Our mission is to provide exceptional care without exception. Care Partners is an affiliate of the Oregon Nonprofit Hospice Alliance.
12670 NW Barnes Road #100
Portland, OR
97229
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Our story begins with Mary Anne Nimmo, a young woman who battled breast cancer and passed away May 6, 1980. During her five years as a cancer patient, she found positive ways of dealing with her disease and helping others deal with terminal illness. Between 1978 and 1980, before the hospice concept was well known, Mary Anne’s work raised community consciousness about quality of life and end-of-life care. She spoke at community organizations, Oregon Health Sciences University, local hospitals, schools and on television. It was from her legacy that our hospice was born.
After Mary Anne's death, family, friends, and community members met to discuss the need for a local hospice. In 1982, the organization was incorporated under the name of Mary Anne Nimmo Hospice of Western Washington County (MANH), and application was made for non-profit status. At that time, it was the only memorial hospice in Oregon. A grant from Forest Grove Community Health helped to financially sustain us through our first year.
Our 501-c3 non-profit status was approved in 1983. Washington County Home Health offered a small office on its premises for the volunteer-based program. In October 1983, MANH cared for its first patient. Volunteer training began in 1984 and forty people graduated from the program. With a part-time patient care coordinator on board, contracted through Quality Home Health, skilled care became available to our patients.
The years 1986 through 1988 saw further growth with accreditation through the Oregon Hospice Association, the first administrator and part-time volunteer coordinator was hired, and in 1990 we became one of the very first Medicare certified hospices in Oregon.
