Hospice Care in Forest Acres, South Carolina
We're still building out our hospice care directory for Forest Acres, SC. Browse nearby cities or the South Carolina page while we finish adding local providers.
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Three steps
1. Call the county aging agency
Free: (803) 376-5390 (Central Midlands Area Agency on Aging)
2. Shortlist 3 options
3. Tour with the checklist
How hospice costs work in Forest Acres
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 Forest Acres, SC.
- 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
A note on counting: we show 0 licensed hospice providers listed for Forest Acres 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.
We don't have licensed hospice providers listed for Forest Acres, SC yet.
We're adding providers on a rolling basis from CMS and state licensing data. Check back soon, or browse nearby cities below.
Also serving Forest Acres
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Forest Acres; 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-Forest Acres count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Heart of Hospice LLC
Hadora Hospice of the Carolinas
Medical Services of America Hospice-Columbia
Pruitthealth Hospice- Columbia
Prisma Health Hospice Midlands
Compassionate Care Hospice of South Carolina, LLC
Crescent Hospice, INC
Caris Healthcare Columbia
Three Oaks Hospice
Hands of Hope
Abbey Road Hospice, LLC
Ordered by distance from Forest Acres, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card. How we make money →
Free local help worth saving
Forest Acres has an estimated population of 10,530. About 2,384 residents (23%) are age 65 or older. Forest Acres is located in Richland County, South Carolina. The median household income is $78,306.
Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOVThese services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.
- Central Midlands Area Agency on Aging(803) 376-5390centralmidlands.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
State aging agency - South Carolina Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State LTC Ombudsman - South Carolina State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Medicare counseling (SHIP) - GetCareSC1-800-868-9095getcaresc.com
Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.
State aging agency - Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centerva.gov
VA Medical Center in Columbia.
VA open data - Community Choices WaiverOfficial 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
We don't have enough local data for Forest Acres, SC yet to publish reliable FAQs. Check back as we add providers and cost data.
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Reading up first? Hospice Care across South Carolina → · Hospice vs Home Health Care →
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Trust & methodology
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed hospice providers in Forest Acres, SC are listed with government-sourced data. City median cost not yet published.
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Hospice Care in Forest Acres, SC. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/south-carolina/forest-acres/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Hospice Care in Forest Acres, SC." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/south-carolina/forest-acres/.
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