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A peaceful residence where healing happens in comfort.
Now welcoming new residents
A Place WhereHealing Begins.
Nestled in Hillsboro, Oregon, Aeternum Residential Treatment Home provides compassionate, trauma-informed residential mental health care in a peaceful home environment where adults receive individualized support, develop life skills, and work toward lasting independence.
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- Private Resident Rooms
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- Parks & Walking Trails
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Individual Recovery PlansBuilt around each resident
Licensed Residential Treatment Home
- 24/7 Professional Care
- Individual Recovery Plans
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Medication Management
- Family Collaboration
Why families choose Aeternum
Care that feels personal, structured, and safe
Families come to us for the same three reasons — and members of our community stay for the way daily life feels.
Individualized Care
Personalized treatment plans designed around each resident.
Recovery Focus
Helping every resident build skills, confidence, and independence.
Our standards of care
The commitments behind every ordinary day
Six standards shape how we support the adults who live here — and what referral partners and families can count on.
Licensed Residential Treatment Home
Operated as a state-licensed residential home, with the oversight and record-keeping that comes with it.
24/7 Professional Support
Awake staff around the clock, so someone is always nearby for the individuals in our care.
Trauma-Informed Care
Our team is trained to respond with patience and predictability, never pressure.
Medication Management
Storage, reminders, and documentation handled carefully alongside each person's prescribers.
Individual Recovery Planning
Every resident has a written plan with goals they helped set, reviewed as things change.
Family Collaboration
Families stay in the loop through regular updates, visits, and shared decision-making.
Licensing, partnerships & training
- Oregon Health AuthorityLicensed residential home
- Coordinated Care OrganizationsLocal CCO partnerships
- CPR & First AidCertified care staff
- Trauma-Informed TrainingOngoing team education
The Aeternum journey
From first call to lasting independence
A clear path, at a pace that suits each individual and their family.
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Inquiry
Call or write to our admissions team. No referral needed to start the conversation.
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Tour
Visit the home, walk the garden, and meet the staff who would be part of daily life.
- 3
Assessment
Together we make sure the setting, support level, and community are the right fit.
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Move In
We handle logistics and build a personalized support plan for the first weeks and beyond.
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Recovery
Life skills, routines, and community connections that build toward greater independence.
Why families choose us
It feels like a home, because it is one
Four things shape every ordinary day for the residents of the Aeternum house.
A Real Home
A craftsman house on a quiet Hillsboro street — front porch, kitchen island, backyard garden, and a place at the table for everyone.
Support, Not Supervision
Warm, respectful help with everyday living from people who know your name, your coffee order, and what you're working toward.
Growth at Your Pace
Personal goals, new skills, and more independence — built one ordinary, encouraging day at a time.
Belonging
Shared meals, movie nights, garden mornings, and neighbors nearby. Community is the quiet ingredient in healing.
5 min
To Noble Woods Park and the Tualatin Hills trail network.
Why Hillsboro
A neighborhood that gives back as much as the house does
Located in the heart of Hillsboro, our home offers the perfect balance of peaceful residential living and convenient access to healthcare, parks, shopping, and community resources.
- Tualatin Hills Nature Park
- Noble Woods Park
- Downtown Hillsboro
- Public transportation
- Nearby health services
- Local community programs
Est. 2011
A small household on a quiet street in Hillsboro, Oregon.
About Aeternum
A house built around every person we support
Aeternum was founded on the belief that healing happens best in places that feel safe, familiar, and genuinely welcoming. Rather than creating another institution, we created a home where individuals receive compassionate support, build meaningful relationships, and work toward greater independence in a calm residential setting.
Mission
To offer adults a warm, steady home in Hillsboro where daily living, growth, and independence come naturally.
Vision
A neighborhood where support happens in real homes — with porches, gardens, and neighbors.
Values
Dignity. Warmth. Honesty. Family. Independence, grown at each person's own pace.
Everyday living
The shape of a day at Aeternum
Photo-worthy in the most ordinary way: coffee, meals, the garden, chores, projects, rest.
Morning Coffee
The day starts slowly on the patio or at the kitchen island, with company for anyone who wants it.
Learn MoreFresh Meals
Menus planned together, groceries picked out together, and dinner shared at the dining table each evening.
Learn MoreGardening
Raised beds, herbs, and flower pots that need tending — good work for hands and heads alike.
Learn MoreLaundry & Household
Everyday chores done side by side, with as much or as little help as someone wants that week.
Learn MoreMedication Support
Quiet, dependable reminders and organization so health routines stay steady without feeling clinical.
Learn MoreGroup Activities
Art projects, board games, music, movie nights, and seasonal decorating that fills the house.
