Text JoinTeam to 97211 to learn more about career opportunities today!
Hospice of the Midwest provides counseling and support for our patients and their families. We help through the emotional, financial, and spiritual process.
Hospice of the Midwest has a professional care team that provides the Medical, Spiritual, and Bereavement counseling needed for the patient and their family. We assist you with many of the tasks that seem difficult during this time. We help the patient and family in coming to terms with dying. We assist with tasks to make end-of-life treatment less complicated.
It is certainly a delicate and difficult period for a family to deal with a terminal illness. We assist with organization, coordination, and implementation of necessary paperwork, as well as daily medical coordination, including the Medicare Hospice Benefit and private insurance forms. Our Medical Social Worker provides emotional support to the patient, family, and staff, and provides ongoing education and assistance with available Hospice of the Midwest services. The Medical Social Worker will make an initial visit to a new hospice patient within 5 days of admission and will continue to make visits on a monthly basis.
Hospice of the Midwest offers pastoral and bereavement care for both routine and emergency purposes. The Pastoral Care team at Hospice of the Midwest is comprised of ordained ministers with various religious affiliations. In keeping with the Hospice philosophy, the goal of the Pastoral Care team is to provide an interfaith forum where spiritual needs of the individual come first, not the denomination. Patients and their families will be relieved knowing Hospice of the Midwest provides spiritual services during their entire journey.
This spiritual support team can also assist with funeral arrangements and conducting memorial services.
As a discipline, pastoral care is available to help families as they struggle with questions or feelings that are asked during a life-threatening illness:
Keep informed with the latest information about Hospice of the Midwest, see us in your community, and meet our friendly, knowledgeable staff.
Hospice of the Midwest supports that our patients have the right to determine their own goals of care during the final stages of their illness. We focus on comfort, support, quality of life, and education. Hospice of the Midwest promotes a patient-centered approach.
Hospice of the Midwest prides itself by partnering with the We Honor Veterans Program. We have a team of highly-trained individuals who work with our Veteran patients during their time of need.
Patient services are provided without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (an individual’s sex, gender identity, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions) , sexual orientation, disability (mental or physical), communicable disease, or national origin.
Read our Notice of Nondiscrimination here.
