Hospice Care in Palm Desert, California
Palm Desert, CA has 9 licensed hospice providers listed on ElderCareCosts.
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How hospice costs work in Palm Desert
For people enrolled in the Medicare hospice benefit, covered hospice services are generally about $0 out of pocket: nursing, aides, medications related to the terminal illness, medical equipment, and grief support. That is a benefit design fact, not a local price quote for Palm Desert, CA.
- Room and board is separate. If your parent is in a nursing home or assisted living while on hospice, Medicare hospice does not pay the facility rent. The family, Medicaid, or long-term care insurance usually covers that.
- When families do pay: care unrelated to the hospice diagnosis, private-duty extras the hospice does not cover, or hospice outside Medicare (rare private-pay arrangements). Always ask what is billed to whom.
- Official overview: Medicare.gov hospice care.
9 hospice providers in Palm Desert
Allied Hospice & Palliative Care
Caring & Helping Hearts Hospice
MKB Consulting LLC
Tranquility Sands Hospice, INC
Suncrest Hospice Care
Reliance Hospice, INC
Bella Terra Hospice of the Desert
Gentiva
Also serving Palm Desert
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Palm Desert; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 9 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Palm Desert count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Mission Hospice Services of Rancho Mirage, LLC
Palm Springs Hospice and Palliative Care INC
Del Rosa Hospice and Palliative Care INC
Eden Hospice, INC
Calmed Hospice Care, INC
Family Hospice Care LLC
Blue Horizon Hospice
Desert Care Hospice
Serenity Hospice LLC
Ordered by distance from Palm Desert, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card. How we make money →
In the last 365 days: 81 newly licensed · 5 closed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
Palm Desert, in Riverside County, has about 51,990 residents. About 19,598 of them (38%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $77,513.
Source: US Census Bureau- Riverside County Office on Aging(951) 867-3800rcaging.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
- Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
- Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)1-800-434-0222aging.ca.gov
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
- California Aging & Disability Resource Connection1-800-510-2020aging.ca.gov
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
- Area 21- LTC Ombudsman Program - Riverside1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
Riverside
- Sy Kaplan VA Clinicva.gov
Multi-Specialty Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Palm Desert.
- Medi-Cal long-term services and supports (LTSS)Official program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies.
National helplines, including the Eldercare Locator and 211, are listed on paying for care.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
We don't have enough local data for Palm Desert, CA yet to publish reliable FAQs. Check back as we add providers and cost data.
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Reading up first? Hospice Care across California → · Hospice vs Home Health Care →
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