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Adrian MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice Of Lenawee , Lenawee County      Click to request assistance
Allegan MI - Michigan pain management -- Alliance Medical Services , Allegan County      Click to request assistance
Allegan MI - Michigan palliative care -- Wings Of Hope Hospice , Allegan County      Click to request assistance
Alma MI - Michigan care for dying -- Gratiot Area Hospice , Gratiot County      Click to request assistance
Alpena MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice Of Sunrise Shore , Alpena County      Click to request assistance
Alpena MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice of Northeastern Michigan , Alpena County      Click to request assistance
Ann Arbor MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Home Care , Washtenaw County      Click to request assistance
Ann Arbor MI - Michigan care for dying -- Arbor Hospice Corp, Washtenaw County      Click to request assistance
Ann Arbor MI - Michigan hospice care -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice, Washtenaw County      Click to request assistance
Ann Arbor MI - Michigan pain management -- Saint Joseph Mercy Hospice, Washtenaw County      Click to request assistance
Bad Axe MI - Michigan palliative care -- Heartland Hospice Of Bad Axe , Huron County      Click to request assistance
Battle Creek MI - Michigan care for dying -- Great Lakes Home Health , Calhoun County      Click to request assistance
Battle Creek MI - Michigan hospice care -- Gull Lake Ladies Retirement Home , Calhoun County      Click to request assistance
Battle Creek MI - Michigan pain management -- Good Samaritan Hospice Care , Calhoun County      Click to request assistance
Battle Creek MI - Michigan palliative care -- Lifespan Good Samaritan Hospice Residence , Calhoun County      Click to request assistance
Bay City MI - Michigan care for dying -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Bay County      Click to request assistance
Bay City MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice Advantage , Bay County      Click to request assistance
Bessemer MI - Michigan pain management -- Superior Home Health & Hospice , Gogebic County      Click to request assistance
Big Rapids MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Of Michigan , Mecosta County      Click to request assistance
Blackman Township MI - Michigan care for dying -- Southern Care Jackson-Ann Arbor , Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Bloomfield Hills MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice of Michigan , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Bloomfield Hills MI - Michigan pain management -- Cranbrook Hospice Care , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Bloomfield Township MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Of Michigan , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Boyne City MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice Of Northwest Michigan , Charlevoix County      Click to request assistance
Brownstown Twp MI - Michigan hospice care -- Arbor Hospice and Home Care , Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Buchanan MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice At Home Inc , Berrien County      Click to request assistance
Byron Center MI - Michigan palliative care -- Faith Hospice , Kent County      Click to request assistance
Cadillac MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice Of Michigan , Wexford County      Click to request assistance
Calumet MI - Michigan hospice care -- Keweenaw Home Nursing & Hospice , Houghton County      Click to request assistance
Caro MI - Michigan pain management -- Lutheran Home Care , Tuscola County      Click to request assistance
Carson City MI - Michigan palliative care -- Sparrow Hospice Services , Montcalm County      Click to request assistance
Cass City MI - Michigan care for dying -- Home & Hospice Advantage , Tuscola County      Click to request assistance
Charlotte MI - Michigan hospice care -- Eaton Community Hospice , Eaton County      Click to request assistance
Cheboygan MI - Michigan pain management -- Vitalcare Hospice House , Cheboygan County      Click to request assistance
Cheboygan MI - Michigan palliative care -- VitalCare , Cheboygan County      Click to request assistance
Clare MI - Michigan care for dying -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Clare County      Click to request assistance
Clinton Township MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice of Michigan, Macomb County      Click to request assistance
Coldwater MI - Michigan pain management -- Visiting Nurse Service of Southern Michigan Inc , Branch County      Click to request assistance
Coldwater MI - Michigan palliative care -- Good Samaritan Hospice Care , Branch County      Click to request assistance
Coldwater MI - Michigan care for dying -- CHC Home Health & Hospice Services , Branch County      Click to request assistance
Davison MI - Michigan hospice care -- Visiting Nurse Services Of Michigan , Genesee County      Click to request assistance
Dearborn MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice Of Michigan , Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Decatur MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Care Of Southwest Michigan , Van Buren County      Click to request assistance
Decatur MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice , Van Buren County      Click to request assistance
Detroit MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice of Metro Detroit Home Health Family Services Inc , Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Detroit MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice of Michigan, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Dundee MI - Michigan palliative care -- Caring Visiting Nurse-Dundee , Monroe County      Click to request assistance
