Hospice Care in Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham, MA has 1 licensed hospice provider listed on ElderCareCosts.
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How hospice costs work in Waltham
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 Waltham, MA.
- 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.
1 hospice provider in Waltham
Also serving Waltham
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Waltham; 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-Waltham count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Gentiva
First Choice Healthcare INC
Hands and Hearts Hospice Corporation
Visiting Nurse & Community Care
Brighton Hospice Massachusetts, LLC
Alliance Hospice Care LLC
West River Hospice
Longwood Hospice
Good Shepherd Community Care
Compassionate Care Hospice
Beacon Hospice, an Amedisys Company
Hebrew Seniorlife Hospice Care, INC
Ordered by distance from Waltham, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card.
In the last 365 days: 7 newly licensed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
Waltham, in Middlesex County, has about 64,902 residents. About 10,228 of them (16%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $120,216.
Source: US Census Bureau- Massachusetts Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
- Massachusetts State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
- Mass Options1-844-422-6277massoptions.org
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
- Jamaica Plain VA Medical Centerva.gov
VA Medical Center in Boston.
- Frail Elder WaiverOfficial 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 Waltham, MA yet to publish reliable FAQs. Check back as we add providers and cost data.
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Reading up first? Hospice Care across Massachusetts → · Hospice vs Home Health Care →
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