Hospice Care in the Austin area

Hospice is comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, generally when a physician expects six months or less. It is delivered wherever the person lives — at home, in assisted living, in a nursing facility, or in a dedicated inpatient unit.

Three things worth knowing first

• Medicare's hospice benefit covers the hospice team, medications related to the terminal diagnosis, and equipment. It does not cover room and board in a facility.
• Palliative care is not the same thing. It focuses on symptom relief and can run alongside treatment intended to cure, at any stage.
• You can change hospice providers, and you can revoke hospice and return to curative treatment. Families are rarely told either of those things clearly.

Verified hospice care across the metro

We list 11 verified hospice care providers in the Austin metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

• Hospice Austin — Austin
• Heart to Heart Hospice of Austin — Austin
• Halcyon Home — Austin
• Valerian Home Health — Round Rock
• Valerian Hospice — Round Rock
• Tranquility Hospice Care — Georgetown

See all 11 in the directory →