Hospice Care in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown, PA has 3 licensed hospice providers listed on ElderCareCosts.
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How hospice costs work in Allentown
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 Allentown, PA.
- 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.
3 hospice providers in Allentown
Compassus - Allentown
Lehigh Valley Hospice
Also serving Allentown
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Allentown; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 6 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Allentown count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Advantage Home Health and Hospice
Family Pillars Palliative Care Hospice, LLC
St Luke's Hospice
Ahc Home Health and Hospice of Lehigh Valley
The Care Team Hospice
Family Pillars Hospice INC
Ordered by distance from Allentown, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card. How we make money →
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Allentown, in Lehigh County, has about 125,976 residents. About 16,972 of them (13%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $55,494.
Source: US Census Bureau- Lehigh County AAA(610) 782-3034lehighcounty.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
- Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
- APPRISE (Pennsylvania SHIP)1-877-881-6388insurance.pa.gov
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
- PA Link to Aging and Disability Resources1-800-753-8827aging.pa.gov
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
- Allentown VA Clinicva.gov
Multi-Specialty Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Allentown.
- Community HealthChoicesOfficial 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 Allentown, PA yet to publish reliable FAQs. Check back as we add providers and cost data.
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