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CEO Mary Kay Sheehan speaks at Drive dedication for former CEO

Lightways Hospice in Joliet dedicates street to former CEO Duane Krieger

Lightways CEO Mary Kay Sheehan speaks at Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care in Joliet for the dedication of Honorary Duane Krieger Drive on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. (Denise Unland)

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Lightways nurse reviewing a pamphlet with a patient

Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care to Help the Joliet Community Understand Advance Care Planning

Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care will join a nationwide project and host a community game event at Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital Wallin Conference Center from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Monday, June 24 to engage communities in important conversations about medical decision making.

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Blocks on yellow background with text: ALS - serious illness care for patients and families

Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care offers treatment to ALS patients and their families

The ALS Association estimates the number of people living with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in the United States to be more than 30,000. This number fluctuates daily because every 90 minutes, someone is diagnosed with or dies from ALS. Ninety percent of cases occur with no family history, and the onset is usually between the ages of 40 and 70.

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JACH Development Director Retires

JACH Development Director Retires

Dec 18, 2019 |

JACH Development Director RetiresJoliet Area Community Hospice’s (JACH) Senior Director of Development and Communications, Jackie Bersano, has announced her retirement at the end of this year. During her six-year tenure with JACH, Bersano has passionately represented...

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Ground Breaking

Ground Breaking

Oct 9, 2019 |

Joliet Area Community Hospice (JACH) began in 1982 and changed the face of inpatient hospice care when it opened the first free standing hospice home inpatient unit in Illinois in 2004.

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