Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care
Joliet, Illinois — Will County
Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care is an established non-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 81st percentile in Illinois. They perform particularly well in end-of-life presence, clinical care practices, overall care quality indicators, and family communication, meeting or exceeding state benchmarks in these areas. As a larger provider, they serve a high volume of patients — ask about nurse-to-patient ratios and how quickly they respond to after-hours calls.
Wayven Quality Score
Excellent
Better than 81% of hospices in Illinois
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CompareQuality breakdown
Three pillars that make up the overall score. Tap to explore individual measures.
State avg: 59.2
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Illinois CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
10
HCI Score
out of 10
81%
Percentile
in Illinois
#29
State Rank
in Illinois
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 91.8
About this provider
Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care performs strongly in Process Integrity, placing them among the better providers in Illinois.
Ask about their on-call availability and how they support families between scheduled visits.
Based on federal CMS quality data, updated February 2026.
Hospice Care Index Components
- Overall HCI score
- 10 / 10
- Continuous care / inpatient days
- 1.6
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 57.1
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 12.9
- Visits near death
- 99.4
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $13281
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 98.2
- Treatment preferences
- 100
- Beliefs & values
- 99.8
- Pain screening
- 99.3
- Pain assessment
- 99.9
- Dyspnea screening
- 99.7
- Dyspnea treatment
- 98.9
- Opioid bowel care
- 100
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 80.4%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 12.9
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $13281
- Avg daily census
- 402 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 29%
- Dementia
- 8%
- Heart disease
- 22%
- Respiratory
- 7%
- Stroke
- 20%
Data Sources
- CCN
- 141539
- CMS Region
- 5
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