Hospice

Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing Hospice provides exceptional care for people in the final stages of life.  Our mission is to provide comfort care by managing pain and symptoms of an advanced illness.  Our team prepares an individualized care plan to help patients live each day to the fullest.

The hospice team provides care wherever the patient calls home.  The home can be a private residence, apartment, town house, assisted living facility, independent living facility, nursing home or group home.

Hospice is appropriate for people with a limited life expectancy who no longer wish to pursue aggressive treatment.  The goal of hospice is to eliminate pain while providing guidance and support to our patients and their families.  Hospice can be discontinued and resumed at any time.

Services offered:

• Regular visits from nurses available 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week
• Aides who assist with personal care needs
• Social workers who provide support and knowledge of additional resources
• Assistance writing health care directives
• Visits from spiritual care providers
• Companionship with specially trained hospice volunteers
• Thirteen months of bereavement support for loved ones
• Support groups
• Education for loved ones and caregivers
• Medical supplies and equipment needed at home
• Massage, reflexology, aroma, music, yoga and pet therapies
• Respite and continuous care when necessitated

Medicare Hospice Benefit under Part A covers hospice completely.  This includes all visits made by our hospice team, any equipment needed for comfort at home, and medications related to the terminal diagnosis.  Private insurance and Medicaid also cover hospice service, usually in the same way as Medicare.

No one is ever refused hospice services due to inability to pay.  Gifts from generous donors help hospice meet the needs of our patients.

Requesting hospice services can be done by anyone.  Call 651-385-3410 for more information.

Please note: Community Grief Support Groups will not meet during the months of January, February and March, 2020. Meetings will resume in April, 2020.

Community Grief Support Groups meet twice monthly for adults who are grieving the loss of a loved one.

- 2nd and 4th Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at First Congregational Church in Cannon Falls (220 W. Main Street)  

- 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m.  to 12 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Lake City (100 Peace Ridge)

- 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Red Wing (615 W. 5th St.)

No registration is required. For more information, call 651-385-3410.