News & Educational Resources
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.
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.
A personal note from our CEO, Mary Kay Sheehan
As you may know by now, Mr. Duane Krieger died last week. Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness care had the privilege of caring for him and his family in our inpatient unit in Joliet.
Joliet hospice offering grief workshop series in May
Joliet hospice offering grief workshop series in MayLightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care in Joliet will offer the workshop on four consecutive Thursdays in May. Pictured are the grounds of Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care, an independent, nonprofit...
Lightways Hospice, Serious Illness Care to hold celebration for Vietnam Veterans Day
All Vietnam Veterans are invited to attend a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans celebration Wednesday, April 3 at the Wesley Center at United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson Street in Morris. The celebration will be organized by Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care’s We Honor Veterans program.
Grief Support Services Available at Lightways Hospice/Serious Illness Care
Just as everyone experiences grief in a unique way, Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care has worked to create a variety of free grief support services to help anyone in the community who has experienced the death of a loved one.