St. Croix Hospice

08/07/2025

Don't have an item to remember your loved one?

There are plenty of ways to create memories and remember a loved one during hospice.

We believe it's important to remain connected even through difficult times.

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08/07/2025

We’re growing to serve even more patients and families.

Our new Taylor branch allows us to expand compassionate care across Michigan. At St. Croix Hospice, every location reflects our promise to walk alongside patients and families with comfort, dignity and expertise.

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08/07/2025

Join St. Croix Hospice in Flandreau with lemonade and hospice education!

Come and join us for a fun-filled afternoon!

08/06/2025

If you're feeling guilty about choosing hospice for your loved one, you're not alone. Hospice isn't the cause of death.

The terrible illness is.

Hospice isn't about accepting defeat, failure or choosing to end one's life.

Instead, it’s a focus on improving symptoms of pain and ensuring that one lives the rest of their life to the best extent.

Despite this, caregivers can feel guilt. Below, we provide a guide on how to accept and understand.

08/05/2025

Join St. Croix Hospice in learning more! We will be there with a booth for residents in the Appleton community!

Mark us down on your calendars for 09.27.2025!
The 2025 EMH Community Block Party will be Saturday, September 27th, 2025 at Ellett Memorial Hospital. We'll post more details in the weeks leading up to the event. We can't wait to see you there!

08/05/2025

Join St. Croix Hospice for refreshments, beach volleyball and education! Show up in your best beach outfit!

Join us for a Membership Appreciation event! Happening at both of our locations on August 15th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Wear your most stylish beach attire to enter and win a free fitness class punch pass!

Thank you to our sponsor St. Croix Hospice!

See you there!

08/05/2025

Each day for Chaplain Wendy begins at the Albert Lea office, reviewing the schedule to make sure no one is missed — especially those in our Voyage Vigil Program.

But in a role like this, no schedule is ever truly final.

As a chaplain, Wendy brings more than prayer. She brings calm, comfort and connection — often to people who haven’t smiled in days. Her most rewarding moments come in small ways: a quiet laugh, a visible moment of relief, the simple act of presence.

“When I visit my patients, I look forward to bringing them peace, joy, love and companionship,” she says. “To remind them they’re not alone.”

That sense of presence has left lasting impressions. She recalls one patient whose family warned she wouldn’t be receptive to visitors. Wendy asked for just one visit.

“It turned into weekly visits,” she says. “In the end, she and her family were so grateful. It was a privilege to help her find peace and love in her final days.”

Her work is deeply personal — which is why setting boundaries has become one of the most important lessons she’s learned.

“Earlier in my career, I didn’t,” she says. “It led to unhealthy dynamics for everyone involved. Now I understand that clear boundaries help me serve patients and families more effectively while protecting emotional balance.”

Outside of work, Wendy turns to music and faith for inspiration. She sings Christian music, once led worship in the Caribbean and continues to find joy in reading faith-based books. Her current favorite is author Joshua Giles, whose words of encouragement mirror the same comfort she brings to others each day.

At the heart of her role is something simple: showing up.

08/04/2025

Hospice is about living — fully, comfortably and with dignity.

While hospice eligibility begins when a patient’s prognosis is six months or less, every person’s journey is unique.

Some patients stabilize or experience improved quality of life with the additional support hospice provides, allowing them to live longer than originally expected.

With expert symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, and care tailored to each patient’s needs, hospice can relieve stress and allow patients to focus on meaningful moments with their loved ones.

At St. Croix Hospice, we don’t measure care by the calendar — we measure it by the comfort, peace and presence we bring to every day.

07/31/2025

Saying yes to hospice is not giving up. It’s finally choosing care.

When families choose St. Croix Hospice, they’re choosing to no longer carry this alone.

The sleepless nights. The endless decisions. The quiet fear of missing something important. All of it shifts into trusted hands.

This is where our team steps in fully. Nurses who notice what others might miss. Aides who restore dignity in the smallest moments. Social workers who listen to the grief that families don’t know how to speak. Chaplains who meet hearts exactly where they are. Volunteers who sit quietly when words are too much.

Caregivers become family again. Spouses find peace in simply holding hands. Children sit beside parents — not as managers of care but as sons and daughters once more.

At St. Croix Hospice, this is the work we’re called to do — to transform heartbreak into moments of presence, comfort and grace. Because no one should navigate this alone.

When the time comes, we’re ready to walk with you.

07/30/2025

When it comes to hospice, families are not choosing services — they’re choosing people.

By this stage, brochures have been read. Websites reviewed. Recommendations gathered. But now comes the part that matters most: face-to-face conversations.

Families sit across the table from hospice providers and listen for more than answers. They listen for tone. For compassion. For honesty. They look for steady eyes that say, "We will carry this with you."

Every family wants to know that when the hardest days come, this team will show up with competence and heart. Because hospice is not just medical care It's presence. It’s trust in the people who will stand at the bedside when the family needs to step away.

This is not a transaction. This is a relationship built on presence when presence matters most.

07/29/2025

In moments this personal, we don’t trust ads. We trust people.

As families face one of the most intimate decisions of their lives, something powerful happens. They start reaching out.

They call friends who have walked this road. They ask neighbors who know. They lean into quiet conversations where raw honesty lives.

It’s not credentials that calm their hearts. It’s stories. The gentle words from someone who says: “They were there for my dad.” “They made my mom feel safe.” “They showed up when it mattered.”

In a sea of options, these voices cut through the noise. Trust is built through one personal story at a time.