Hospice Care in Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek, CA has 4 licensed hospice providers listed on ElderCareCosts. Compare providers below, or request a personalized shortlist to start your search.
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Three steps
1. Call the county aging agency
Free: (925) 229-8434 (Aging & Adult Services Contra Costa County Department of Human Services)
2. Shortlist 3 options
3. Tour with the checklist
How hospice costs work in Walnut Creek
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 Walnut Creek, 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.
Every licensed hospice provider: 4
A note on counting: we show 4 licensed hospice providers listed for Walnut Creek proper. Other sites show bigger numbers when they count a wide radius. Nearby options are linked below, labeled by city.
How we rank these: we don't. Listed by verification date, newest first.
Providers appear with their government data: license status, capacity, inspection history, and a CMS star rating where the service has one. The order is the date we last verified each record, newest first. Nobody pays to appear, and nobody pays to move up. If a listing says "Sponsored," a provider paid for that placement and the label says so.
Looking for a transparent sort by CMS stars, inspection records, and staffing? That is a separate data ranking, not an editorial pick.
Alameda Care Hospice
Prohealth Home Care, INC
Vitas Healthcare Corporation of California
Sponsored placements, when they appear, are always labeled. How we make money →
Also serving Walnut Creek
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Walnut Creek; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 12 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Walnut Creek count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Hospice of the East Bay
Assist on Call Palliative & Hospice Care, INC
MD Choice Hospice, INC
Wellcare, INC.
Sequoia Hospice East Bay
Modevie Hospice
Continuum Care Hospice LLC
Solace Hospice
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Hospice - Martinez
Ace Home Health Care & Hospice, INC
Compassionate Care Hospice
Bay Hospice Care, INC
Ordered by distance from Walnut Creek, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card. How we make money →
In the last 365 days: 121 newly licensed · 4 closed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
Walnut Creek has an estimated population of 70,088. About 20,671 residents (29%) are age 65 or older. Walnut Creek is located in Contra Costa County, California. The median household income is $130,432. Our directory currently lists 4 licensed hospice providers in Walnut Creek.
Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOVThese services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.
- Aging & Adult Services Contra Costa County Department of Human Services(925) 229-8434ehsd.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
State aging agency - Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State LTC Ombudsman - Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)1-800-434-0222aging.ca.gov
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Medicare counseling (SHIP) - California Aging & Disability Resource Connection1-800-510-2020aging.ca.gov
Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.
State aging agency - Area 7 Ombudsman Services of Contra Costa, Solano and Alameda1-800-231-4024aging.ca.gov
Contra Costa
State LTC Ombudsman - Martinez VA Medical Centerva.gov
VA Medical Center in Martinez.
VA open data - Medi-Cal long-term services and supports (LTSS)Official program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies. Rules change. Confirm on the official page.
State Medicaid program
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. Official info only. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
How many hospice providers are listed in Walnut Creek, CA?
We currently list 4 licensed hospice providers in Walnut Creek, CA.
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How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed hospice providers in Walnut Creek, CA are listed with government-sourced data. City median cost not yet published.
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Hospice Care in Walnut Creek, CA. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/california/walnut-creek/
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