Independence Health System Inc.

11/17/2025

The best part about Mondays is starting a new week with fun activities. 🥰🤗

Today we enjoyed homemade hot cocoa from Patty's sweet momma's recipe with sliced apples and caramel.

We also had such a great time playing clear the table with friends to take a chance on winning a prize. 😄

11/14/2025

We are ending the week on good note listening to Keith Ital music provided by Legacy Hospice.

On Fridays our ice shop is open when Journey Hospice volunteer Kathy comes. So, we were happy to enjoy an afternoon sweet treat. 🥰😊

11/14/2025

Friday bingo with Cheryl 🤗💛

11/13/2025

We are having an enjoyable time listening to Art Dickerson. It is his first time coming to sing. Music makes us so happy!

11/13/2025

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11/13/2025

We are so excited to have you join our team! Help us welcome our new hires. 🤩🤗

11/12/2025

Good times and tunes listening to the ‘Old Country Band’ 🎶 ❣️

11/12/2025

Hospice Care at a glance 💛

Many think hospice care means the patient is giving up the good fight or will die within a few days. But hospice care is not raising the white flag or resigning to the disease. Instead, it is choosing compassionate medical care based on the patient’s needs and wishes; it’s choosing increased quality of life and emotional support for you and your family.

Here are five things' patients and families typically do not know about hospice before receiving care.
1. Hospice is a philosophy of care – not a place.
Hospice care can be provided wherever you call home, such as a personal residence, care facility, or even within a hospital should the patient need a higher level of care.
2. Hospice is care on the patient’s terms.
Hospice care is built around the patient, based on his or her wants and needs, which might include personal care, music therapy or other supplemental care. The care team does its best to help the patient live his/her life to the fullest while receiving hospice care.
3. An interdisciplinary team provides medical, emotional, and spiritual support.
Hospice care team members – including physicians, nurses, chaplains, and social workers, meet regularly with the patient and loved ones to make sure needs are being met.
Hospice care is choosing compassionate medical care based on the patient’s needs and wishes; it’s choosing increased quality of life and emotional support for you and your family.
4. Hospice care is focused on the patient as well as his/her loved ones.
From helping the family understand what the patient is experiencing to a friendly ear to listen, hospice care makes sure the patient’s loved ones have the care and support they need to live each day to the fullest.
5. People typically have a negative perception of hospice care until they experience it.
It is common for patients and families to underestimate the value hospice care can bring, often being hesitant to choose this type of care. But studies show, including one published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that people who choose hospice care are happier with the care experience than those who did not choose hospice care.

Hospice is a compassionate, individualized care option available through Medicare, Medicaid, and most commercial insurers. One goal for people facing serious illness is to ensure they have hospice care as an option. Talk to your doctor about hospice care, contact a hospice provider in your area, or Nicky our Social Service Director can help you with information if your loved one lives at IHS.

11/11/2025

It was a special afternoon celebrating and honoring our veterans. Our veterans were presented with a certificate of recognition for their service and a thank you card from Journey Hospice . 🇺🇸❤️

11/11/2025

Are you an RN? We are hiring for Director of Nursing! Come work with us! Click the link below to apply!

The Director of Nursing (DoN) is a Registered Nurse who works full time and has the responsibility for taking all reasonable steps to ensure a high quality...

11/10/2025

For National Decorate a Cupcake Day we created some delightful cupcakes. They did such a wonderful job decorating!

11/10/2025

Thank you, Robin, with Journey Hospice for spending the afternoon with us. 📖📚🩷