Learn MoreRest & Relaxation
A fireplace, bookshelves, a soft chair by the window. Downtime is part of the plan, not a gap in it.
Learn MorePersonal Goals
Work, school, volunteering, a driver's license, an apartment someday — mapped out and supported step by step.
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Around the house
Mornings that feel ordinary — in the best way
Coffee, a warm kitchen, hands in the soil, and company by the fire in the evening.
Coffee on the Patio
Slow mornings under the eaves, watching the rain move through the firs.
Cooking Together
Flour on the counter, cookies in the oven, someone always stirring something.
In the Garden
Planting flowers, filling raised beds, and watching the season turn.
Evenings by the Fire
Books, board games, and easy company in the living room.
Our home
Look inside, room by room
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Community life
The things that fill a week here
Not sessions or schedules — just the good, ordinary things people do together when they live under one roof.
- Walking trails
- Holiday celebrations
- Arts & crafts
- Cooking nights
- Movies & books
- Board games
- Gardening
- Music & singing
Hillsboro lifestyle
Green, grounded, and easy to call home
Hillsboro sits where the Oregon countryside meets a friendly small city — parks in every direction, quiet streets, and everything you need within a short drive.
Quiet Neighborhoods
Tree-lined streets, front porches, and sidewalks made for evening walks.
Parks & Trails
Miles of green space minutes from the front door, from creekside paths to open meadows.
Community
Farmers markets, libraries, festivals, and volunteer work that keep people connected.
Green Space
Oregon's evergreens, gardens, and rain-washed air — the Pacific Northwest at its calmest.
Safety
A settled residential area where neighbors know each other and days feel predictable.
Local Resources
Everything from groceries to appointments is close, so life stays practical and easy.
Everyday living
Eight things that make a day here feel good
Ordinary, on purpose. This is what daily life looks like for the adults in our care.
Unhurried Mornings
Coffee on the patio, a slow start, and a rhythm that belongs to the person living it — not to a schedule on a wall.
Home Cooking
Fresh meals planned and prepared together, eaten around one wooden table with the windows open.
Daily Living Skills
Cooking, laundry, budgeting, appointments, transit — the practical confidence that independence is built on.
Medication Support
Gentle, reliable help staying on track with medications and health routines, coordinated with each person's own providers.
Garden & Green Space
Raised beds, flowers to plant, a mossy path to walk, and Oregon trees over the back fence.
Family Welcome
Families visit, cook, celebrate birthdays, and stay part of daily life — because they always were.
Out in the Neighborhood
Trail walks, the library, the farmers market, and a bus line close enough to make the whole city reachable.
Dignity, Always
Residents, not patients. Neighbors, not cases. Everyone here is treated as an adult with a life of their own.
Meet our team
The people who make this a home
Licensed, experienced, and present — leadership you will meet on your very first tour.
ME Marianne Ellis
Home Director
Twenty years of running small residential homes where people are known by name.
SO Samuel Okafor
Support Coordinator
Helps each resident shape goals, routines, and the life they're working toward.
PR Priya Raman, RN
Health & Wellness
Coordinates medications, appointments, and everyday wellbeing with a light touch.
AW Andre Whitfield
Daily Living Coach
Cooking, budgeting, transit, and confidence — learned by doing, together.
DC Denise Cole
Community Connections
Links residents with work, classes, volunteering, and neighbors in Hillsboro.
Moving in
Five easy steps from hello to welcome home
No referral needed. Most people move in within a few days of the first conversation.
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Say Hello
A short, friendly phone call — no referral, no paperwork, no pressure.
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Come Visit
Walk the house, sit on the porch, meet the people who live and work here.
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Talk It Through
We learn about daily routines, support needs, goals, and what home should feel like.
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Sort the Details
Coverage, costs, and logistics explained in plain language before anything is decided.
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Welcome Home
A room ready, dinner on the table, and a household glad you're here.
Payment & referrals
Coverage options, explained plainly
We sort out coverage and costs before move-in day so families are never surprised.
- Private Pay
- Commercial Insurance
- County Support
- Community Referrals
- Veterans Programs
- State Programs
Testimonials
Words from families we serve
“My brother calls me from the porch now. He talks about the tomatoes he planted and the cookies they baked. He sounds like himself again.”
Questions
Frequently asked
If you don't see your question here, give us a call and we'll answer it.
Contact
Start the conversation
Tell us a little about your situation. Everything you share is confidential.
- Address613 SE 32nd Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123
- Office hoursMonday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- House phone(971) 317-2199
- Office cell(781) 309-8976
- Emailhello@aeternumhome.com
- EmergencySomeone is awake and here around the clock — (971) 317-2199
Ready to talk it through?
No pressure, no obligation. Call (971) 317-2199 or come by and walk through the house with us.