Hospice Care
Hospice Compassus-Joplin
3.0(CMS)
Office in Joplin, about 11 miles away. Serves Carthage.
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How hospice costs work in Carthage
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 Carthage, MO.
- 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.
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Hospice Care in Carthage
We don't have licensed hospice providers listed for Carthage, MO yet.
Nearby cities are linked below.
Also serving Carthage
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Carthage; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 2 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Carthage count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Hospice Care
Gentiva
4.0(CMS)
Office in Joplin, about 13 miles away. Serves Carthage.
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Carthage, in Jasper County, has about 15,574 residents. About 2,055 of them (13%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $51,328.
Source: US Census Bureau- Region X Area Agency on Aging(417) 781-7562aaaregionx.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
- Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
- Missouri State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
- Missouri Community Options & Resources1-855-834-8555mocor.mo.gov
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
- Joplin VA Clinicva.gov
Primary Care Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Joplin.
- Aged and Disabled 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 Carthage, MO yet to publish reliable FAQs. Check back as we add providers and cost data.
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