Grief Counseling
Grief counseling services include chaplaincy, social work, education and mental health to help people come to terms with the end of life.
Hospice
Compassionate, patient and family-centered end-of-life care
IU Health Hospice is forming a partnership with another expert hospice provider to form Redcrest Hospice on Nov. 18, 2025. Current patients will experience a seamless transition—your care, services, and insurance coverage will continue exactly as they are.
This change is designed to enhance your experience by adding resources and better communication tools for you and your family.
Hospice Services Notice
IU Health Hospice is forming a partnership with another expert hospice provider to form Redcrest Hospice on Nov. 18, 2025. Current patients will experience a seamless transition—your care, services, and insurance coverage will continue exactly as they are.
This change is designed to enhance your experience by adding resources and better communication tools for you and your family.
Hospice care is specialized care designed to provide comfort, dignity, and support for individuals facing a life-limiting illness, when the goal of treatment shifts from curing the illness to managing symptoms and enhancing quality of life.
Hospice focuses on the person, not the disease, providing holistic care that addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Care is available wherever the patient resides, ensuring that individuals and their families receive continuous support during this sensitive time.
Hospice Levels of Care
Hospice services are delivered through four distinct levels, ensuring the right intensity of care is available when needed:
- Routine Home Care (RHC): Provided in the comfort of the patient’s home (private residence, nursing facility, etc.). The hospice team provides scheduled visits as needed to manage symptoms and support the family.
- General Inpatient Care (GIP): Provided in an approved facility (like a hospital or dedicated hospice unit) when a patient’s symptoms cannot be managed at home. Patients receive 24-hour skilled nursing care until symptoms are controlled and they can return home.
- Inpatient Respite Care: Provided temporarily (up to five consecutive days) in an approved facility to give the patient’s primary caregiver a much-needed rest and relief.
- Continuous Home Care (CHC): Provided during periods of crisis in the patient’s home, involving continuous nursing care (up to 24 hours a day) to achieve immediate symptom management.
Inpatient Facility: Hospice House - Operated by Redcrest Hospice
For patients requiring short-term stays under the General Inpatient or Inpatient Respite levels of care, hospice services can be delivered in the specialized setting of the IU Health Hospice House:
- Location: 2810 S Deborah Dr, Bloomington, IN 47403
- Key features: This facility accommodates 12 patients and offers a homelike environment, including common areas like a kitchen, dining room, and lounge, to allow families and friends to gather comfortably. Each room includes a sleeper sofa for overnight family stays.
What to Expect with Hospice Care
Hospice focuses on the person, not the disease, providing holistic care that addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Care is available wherever the patient resides, ensuring that individuals and their families receive continuous support during this sensitive time.
Hospice Levels of Care
Hospice services are delivered through four distinct levels, ensuring the right intensity of care is available when needed:
- Routine Home Care (RHC): Provided in the comfort of the patient’s home (private residence, nursing facility, etc.). The hospice team provides scheduled visits as needed to manage symptoms and support the family.
- General Inpatient Care (GIP): Provided in an approved facility (like a hospital or dedicated hospice unit) when a patient’s symptoms cannot be managed at home. Patients receive 24-hour skilled nursing care until symptoms are controlled and they can return home.
- Inpatient Respite Care: Provided temporarily (up to five consecutive days) in an approved facility to give the patient’s primary caregiver a much-needed rest and relief.
- Continuous Home Care (CHC): Provided during periods of crisis in the patient’s home, involving continuous nursing care (up to 24 hours a day) to achieve immediate symptom management.
Inpatient Facility: Hospice House - Operated by Redcrest Hospice
For patients requiring short-term stays under the General Inpatient or Inpatient Respite levels of care, hospice services can be delivered in the specialized setting of the IU Health Hospice House:
- Location: 2810 S Deborah Dr, Bloomington, IN 47403
- Key features: This facility accommodates 12 patients and offers a homelike environment, including common areas like a kitchen, dining room, and lounge, to allow families and friends to gather comfortably. Each room includes a sleeper sofa for overnight family stays.
Jul 31
Located on a tranquil, three-acre wooded tract just south of Bloomington, Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospice House offers more than expert care. It offers peace. For one family, peace became a lifeline during the most difficult times. When their loved one was admitted to Hospice House in his final days, the family was emotionally exhausted. They knew their time with him was short. Yet what unfolded in those last moments surprised them – not the inevitability of his loss, but the abundance of care, dignity, and human kindness expressed by Hospice House staff. Though he was nearing the end of his life, the staff continued to care for him with the same dedication they would offer to someone expected to recover. They gently bathed and shaved him. They spoke to him softly, maintained his appearance and ensured he retained his dignity. For the family, the smallest gestures made the biggest impact. The way the nurses fluffed his pillow. The gentle touch of the hospice aide as she held his hand. The unspoken understanding that even in his final hours, he deserved to feel valued, clean and respected. So deeply moved by the experience, the man’s wife made a philanthropic gift
Patient Stories for Hospice
Jul 31
Located on a tranquil, three-acre wooded tract just south of Bloomington, Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospice House offers more than expert care. It offers peace. For one family, peace became a lifeline during the most difficult times. When their loved one was admitted to Hospice House in his final days, the family was emotionally exhausted. They knew their time with him was short. Yet what unfolded in those last moments surprised them – not the inevitability of his loss, but the abundance of care, dignity, and human kindness expressed by Hospice House staff. Though he was nearing the end of his life, the staff continued to care for him with the same dedication they would offer to someone expected to recover. They gently bathed and shaved him. They spoke to him softly, maintained his appearance and ensured he retained his dignity. For the family, the smallest gestures made the biggest impact. The way the nurses fluffed his pillow. The gentle touch of the hospice aide as she held his hand. The unspoken understanding that even in his final hours, he deserved to feel valued, clean and respected. So deeply moved by the experience, the man’s wife made a philanthropic gift