Hospice Care · Portsmouth, NH
Beacon Hospice, an Amedisys Company
3.0(CMS)Medicare-certified
Hospice Care in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth, NH has 1 licensed hospice provider listed on ElderCareCosts.
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How hospice costs work in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth, NH.
- 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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1 hospice provider in Portsmouth
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Also serving Portsmouth
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Portsmouth; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 3 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Portsmouth count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
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Unity Hospice, LLC
Office in Durham, about 9 miles away. Serves Portsmouth.
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Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home
3.0(CMS)
Office in Exeter, about 9 miles away. Serves Portsmouth.
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Wentworth Home Care & Hospice, an Amedisys Partner
4.0(CMS)
Office in Somersworth, about 13 miles away. Serves Portsmouth.
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Free local help worth saving
Portsmouth, in Rockingham County, has about 22,545 residents. About 4,946 of them (22%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $106,219.
Source: US Census Bureau- New Hampshire Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
- New Hampshire State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
- NHCarePath1-866-634-9412nhcarepath.dhhs.nh.gov
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
- Portsmouth VA Clinicva.gov
Primary Care Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Portsmouth.
- Choices for Independence 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
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Reading up first? Hospice Care across New Hampshire → · Hospice vs Home Health Care →
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