Hospice Care in Des Moines, Washington
We're still building out our hospice care directory for Des Moines, WA. Browse nearby cities or the Washington page while we finish adding local providers.
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How hospice costs work in Des Moines
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 Des Moines, WA.
- 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.
Hospice Care in Des Moines
We don't have licensed hospice providers listed for Des Moines, WA yet.
Nearby cities are linked below.
Also serving Des Moines
Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Des Moines; 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-Des Moines count above. Always confirm they cover your address.
Gentiva
Eden Hospice
Continuum Care of King LLC
AccentCare Hospice & Palliative Care of King County
Heart and Soul Hospice
Providence at Home with Compassus Hospice Care, Puget Sound
Multicare Hospice
PNW Hospice LLC
Kline Galland Hospice Services
Bristol Hospice - Pierce, LLC
Envision Hospice
Ordered by distance from Des Moines, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card.
In the last 365 days: 8 newly licensed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
Des Moines, in King County, has about 32,823 residents. About 5,709 of them (17%) are 65 or older. The median household income is $92,483.
Source: US Census Bureau- Aging and Disability Services(206) 684-0660agingkingcounty.org
Area Agency on Aging serving this city.
- Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
- Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA)1-800-562-6900insurance.wa.gov
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
- Community Living Connections1-855-567-0252waclc.org
Statewide help for older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers.
- Seattle VA Medical Centerva.gov
VA Medical Center in Seattle.
- Community Options Program Entry System (COPES)Official 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 Des Moines, WA yet to publish reliable FAQs. Check back as we add providers and cost data.
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Reading up first? Hospice Care across Washington → · Hospice vs Home Health Care →
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