When facing a terminal diagnosis, you are dealing with more than physical ailments. Providence Hospice knows this, and we’ve put together a team of compassionate, skilled professionals who will walk with you and your family through this journey.
Our hospice team is made up of physicians, nurses, social workers, dietary experts, chaplains, volunteers, and other professionals, all with the goal of providing compassionate end-of-life care.
Providence Hospice provides palliative care, often called “comfort care,” to patients who are facing a serious illness. Palliative care is designed to relieve your discomfort and ease the symptoms of the side effects some of your curative treatment is causing.
Toni is a Registered Nurse with Providence Hospice, serving the Chicagoland area and Northwest Indiana. She feels her work at Providence is a calling, and her number one priority is maintaining comfort for her patients and families during the end-of-life transition.
We're proud that Providence Hospice has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an overall caregiver and family satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20% of all eligible SHP clients for the 2021 calendar year.
Susan Enright brings decades of healthcare experience and skills to Providence Hospice, and she's proud of the compassion and skill that her team can bring to the families we serve.
Reverend Ruth Harrison offers compassion and spiritual guidance to hospice and palliative care patients and their families.
Annette McClain leads our dedicated volunteer team, using her passion for helping people to enhance the lives of the people our program serves.
We are proud to have Dr. Michelle M. Buikema, DNP, APRN, NP-C, serving as our Nurse Practitioner for Providence Hospice and Palliative Care. Michelle has worked at Providence Life Services in a variety of roles since 2006, but has worked specifically with our Providence Hospice team since 2013.
Michelle earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Nursing from the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, IN and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Wilkes University. She has served as Past President of the Chicagoland Chapter of Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association (HPNA) and is a board member of Chicagoland Chapter of HPNA, a member of Sigma Theta Tau-Alpha Omicron Chapter, and is a member of the Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association.
When she is not working or spending time with her husband and two sons, she enjoys cooking and baking, gardening, and following Notre Dame football.
Providence Hospice is a nonprofit ministry of Providence Life Services. Like many non-for-profits, our efforts are made even more robust by the vast community of people who give of their time and talents to volunteer with our program.
You can read about some of our hospice volunteers, like Venisha, a massage therapist; Renee, a stay-at-home mom; Heather, a licensed counselor; and Jackie, a retired healthcare worker. These are just some of the many valued volunteers who make our program special. We’d love you to join our team and write your own hospice volunteer story.
Simply fill out the form and we will contact you.
Providence Life Services is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
