Compassionate Care Close to Home
Hospice Touch and Palliative Care are programs offered by Tomah Health to treat patients with serious and terminal illnesses or injuries. A trained team of medical professionals usually provides care in the patient’s home.
Both programs deal with comfort, help for caregivers, and the right of each patient to make informed choices about their care and goals.
- Hospice Touch: A program of special care that enables people with terminal illnesses to stay at home under the care of a loved one, along with a team of medical professionals.
- Palliative Care: A program that assists patients with a serious illness, whether the goal is cure or care. Inpatient and outpatient (home) services are provided by a team of medical professionals.
- The Hospice Team: Medical services, emotional support, and spiritual resources are provided by a team that may consist of a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, nursing assistant, social worker, chaplain, and volunteers.
- Serenity House: Hospice Touch and Palliative care are offered from our 10,000-square-foot facility at 601 Straw Street, Tomah. It includes state-of-the-art equipment and rooms to care for up to eight hospice patients.
- Grief Support: Grief Support and Education series are held to help people deal with grief and loss.
- Pet Therapy: Highly trained therapy dogs make visits to patients and their families, offering comfort and alleviating anxiety.
- Massage Therapy & Reiki: Part of Hospice Touch’s holistic approach to end-of-life comfort care. For many patients, Massage Therapy & Reiki help to manage pain, reduce stress/anxiety, and improve sleep.
For more information about our hospice and palliative care services, contact us at 608-374-0250.
For the ninth consecutive year, Tomah Health Hospice Touch has been named a 2026 Hospice CAHPS Honors Award recipient by MatrixCare, a leading provider of CAHPS and bereavement survey programs for home health and hospice agencies.
“This award means so much because it represents the countless moments our team have the privilege to share with patients and their families,” said Hospice & Palliative Care and Social Services director Amanda Burkhalter.
“The conversations, the tears, the laughter, the comfort and the quiet moments of simply being present. I am incredibly proud of a team that consistently goes above and beyond to make patients and families feel supported, heard and cared for.”
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Offices and Service Area
Both Hospice Touch and Palliative Care can provide in-home care within a radius of Tomah and Mauston, which includes parts of Monroe, Jackson, Juneau, and Vernon counties.
Main Office & Serenity House
Tomah: 601 Straw St.
Main Office: 608-374-0250
Serenity House: 608-377-8701