Hospice & Serious Illness Care in Joliet & Northern Illinois
Hospice Care
Lightways Hospice care provides physical, emotional and spiritual support for patients with a terminal illness.
Pediatric Care
Lightways Pediatric Care Team is here to help enhance the quality of life for your child and family.
Serious Illness Care
Lightways helps people with advanced, chronic or life-limiting illnesses with clear-headed, practical and kind counsel to patients and family.
Hospice and Serious Illness Care
About Lightways
Founded in 1982 as Joliet Area Community Hospice, Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care is an independent, nonprofit healthcare provider licensed in 11 counties in Illinois. We provide exceptional serious illness care, hospice care and grief support for adults and children.
News & Educational Resources
Supporting Children Through Grief: Before and After a Loss
Supporting Children Through Grief: Before and After a Loss In honor of Children’s Grief Awareness Month, the Grief Support and Child Life Teams at Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care wanted to share some important tips on the unique considerations to be made...
Wonderlight 2026: Caring Through the Senses
Wonderlight 2026: Caring Through the Senses We recently celebrated Lightways’ Integrative Therapies Program at our annual dinner, Wonderlight. Through this year’s theme, “Caring Through the Senses,” guests learned about the meaningful impact that massage therapy,...
When the Music Plays, Grace Wakes Up
When the Music Plays, Grace Wakes Up At Lightways Hospice, our care goes beyond medical needs to also focus on the things that bring our patients comfort and joy. For Grace, one of those things is music. Whenever her music therapist, Julia, visits, Grace responds, and...
