Midland Care Connection, Inc. is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit organization, governed by a volunteer board of directors. Operating as Midland Care, the organization provides a continuum of specialty health services: Midland Care Hospice, Midland Care PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly), Midland Care Adult Day Health, Midland Care Grief & Loss, Midland Care Home Health, Midland Care Home Support, Midland Care Palliative Care, and Midland Care Respite. As the pioneer and leader in end-of-life and senior elder care Midland Care has been providing services to the communities northeast Kansas for over 30 years.
1978 - Volunteers concerned for the quality of life for the dying form Hospice of Topeka.
1979 - Hospice of Topeka is incorporated.
1981 - Received 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit status.
1983 - Hospice of Topeka in response to growth and community needs, changes name to Friends of Hospice, Inc.
1983 - Opens offices at 824 Washburn Ave.
1990 - Purchase the historic mansion previously owned by Chester Woodward at 1272 SW Fillmore Ave.
1991 - Became Hospice Medicare Certified.
1992 - Friends of Hospice, Inc. changes name to Midland Hospice Care, Inc.
1992 - Began providing adult day care.
1992 - Osage County Hospice merges with Midland Hospice Care.
1994 - Southview Hospice merges with Midland Hospice Care.
1994 - Midland Hospice Care moves to 22 acre campus, which formerly housed the Children's Hospital Division of the Menninger Foundation.
2000 - The Hospice House opens, the first free-standing inpatient facility in Kansas.
2004 - Garden View Respite opens to provide overnight respite services for caregivers.
2005 - Recognizing changing scope and addition of services, corporation name officially changed to Midland Care Connection, Inc.
2007 - Midland Care PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) opens.
2008 - Open office in Council Grove, Kansas.
2009 - Hospice program accredited by CHAP (Community Health Accreditation Program).