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Hospice care in Hurricane, Utah
Hurricane and La Verkin sit far enough east that families here have learned to expect a wait. We don’t treat this end of the valley as an outpost — it is a regular part of our nurses’ routes, including on weekends.
10/10 Medicare Hospice Care Index
Locally owned, team of 10
Same-day admissions
Serving Hurricane families at home
Many of the people we care for in Hurricane have lived in the same house for decades, often on an acre or two with family nearby. That is close to an ideal hospice situation: familiar surroundings, and hands available. Our job is to make it workable — the right equipment delivered and set up, the family taught how to reposition someone safely and give a comfort medication, and a nurse on the phone the moment something changes.
We also serve the communities out this way that get overlooked on service-area maps: La Verkin, Toquerville, Virgin, Rockville, Springdale, and Apple Valley. If you are caring for someone near Zion and wondering whether anyone will actually come out that far — call us and ask directly.
We come to wherever home is in Hurricane: 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: La Verkin, Toquerville, Virgin, Rockville, Springdale, Apple Valley, and Sky Mountain. Not sure whether your address is inside our service area? Call and ask — the answer is usually yes.
What Hurricane 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.
- Aggressive pain and symptom management, adjusted as often as it takes and overseen by our medical director, Dr. Karen Radley.
- 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.
- Bereavement support for 13 months after a death, for the whole family.
What it costs in Hurricane
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 Hurricane 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 Hurricane, starting today
Admissions happen seven days a week, including evenings. Call and we will come out and explain everything — free, and with no obligation.