A joyful family dinner with three generations enjoying a meal together.

Care & services

How we care

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

Care & services

Everything hospice brings

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

Nursing at home

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

Registered nurse case manager
A nurse who knows your family, visits on a schedule and gives you her direct line.
Medicare
Pain and symptom management
Pain, shortness of breath, nausea and restlessness kept under control.
Medicare
Night and weekend nurse
A nurse answers every call and drives out when needed, harvest season or blizzard.
24/7
Hospice physician
Our medical director oversees care, makes house calls and works with your doctor.
Medicare
Continuous care
Hours of nursing at the bedside when symptoms are hard to manage.
Medicare
Comfort medicines
Medicines related to the hospice diagnosis, delivered to the house.
Delivered
Equipment and supplies
Hospital bed, oxygen, wheelchair, walker and supplies, set up for you.
Delivered

Hands-on help

Hospice aide visits
Bathing, shaving, hair care and fresh linens, two to five days a week.
Medicare
Caregiver training
Turning, transfers and medicines, taught in your home until you feel sure.
Included
Care in nursing homes and assisted living
Our team works alongside facility staff wherever your loved one lives.
Medicare
Volunteer sitters
A trained neighbor for a few hours so you can get to church or the grocery store.
Free

For the heart

Medical social worker
Advance directives, KanCare questions, family meetings and funeral plans.
Included
Chaplain care
Lutheran, Catholic, Mennonite, Methodist or none. We'll call your own pastor too.
Included
Veteran recognition
A pinning ceremony at home and help with VA burial benefits.
Included
Life story keepsakes
Recorded stories, recipe cards in her handwriting, letters to grandchildren.
Free
Pet visits
A volunteer and her gentle therapy dog, for patients who miss having one.
Free
Respite stays
A short stay in a contracted facility so the family caregiver can rest.
Up to 5 days

After a loss

Bereavement support
Calls, letters, home visits and a grief group on Tuesday evenings.
13 months
Grief support for children
A counselor who works with kids and teens at home or at school.
Free
Harvest memorial
A supper and a reading of names under the trees at Oakdale Park.
Every September