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Registered nurse case manager
A nurse who knows your family, visits on a schedule and gives you her direct line.
MedicareHospice · Salina & central Kansas
Harvest-time hugs, kitchen-table care.
Hospice nurses, aides, chaplains and volunteers who come to the farmhouse in Lindsborg or the apartment on Ninth Street, so the people you love can stay where they belong.
Our way
Nobody out here stands on ceremony, and neither do we.
Central Kansas families take care of their own. They've been doing it through wheat harvests, blizzards and hard years. What they need from hospice is not someone to take over; it's someone to back them up.
So we teach, we answer the phone at midnight, we bring the hospital bed and the medicines, and we make sure Mom's pain is managed well enough that she can still enjoy the grandkids on Sunday.
— Janelle Vogt, RN, MSN, Executive Director
Photo tour
The good days we make room for
What families count on
Three things we never skimp on
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Night and weekend nurse
A nurse answers every call and drives out when needed, harvest season or blizzard.
24/7
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Bereavement support
Calls, letters, home visits and a grief group on Tuesday evenings.
13 monthsSample family reviews
From Saline County families
Dad farmed outside Gypsum his whole life. The nurse drove out on a mud road in March without complaint, and taught my brother how to give his medicine.
Mom wanted to make her bierocks one more time. The aide came early that Saturday so she'd be rested, and the whole family ate them standing up in the kitchen.
Pastor Lindquist sat with my husband and talked about wheat prices for an hour before he ever said a prayer. Ron liked him right away.
Alicia helped my mother with every form, in Spanish, and never made her feel rushed. That meant so much to us.
When Grandpa passed, the nurse was there in half an hour on a Sunday night. She called everyone we needed to call.
I go to the Tuesday group because those people understand. Nine months later I'm still going.
For families
For the one doing the caregiving
Hospice cares for the family too. Here is what you can count on.
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One number, any hour
Day or night, the same number reaches a hospice nurse who can talk you through it or come out.
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Plain-English teaching
We show you how to give medicines, change sheets with someone in bed and spot changes, and we write it down.
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A few hours off
Volunteers sit with your loved one so you can rest, run errands or just get outside.
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Ready for the end
Our nurses gently explain what the last days usually look like, so you aren't caught off guard.
Where we care
Wherever home is
Hospice comes to the person. The team and the benefit are the same wherever that is.
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At home
Most of our patients stay in their own bed, in their own house. We bring the equipment, the medicines and the team.
- Hospital bed if needed
- Nurse visits on a schedule
- 24/7 phone line
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In assisted living or a nursing home
If home is a facility, we come there and add a hospice nurse, aide, chaplain and social worker to the care already in place.
- Same hospice team
- Works with facility staff
- Family support included
Our team
Who comes to the door
Janelle Vogt, RN, MSN
Executive Director
Janelle grew up on a wheat farm near Brookville and has been a hospice nurse for twenty-two years. She still takes call on holidays so her nurses can be home.
Dr. Raymond Kessler
Hospice Medical Director
Practiced family medicine in Salina for thirty years. He makes house calls and explains things in plain English.
Tanya Morris, RN
Director of Nursing
Tanya leads our nurses and still sees patients in Ellsworth County every week.
Pastor Eric Lindquist
Chaplain
A Lutheran pastor who serves families of every faith. He's known for listening more than preaching.
Alicia Ramírez, LMSW
Medical Social Worker
Alicia helps with KanCare, VA forms, family meetings and the conversations nobody wants to start. She speaks English and Spanish.
- 1990serving central Kansas
- 6counties, gravel roads included
- 24/7a hospice nurse answers
- 13 mo.of grief support
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers’ Choice · Best Senior Care
- Community Choice Awards · Winner
- Regional Business Journal · Top Workplaces
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Family Caregiver Alliance · Partner
Contact
On South Santa Fe
- 418 S Santa Fe Avenue
Salina, KS
Free parking on Santa Fe and in the lot north of the building. The north door is level with the sidewalk. - (785) 555-0129
- Text us
- care@smokyhillhospice.example
- Smoky Hill Hospice
Reach us
- Office, Mon – Fri8a – 5p
- Hospice nurse on callAround the clock
- Admissions7 days a week
Call any hour. After 5 p.m. and on weekends the call goes straight to a hospice nurse.
Call us before the next hard night.
A question is not a commitment. A hospice nurse will talk it through with you.