East Lansing MI - Michigan care for dying -- Great Lakes Hospice , Ingham County      Click to request assistance
Escanaba MI - Michigan hospice care -- Marquette General Home Health & Hospice , Delta County      Click to request assistance
Escanaba MI - Michigan pain management -- Home Health Care Osf St Francis , Delta County      Click to request assistance
Escanaba MI - Michigan palliative care -- North Woods Home Nursing And Hospice , Delta County      Click to request assistance
Escanaba MI - Michigan care for dying -- Osf Bay De Noc Hospice , Delta County      Click to request assistance
Flint MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice Advantage , Genesee County      Click to request assistance
Flint MI - Michigan pain management -- Heartland Hospice Services , Genesee County      Click to request assistance
Flint MI - Michigan palliative care -- Avalon Hospice, Genesee County      Click to request assistance
Flint MI - Michigan care for dying -- Genesys Home & Hospice Care , Genesee County      Click to request assistance
Frankenmuth MI - Michigan hospice care -- Lutheran Home Care Agency , Saginaw County      Click to request assistance
Fremont MI - Michigan pain management -- Heartland Hospice Service , Newaygo County      Click to request assistance
Fremont MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Of Michigan , Newaygo County      Click to request assistance
Gaylord MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice of Michigan , Otsego County      Click to request assistance
Gaylord MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice Of Gaylord , Otsego County      Click to request assistance
Gladwin MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice Of Gladwin Area , Gladwin County      Click to request assistance
Gladwin MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice of Gladwin Area , Gladwin County      Click to request assistance
Goodrich MI - Michigan care for dying -- Genesys Hospice Care Center , Genesee County      Click to request assistance
Grand Blanc MI - Michigan hospice care -- Weiss Matthew DO , Genesee County      Click to request assistance
Grand Blanc MI - Michigan pain management -- Genesys , Genesee County      Click to request assistance
Grand Haven MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice of North Ottawa Community , Ottawa County      Click to request assistance
Grand Rapids MI - Michigan care for dying -- Faith Hospice , Kent County      Click to request assistance
Grand Rapids MI - Michigan hospice care -- Metron Hospice , Kent County      Click to request assistance
Grand Rapids MI - Michigan pain management -- Heartland Hospice Services , Kent County      Click to request assistance
Grand Rapids MI - Michigan palliative care -- All American Transport Div of American Fgt Sys , Kent County      Click to request assistance
Grand Rapids MI - Michigan care for dying -- In House Hospice Solutions , Kent County      Click to request assistance
Grand Rapids MI - Michigan hospice care -- Spectrum Health Hospice , Kent County      Click to request assistance
Grayling MI - Michigan pain management -- Mercy Hospice , Crawford County      Click to request assistance
Grayling MI - Michigan palliative care -- Mercy Home Care Grayling , Crawford County      Click to request assistance
Greenville MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice Of Michigan , Montcalm County      Click to request assistance
Hale MI - Michigan hospice care -- St Joseph Home Health & Hospice , Iosco County      Click to request assistance
Hancock MI - Michigan pain management -- Superior Home Health & Hospice , Houghton County      Click to request assistance
Hart MI - Michigan palliative care -- Harbor Hospice , Oceana County      Click to request assistance
Hastings MI - Michigan care for dying -- Glen's , Barry County      Click to request assistance
Hastings MI - Michigan hospice care -- Barry Community Hospice , Barry County      Click to request assistance
Highland MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice Advantage , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Hillsdale MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Of Hillsdale County , Hillsdale County      Click to request assistance
Holland MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice Of Holland Inc , Ottawa County      Click to request assistance
Holland Twp MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice Of Holland , Ottawa County      Click to request assistance
Houghton MI - Michigan pain management -- Omega House Inc The , Houghton County      Click to request assistance
Houghton Lake MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hope , Roscommon County      Click to request assistance
Howell MI - Michigan care for dying -- In-House Hospice Solutions , Livingston County      Click to request assistance
Howell MI - Michigan hospice care -- Livingston Community Hospice , Livingston County      Click to request assistance
Howell MI - Michigan pain management -- Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Home Care And Hospice , Livingston County      Click to request assistance
Ionia MI - Michigan palliative care -- Ionia Area Hospice , Ionia County      Click to request assistance
Iron River MI - Michigan care for dying -- Icch Home Care & Hospice , Iron County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice Of Jackson & Oaklawn , Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MI - Michigan pain management -- Great Lakes Hospice , Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MI - Michigan palliative care -- Foote Home Care Services , Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Kalamazoo MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice Care Of Southwest Michigan , Kalamazoo County      Click to request assistance
