What is Hospice

Hospice is a multifaceted, multidimensional concept of care for the terminally ill and their loved ones. It is based upon the needs and desires of the individual patients and their loved ones. The care is patient-directed and oriented to enhance the life of the patient and to support the family.

The goal of hospice is to care for the patient and family, not to cure the illness. Compassionate care impacts the patient by relieving symptoms of the disease and assisting the family members in coping with the care of their loved one.

Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death. Hospice exists in the hope and belief that through appropriate care, sensitive to the needs of the patient and their families, they will attain some degree of mental and spiritual preparation for death.

Serenity Hospice & Home has been providing care since 1984. We serve the counties of Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago, as well as the towns of Walnut and Ohio in Bureau County.