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Hospice care in Hildale, Utah
Hildale sits right on the Arizona line at the foot of Canaan Mountain, and families here have good reason to be careful about who they let into the house. We come when we are asked, we follow the family's lead, and we do not push.
10/10 Medicare Hospice Care Index
Locally owned, team of 10
Same-day admissions
Serving Hildale families at home
Hospice works differently in a community with large, close families. Usually the caregiving is already happening and happening well — what people need is expert backup, not someone arriving to run things. So that is how we work here. Our nurses teach: how to stay ahead of pain rather than chase it, how to tell restlessness from discomfort, and what the last weeks tend to look like so nothing arrives as a shock at two in the morning.
We also make a point of following the family's lead on faith. Our chaplain is available and is never imposed — plenty of families use their own clergy and their own community, and that is entirely as it should be. We serve Colorado City just across the line, along with Cane Beds and the homes toward Apple Valley.
We come to wherever home is in Hildale: a private house, a family member’s spare room, an assisted living apartment, memory care, or a skilled nursing facility. The goal is always to avoid one more move.
Also serving nearby: Colorado City, Cane Beds, Apple Valley, and the homes below Canaan Mountain. Not sure whether your address is inside our service area? Call and ask — the answer is usually yes.
What Hildale families get
- A registered nurse (RN) on call 24 hours a day — reaching our own team, not a third-party answering service, and able to come out at night.
- Certified nursing assistant (CNA) visits for bathing, grooming, and personal care, from CNAs we train in-house.
- Pain and symptom management adjusted as often as it takes, overseen by our medical director, Dr. Karen Radley. How we manage symptoms →
- Medications, equipment, and supplies related to the hospice diagnosis — delivered to your door and set up.
- Social work, chaplaincy, massage therapy, and volunteers as part of the same benefit, at no additional cost.
- Respite care so the family caregiver can rest. How respite works →
- Bereavement support for 13 months after a death, for the whole family.
What it costs in Hildale
For most families, nothing out of pocket. Hospice is covered under Medicare Part A, and Utah Medicaid and most private insurance plans cover it on similar terms. We verify your coverage and give you the numbers in writing before anything is signed. See exactly what is and isn’t covered →
Not sure it’s time yet?
That is the most common place families in Hildale start, and it is the right question to ask early rather than late. We wrote a plain-English guide to the signs, the first 48 hours, and how hospice differs from palliative care. Read: how do I know when it’s time? →
Why families here choose us
Ten out of ten, and no phone tree
Every hospice bills Medicare the same daily rate. What differs is how often somebody actually comes to the house — which is exactly what Medicare’s Hospice Care Index measures.
Locally owned, ten people
Staffing decisions are made here in Southern Utah, by people who also go out on visits. You will know your nurse by name.
Nights and weekends
After-hours calls reach our own nurse — and a nurse will come out. Fewer emergency room trips at 2am.
Hospice care in Hildale, starting today
Admissions happen seven days a week, including evenings. Call and we will come out and explain everything — free, and with no obligation.