Community Services
Whether its been months or years since your loss, Mt. Hood Hospice offers support groups and education for caregivers and after a death.
Help is Here
Dealing with and living with a loved one’s death is difficult. Whether it has been months or years since your loss, Mt. Hood Hospice offers support groups and education for bereavement. Mt. Hood Hospice offers support groups for family members and friends witnessing the declining health of an important adult and for adults grieving a loss due to a death. These groups can provide a supportive environment to help you develop coping skills. See below for a list of groups.
Support Groups
- Facebook Groups
- Living With Grief
- Caregivers Together
- Grief and Complicated Circumstances
- Individualized Support Groups
Outreach and Education – Speaker’s Bureau
We come to you! Whether it be a senior center, fraternal organization, church, residential facility, community center, school, or other organization, it is important for Mt. Hood Hospice to educate the public with:
- Hospice: the what, where, and when
- Advance Care Planning
- Loss and Grief presentations and trainings
Laura Lirette, Director of Bereavement Services
Laura Lirette previously worked in affordable housing, parent education and trauma recovery with marginalized populations. She also worked at a different hospice and in the Neurotrauma ICU at a local hospital. She has taught in public schools and has a Masters in Education and a Masters in Social Work. She is currently the bereavement coordinator at Mt Hood Hospice in Sandy, Oregon and has her Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license.
Calendar
View Mt. Hood Hospice’s calendar for Support Group dates.
Contact
Contact Laura Lirette to register for a support group or to inquire about our Outreach Program:
503-668-5545
llirette@mthoodhospice.org
Information about our annual remembrance event Time of Remembering!
About Mt. Hood Hospice
Mt. Hood Hospice has been providing care and bereavement support to families in Multnomah and Clackamas Counties for 43 years. We are a not-for-profit, free standing, independent, community-based hospice.
Mt. Hood Hospice was the first free-standing hospice in Oregon to be granted Medicare certification in 1987. Since that time we have stayed current in compliance with changing CMS regulations while remaining true to our original ideal: to provide the highest quality care to families coping with life-limiting illness, emphasizing comfort, dignity and choice.
MT. HOOD HOSPICE CELEBRATES 43 YEARS!
We are a not-for-profit Hospice that provides quality care for terminally ill patients and their loved ones,
regardless of their ability to pay.
Living with a Terminal Illness
When a loved one is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the lives of those close to them are impacted as well. It's important to learn as much as you can about the illness. The more information you have, the more in control you will feel. Learn more.
What You Need to Know
Hospice care is covered 100% by Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance. You can choose your hospice! Every Medicare beneficiary with Part A entitlement has a Medicare Hospice Benefit allowing them services from ANY Medicare certified hospice. This is regardless of their enrollment in any HMO. We care for people in residential facilities as well as at home. Learn more.
Kind Words From Our Families
Watch this one-minute video testimonial and hear why families choose Mt. Hood Hospice.
Medicare
We are certified by Medicare, which means we get surveyed every 3 to make sure we are following all state and federal hospice regulations.
Support Groups
Caregivers Together Social Hour (Online)
December 3 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am PSTCreative Healing (In Person)
December 4 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am PSTGrief and Complicated Circumstances Social Hour (Online)
December 5 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm PSTGrief & the Holidays (Online)
December 5 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PSTLiving with Grief Social Hour (Online)
December 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PSTCaregivers Together Social Hour (Online)
December 10 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am PSTGrief & Complicated Circumstances Social Hour (Online)
December 12 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm PSTBreathe Move Write (Online)
December 12 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST
Grief Support Contact
Registration is required prior to meetings. Contact Laura Lirette to register,
503-668-5545
llirette@mthoodhospice.org