Embracing the Journey with Solace, Warmth, and Love

Wally’s Hearth is Illinois’s first social-model hospice home—created for this moment. We offer a peaceful, intimate home environment where people in their final days are cared for like beloved family and neighbors, with 24/7 support, gentle routines, and room for loved ones to be together. Each day is guided by dignity, comfort, and choice, with trained staff and volunteers coordinating closely with hospice providers so care feels seamless and person-centered.
 

For families, Wally’s Hearth brings steadiness and relief; for our community, it’s a shared promise that no one will reach the end of life without companionship or respect. Your support helps launch this Chicagoland pilot and fuels a model that we hope will grow into neighborhood satellites—alongside deathcare education classes and resources offered across the community, connecting people with the tools and information they need.

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Wally’s Hearth is named for two very special Wallys, each deeply loved by our co-founders, Tiffany Johnson and Lydia Manning. Tiffany’s Wally was her father, whom she helped care for at the end of his life when she was just 19. Lydia’s Wally was dying of brain cancer when her search for a death doula led her to Tiffany, who supported him and his family during his final weeks. As Tiffany and Lydia became friends, they discovered how deeply their experiences with their two Wallys had shaped their beliefs about dying, caregiving, and community. Those shared experiences became the foundation for Wally’s Hearth and our commitment to creating a home where people at the end of life are surrounded by dignity, companionship, and love.

 

For our Wallys, and for yours.

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