Hospice News February 13, 2025
St. Croix Hospice has cut the ribbon for a new location in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The de novo will serve La Crosse, Jackson, Trempealeau, Monroe and Vernon counties. The new office is St. Croix Hospice’s 18th location in Wisconsin. The company expects that the new operation will reduce travel times for clinicians to visit patients in its service region.
“There’s been more travel times between patients, and so when we have a smaller branch, it’s easier for us to care better for patients, rather than having to travel so much,” Betsy Bellock, manager of clinical services at the site, told local news.
Adults 65 and older accounted for 17.5% of Wisconsin’s overall population during 2019, according to the U.S. Census...