Care & services

How we care

Every level of care we offer, what it includes and who it is for.

Care & services

The care we bring to the house

Covered by the Medicare hospice benefit, KanCare and most private plans for the illness hospice is treating. Families usually owe nothing.

For people whose doctor expects the illness to run its course in about six months or less.

Registered nurse case manager
One nurse who knows your family, visits on schedule and gives you her direct line.
Medicare
Overnight nurse visits
A nurse answers every call and drives out at night when needed.
24/7
Pain and symptom control
Pain, breathlessness, restlessness and nausea, managed day and night.
Medicare
Hospice physician house calls
Our medical director visits at home and works with your own doctor.
Medicare
Continuous care in a crisis
Hours of nursing at the bedside, often through the night.
Medicare
General inpatient care
A short hospital stay when symptoms can't be managed at home.
Medicare
Comfort medicines
Medicines for the hospice diagnosis, delivered, with an emergency kit kept at the house.
Delivered
Equipment and supplies
Hospital bed, oxygen, wheelchair and supplies set up for you.
Delivered
Wound and skin care
Gentle care to prevent and treat pressure sores.
Medicare

Hospice aide visits
Bathing, shaving, hair care and fresh linens, up to five days a week.
Medicare
Evening aide visits
A bedtime visit to settle someone in for the night when evenings are hardest.
As needed
Caregiver teaching
Turning, transfers and medicines, taught at home and written down.
Included
Care in facilities
In nursing homes and assisted living, alongside the staff there.
Medicare
Respite stays
A short stay in a contracted facility so the caregiver can rest.
Up to 5 days
Night sitters
Trained volunteers who keep watch overnight so the family can sleep.
Free

Medical social worker
Advance directives, KanCare, VA forms, family meetings and funeral plans.
Included
Chaplain care
Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist or none. Your own priest or pastor is always welcome.
Included
Vigil companions
Volunteers who sit with families in the final hours, so no one is alone.
Free
Veteran honors
A pinning ceremony at home and help with VA burial benefits.
Included
Life story keepsakes
Recorded stories, recipe cards and letters for grandchildren.
Free
Music at the bedside
A volunteer violinist and a harpist who play softly in the evenings.
Free

Bereavement support
Calls, letters, home visits and a grief supper on Wednesday evenings.
13 months
Children's grief support
A counselor for kids and teens, at home or at school.
Free
Evening of remembrance
Candles, names read aloud and supper in our family room.
Each November
Holiday support
A gathering for families facing the first holidays without someone.
Each December
Grief walks
An easy walk around Lincoln Park with others who understand.
Monthly
Caregiver check-in calls
A call from the nurse who cared for your loved one, a few weeks after.
Included