Kalamazoo MI - Michigan palliative care -- Kairos Dwelling Home For Terminally Ill , Kalamazoo County      Click to request assistance
Kalamazoo MI - Michigan care for dying -- Borgess Hospice , Kalamazoo County      Click to request assistance
Kalamazoo MI - Michigan hospice care -- Southern Care Inc , Kalamazoo County      Click to request assistance
Kalamazoo MI - Michigan pain management -- Lighthouse Hospice , Kalamazoo County      Click to request assistance
Kalamazoo MI - Michigan palliative care -- Rose Arbor Hospice , Kalamazoo County      Click to request assistance
Kalamazoo MI - Michigan care for dying -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Kalamazoo County      Click to request assistance
Kalkaska MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice North Country , Kalkaska County      Click to request assistance
Lambertville MI - Michigan pain management -- Erie West Hospice and Pailiative Care Llc , Monroe County      Click to request assistance
Lanse MI - Michigan palliative care -- Superior Home Health & Hospice , Baraga County      Click to request assistance
Lanse MI - Michigan care for dying -- Baraga County Home Care & Hospice , Baraga County      Click to request assistance
Lansing MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice House of Mid Michigan, Ingham County      Click to request assistance
Lansing MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice Of Lansing-Stoneleigh Residence , Ingham County      Click to request assistance
Lansing MI - Michigan palliative care -- The Hospice of Lansing, Ingham County      Click to request assistance
Lapeer MI - Michigan care for dying -- A-One Hospice Inc , Lapeer County      Click to request assistance
Lapeer MI - Michigan hospice care -- Heartland Hospice , Lapeer County      Click to request assistance
Livonia MI - Michigan pain management -- Angela Hospice Home Care, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Ludington MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice of Michigan , Mason County      Click to request assistance
Madison Heights MI - Michigan care for dying -- Seasons Hospice And Palliative Care Inc , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Manistee MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice of Michigan , Manistee County      Click to request assistance
Manistique MI - Michigan pain management -- Schoolcraft Memorial Homecare , Schoolcraft County      Click to request assistance
Manistique MI - Michigan palliative care -- North Woods Home Nursing And Hospice , Schoolcraft County      Click to request assistance
Manistique MI - Michigan care for dying -- Lmas Home Health & Hospice Of Schoolcraft CO , Schoolcraft County      Click to request assistance
Marlette MI - Michigan hospice care -- United Hospice Service Of Marlette Regional Hospital , Sanilac County      Click to request assistance
Marquette MI - Michigan pain management -- Upper Peninsula Home Health Hospice & Private Duty , Marquette County      Click to request assistance
Marquette MI - Michigan palliative care -- Lake Superior Hospice , Marquette County      Click to request assistance
Mason MI - Michigan care for dying -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Ingham County      Click to request assistance
Midland MI - Michigan hospice care -- Midmichigan Visiting Nurse Association , Midland County      Click to request assistance
Milford MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice Of Michigan , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Monroe MI - Michigan palliative care -- Heartland Hospice Services , Monroe County      Click to request assistance
Mount Pleasant MI - Michigan care for dying -- Family Home Health Care Services Inc , Macomb County      Click to request assistance
Mount Pleasant MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice of Central Michigan Inc , Macomb County      Click to request assistance
Muskegon MI - Michigan pain management -- Harbor Hospice , Muskegon County      Click to request assistance
Muskegon MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice of Muskegon-Oceana , Muskegon County      Click to request assistance
Muskegon MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice Of Michigan , Muskegon County      Click to request assistance
Muskegon MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice Residence Of Hackley VNS , Muskegon County      Click to request assistance
Muskegon MI - Michigan pain management -- Midmichigan Hospice , Muskegon County      Click to request assistance
Negaunee MI - Michigan palliative care -- Upper Peninsula Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty , Marquette County      Click to request assistance
New Buffalo MI - Michigan care for dying -- Vna Hospice , Berrien County      Click to request assistance
Newberry MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hicks R P Memorial Hospice , Luce County      Click to request assistance
Northville MI - Michigan pain management -- Arbor Hospice & Home Care, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Oak Park MI - Michigan palliative care -- Home Health Care A 1, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Oak Park MI - Michigan care for dying -- Ace Homecare and Hospice, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Oak Park MI - Michigan hospice care -- Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan Hospice , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Okemos MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice of Michigan , Ingham County      Click to request assistance
Ontonagon MI - Michigan palliative care -- Superior Home Health & Hospice , Ontonagon County      Click to request assistance
