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Hospice care in Parowan, Utah
Parowan is the oldest settlement in southern Utah, and a lot of the families we serve here have been on the same land for four or five generations. When someone says they want to die at home, they usually mean a specific house.
10/10 Medicare Hospice Care Index
Locally owned, team of 10
Same-day admissions
Serving Parowan families at home
Our job in Parowan is to make that possible rather than treating distance as a reason it cannot happen. That means equipment delivered and set up properly the first time, comfort medications in the home before a crisis rather than after, and a nurse on the phone at any hour who knows the address.
Practically, Parowan families deal with two things: the drive to Cedar City for anything medical, and winter. Hospice removes the first — we come to you — and we plan around the second, with visit schedules and medication supplies that assume the roads will be bad at some point. We also serve Paragonah and Summit just up the valley, and the homes toward Brian Head.
We come to wherever home is in Parowan: 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: Paragonah, Summit, Brian Head, and the homes along Main Street and the Parowan Valley. Not sure whether your address is inside our service area? Call and ask — the answer is usually yes.
What Parowan 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 Parowan
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 Parowan 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 Parowan, starting today
Admissions happen seven days a week, including evenings. Call and we will come out and explain everything — free, and with no obligation.