Hospice Care · Pierre, SD
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Hospice Care in Pierre, South Dakota
Pierre, SD has 1 licensed hospice provider listed on ElderCareCosts.
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How hospice costs work in Pierre
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 Pierre, SD.
- 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 Pierre
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Pierre, in Hughes County, has about 13,948 residents. About 2,537 of them (18%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $77,672.
Source: US Census Bureau- South Dakota Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
- South Dakota State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
- Dakota at Home1-833-663-9673dhs.sd.gov
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
- Pierre VA Clinicva.gov
Other Outpatient Services in Pierre.
- Home and Community-Based Options and Person Centered Excellence (HOPE) 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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