Oscoda MI - Michigan care for dying -- Oscoda Home Health & Hospice , Iosco County      Click to request assistance
Owosso MI - Michigan hospice care -- Memorial Healthcare-Hospice Agency , Shiawassee County      Click to request assistance
Owosso MI - Michigan pain management -- Memorial Home Health Services , Shiawassee County      Click to request assistance
Paw Paw MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Of Southwest Michigan , Van Buren County      Click to request assistance
Petoskey MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice of Little Traverse Bay , Emmet County      Click to request assistance
Plnwl MI - Michigan hospice care -- Stanford Lodge , Allegan County      Click to request assistance
Port Huron MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice Blue Water , St. Clair County      Click to request assistance
Port Huron MI - Michigan palliative care -- Blue Water Hospice , St. Clair County      Click to request assistance
Portage MI - Michigan care for dying -- Heartland Hospice , Kalamazoo County      Click to request assistance
Redford MI - Michigan hospice care -- Hospice of Michigan, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Reed City MI - Michigan pain management -- Munson Hospice , Osceola County      Click to request assistance
Rogers City MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Of Michigan , Presque Isle County      Click to request assistance
Roscommon MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice of Michigan , Roscommon County      Click to request assistance
Saginaw MI - Michigan hospice care -- Americans Hospice Inc , Saginaw County      Click to request assistance
Saginaw MI - Michigan pain management -- Cartwright Hospice Residence , Saginaw County      Click to request assistance
Saginaw MI - Michigan palliative care -- Vna/Hospice , Saginaw County      Click to request assistance
Saginaw MI - Michigan care for dying -- Southerncare Saginaw , Saginaw County      Click to request assistance
Saint Johns MI - Michigan hospice care -- Great Lakes Hospice , Clinton County      Click to request assistance
Saint Johns MI - Michigan pain management -- Clinton Home Hospice , Clinton County      Click to request assistance
Saint Joseph MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice At Home Inc , Berrien County      Click to request assistance
Sault Sainte Marie MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice Of Chippewa County Inc , Chippewa County      Click to request assistance
Sault Sainte Marie MI - Michigan hospice care -- VitalCare , Chippewa County      Click to request assistance
Shelby Township MI - Michigan pain management -- As-Sojood Moslem Hospice Intl , Macomb County      Click to request assistance
South Haven MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice At Home , Van Buren County      Click to request assistance
Southfield MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice of Southeastern Michigan, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Southfield MI - Michigan hospice care -- Heritage Home Hospice, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Southfield MI - Michigan pain management -- Lighthouse Hospice, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Southfield MI - Michigan palliative care -- Focus Care Hospice Inc, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Southfield MI - Michigan care for dying -- Samaritan Care Hospice, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Southfield MI - Michigan hospice care -- Karmanos Cancer Institute Hospice Program , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Southfield MI - Michigan pain management -- Hospice of Michigan , Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Southfield MI - Michigan palliative care -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
Southgate MI - Michigan care for dying -- Affinity Hospice of Life, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Stanton MI - Michigan hospice care -- Gratiot Area Hospice , Montcalm County      Click to request assistance
Sterling MI - Michigan pain management -- Medilodge Of Sterling , Arenac County      Click to request assistance
Stevensville MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice At Home Inc , Berrien County      Click to request assistance
Sturgis MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice Of Sturgis , St. Joseph County      Click to request assistance
Tawas City MI - Michigan hospice care -- Lakeview Manor , Iosco County      Click to request assistance
Tawas City MI - Michigan pain management -- St Joseph Home Health & Hospice , Iosco County      Click to request assistance
Taylor MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice of Michigan , Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Three Rivers MI - Michigan care for dying -- Three Rivers Health Homecare And Hospice , St. Joseph County      Click to request assistance
Traverse City MI - Michigan hospice care -- Munson Hospice & Palliative Care , Grand Traverse County      Click to request assistance
Troy MI - Michigan pain management -- Beaumont Hospice, Oakland County      Click to request assistance
West Branch MI - Michigan palliative care -- Hospice Of Helping Hands Inc , Ogemaw County      Click to request assistance
West Branch MI - Michigan care for dying -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Ogemaw County      Click to request assistance
West Branch MI - Michigan hospice care -- Midmichigan Hospice , Ogemaw County      Click to request assistance
Westland MI - Michigan pain management -- Community Hospice Inc, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Westland MI - Michigan palliative care -- Community Hospice Inc , Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Wetmore MI - Michigan care for dying -- Hospice of Alger County , Alger County      Click to request assistance

