic support provides:
Medication Assistance – for medications not covered by insurance or those with prohibitively expensive copays
In-Home Services – including hourly caregiving for patients with mobility issues
Financial Assistance – to remove barriers to better health by covering the costs of medical equipment, wheelchairs, crutches, blood testing strips, fans, nebulizers, transportation and nutritious food
Complementary Therapies – like acupuncture and massage to alleviate troubling physical symptoms such as pain and nausea that often accompany serious or chronic illness
