The Gene & Irene Wockner Hospice Center is the only freestanding hospice center in King and Snohomish counties.
The beautiful Cape Cod-style facility was designed to be as home-like as possible, consistent with safety, security and excellent medical care.
The Center’s 15 private patient rooms include sleeping spaces for visitors, a private bath with shower, TV and a wardrobe closet. Each room opens to an outdoor patio with a view of the park-like gardens. The gardens include a lush courtyard with a waterfall, a children’s play area and walking paths through the rose and alpine gardens.
Families and friends can visit at any time, and children are very welcome. The comfortable family rooms throughout the Center are furnished with sofas and chairs, TV, desks, and telephones. The main family room has a children’s corner designed to offer little ones comfort and a place to play.
Each wing also has a full kitchen, which allows families to cook special meals if they so choose.
The care of most hospice patients can be managed in the patient’s place of residence, whether that is their home, a skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, or an adult family home. When care cannot be managed in the patient’s residence, Evergreen Hospice’s interdisciplinary team may determine that the patient meets criteria for short-term general inpatient care at the Gene and Irene Wockner Hospice Center.
Inpatient care includes:
- acute symptom management that cannot be provided in the patient’s home or in a long-term care facility
- imminently dying patient with a life expectancy of three to five days
The Center is named for Gene and Irene Wockner, whose initial support provided the resources needed to research and plan for the Center. The Wockner family’s generosity continues to provide for Evergreen Hospice Services.