 

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About Hospice Care

Note: Many families or their loved ones' doctors often wait too long to order hospice. Hospice is a very valuable service and should be ordered at an earlier stage of illness. Many doctors or family don't often consider hospice for Alzheimer's, degenerative old age or other debilitating illnesses where a person is going downhill fast. They should.

It is unfortunate that many people who died in a hospital emergency room or who received heroic treatments to prolong life in a hospital may have had the alternative of dying at home in familiar surroundings, with family or other loved ones at their side.

When someone is in crisis or appears to be going downhill fast but there really is no hope for recovery, family often call 911 and start a process which can result in great stress and great emotional discomfort. The loved one who is dying ends up in a hospital and may die there or be transferred to a nursing home where death eventually occurs.

When there is no longer hope for prolonging life, especially when this decision is made months in advance, hospice is usually a better alternative to other medical intervention.

Hospice is a form of palliative care for patients who are terminally ill. A commonly used definition for terminally ill patients is, "patients who have a progressive, incurable illness that will end in death despite good treatment, and who are sick enough that you would not be surprised if they died within six months."

Hospice care is a valuable service and is generally underused except for terminal cancer patients. Hospice allows for compassion and dignity in the process of dying. Most families wait too long to have their doctor prescribe hospice from Medicare. It should be considered at an earlier stage.

Hospice involves a team approach using the following providers.

  • Family caregivers;
  • The patient' s personal physician;
  • Hospice physician (or medical director);
  • Nurses;
  • Home health aides;
  • Social workers;
  • Clergy or other counselors;
  • Trained volunteers; and
  • Speech, physical, and occupational therapists, if needed.

The purpose of hospice is the following:

  • Manages the patient's pain and symptoms;
  • Assists the patient with the emotional and psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying;
  • Provides needed medications, medical supplies, and equipment;
  • Coaches the family on how to care for the patient;
  • Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed;
  • Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and
  • Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.

A person can receive hospice from Medicare if he or she is

  • eligible for Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), and
  • the doctor and the hospice medical director certify that the person is terminally ill and probably has less than six months to live, and
  • the person or a family member signs a statement choosing hospice care instead of routine Medicare covered benefits for the terminal illness, and
  • care is received from a Medicare-approved hospice program.

A person may continue to receive regular Medicare benefits from his or her customary doctors for conditions not related to the hospice condition.

 
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