St. Croix Hospice is an in-home hospice care provider serving Cedar Falls, Iowa and the surrounding Waterloo area. The organization opened its Cedar Falls office in 2019 and provides comprehensive end-of-life care to patients in their private residences, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities.
The hospice delivers 24/7 care, including nights, weekends, and holidays. Care is provided by local caregivers who live in the communities they serve and deliver physical, emotional, and spiritual support to both patients and their families. The model emphasizes holistic, patient-centered care with a focus on symptom management, comfort, and honoring individual wishes during end-of-life.
St. Croix Hospice offers specialized programs including the Lighthouse End-of-Life Planning Program, which helps families understand and document healthcare wishes and end-of-life affairs. Staff members are Dementia Care Certified by the Crisis Prevention Institute and provide proactive symptom management for patients with Alzheimer's and dementia-related disorders to create a safe environment and improve quality of life.
Family support is a core component of care, with education, tools, resources, and emotional and spiritual support provided to help loved ones focus on spending quality time together. When patients approach their final days, the care team increases bedside presence to ensure comfort and individualized support through end of life.