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Heartlinks is a non-profit organization that cares for patients wherever they call home in Yakima, Tri-Cities, and all throughout Benton and Yakima counties.

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Enriching Lives Through Comfort, Care & Support

Heartlinks can assist your loved one during their most important time of need. Our goal is to enrich the quality of one’s life and recognize its worth by providing comfort, care, and support on life’s journey. We provide compassionate and comprehensive medical and emotional care for children and adults who are facing life-altering or life-threatening illnesses. 

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Hospice Care Index Score

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4-Star Family Caregiver Survey Rating

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top 25 hospice cahps
Washington State Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
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Platinum Transparency 2024
National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation

Upcoming Events

Grief Walk at Howard Amon Park

September 22 @ 10:15 am - 11:30 am

47th Annual Hospice Gala

October 24 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Grief Walk at Howard Amon Park

October 27 @ 10:15 am - 11:30 am

Supportive Care for All Stages of Life

Hospice Care

Hospice Care is a highly specialized and individualized form of care designed to help patients with a life-limiting illness make the most of their final months.

Adult Palliative Care

Palliative Care should be initiated when an individual diagnosed with a serious and chronic illness begins to experience pain or symptoms related to their disease and is choosing to pursue treatment.

Pediatric Palliative Care

If your child has an advanced or chronic illness, Pediatric Palliative Care can help ease their suffering and provide the emotional support you need as a caregiver and parent.

Adult Family Home

Our four-bedroom home in Sunnyside provides 24/7 licensed care to aging adults in a loving, group setting that offers the privacy of individual and shared bedrooms.

Grief Support

Grief and bereavement are normal experiences following the loss of someone close. We provide individual grief counseling and grief support groups at no charge.

Advance Directives

Completing your advance directives before a crisis occurs can help ensure your end-of-life wishes are made known to your healthcare provider, family, and friends.

Health Home

Health Home is a voluntary service that Heartlinks provides to Molina Healthcare insurees of all ages, working with you to manage your healthcare and life journey.

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Support Heartlinks When You Shop

Heartlinks is supported by our two nonprofit Hospice Benefit Shops (HOBS). Each purchase at the Hospice Benefit Shops supports Heartlinks and the services we provide to patients and their families.

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Prosser Shop

612 5th Street
Prosser, WA 99350
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Zillah Shop

907 Vintage Valley Parkway
Zillah, WA 98953

Missing Someone? Light a Candle.

We invite you to remember someone dear to you. Please consider lighting a candle in memory of your loved one.

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I appreciate the Heartlinks nurses, on-call nurses, staff for being available for me and my family during my daughter's last days here in Earth. Your care and helpfulness in tending to her needs was what we needed.

Julie

Mother of a Hospice Patient