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Whether your gift is large or small, your support makes a meaningful difference. A donation to the Grief Support Fund helps ensure that families in our community receive compassionate, no-cost grief services when they need them most.
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 with Compassion: Essential Tips for Caregivers of Loved Ones in Hospice Care
Caring for a loved one in hospice care is one of the most meaningful—and often most challenging—acts of love a person can undertake. Hospice care focuses on comfort, dignity, and quality of life for those nearing the end of life, but it also extends vital support to families and caregivers.
Facing the Holidays During Grief – Help for the Holidays
As the holiday season approaches, many grievers will experience uncertainty about how to approach the holidays, and how to cope with the increased grief reactions they experience during this time.
The Heart of Compassion: The Role of Chaplains in Hospice and Palliative Care
When people hear the word chaplain, they often think of religion. But in hospice care, chaplains represent something broader and deeply human: spiritual care—the comfort, connection, and meaning that help patients and families navigate life’s most profound moments.
