Hospice Care in Clinton Township, MI
Written and reviewed by the Lily Hospice clinical team.
Clinton Township is the largest township in Michigan, and it does not feel like one place. There are older neighborhoods off Gratiot near Mount Clemens, ranch subdivisions between Garfield and Romeo Plank, newer developments near Partridge Creek, and the stretch along the Clinton River where some families have lived for fifty years. It also has an unusual concentration of senior living, in part because Henry Ford Macomb Hospital anchors the middle of the township and McLaren Macomb sits just east in Mount Clemens.
Lily Hospice serves all of it. We are a family-owned, Medicare-certified, ACHC-accredited hospice based in Troy, about 30 to 35 minutes west by M-59 (Hall Road) or by 16 Mile to Metropolitan Parkway. This page is part of our Macomb County hospice care coverage, along with Sterling Heights; see our hospice services page for the full list of what we provide.
Three ways hospice happens in Clinton Township
At home, with family doing most of the daily care
This is a daughter caring for her mother in a house on a cul-de-sac off Canal Road. The Lily nurse visits on a schedule, adjusts medications and teaches the daughter what to watch for. An aide comes for bathing and personal care. A social worker helps with FMLA paperwork and the question of a private caregiver for overnights. Equipment and medications related to the illness are delivered. At midnight, (248) 955-5100 reaches a real person at Lily who can send a nurse.
In an assisted living or memory care community
Clinton Township has many of these, particularly along Garfield, Romeo Plank and Hall Road. The building staff continue meals, housekeeping and daily help. Lily adds the hospice nurse, aide visits, social work, chaplain and family support, and we coordinate with the community’s nurses so the plan is one plan, not two. Your father stays in the room he knows.
In a nursing facility
Hospice adds comfort-focused care on top of the facility’s services. Medicare’s hospice benefit does not pay for room and board, but it covers the hospice team, medications and equipment related to the terminal illness. Our social worker can explain how Medicaid or long-term care insurance fits in.
Eligibility, in plain words
Your person qualifies when a physician certifies a prognosis of six months or less if the illness runs its normal course, and your person chooses comfort care instead of curative treatment for that illness. Doctors at Henry Ford Macomb or McLaren Macomb, or any primary care physician, can refer. You can also call us first, and we will contact the doctor.
Common diagnoses include advanced dementia, heart failure, COPD, cancer, kidney failure and stroke. If you are unsure, a Lily nurse can do an evaluation visit and tell you honestly whether hospice is appropriate now, later, or not at all.
What Medicare pays, and what you might pay
Medicare pays Lily Hospice directly. Covered: nursing, hospice aide, social work, chaplain, volunteers, bereavement support, medications for pain and symptom control, durable medical equipment and supplies, all related to the terminal illness.
Your possible costs: up to $5 per prescription for symptom or pain medications and 5% of the Medicare-approved amount for inpatient respite. There is no deductible for routine home care.
Benefit periods are two 90-day periods, then unlimited 60-day periods, each requiring recertification. Your person can revoke hospice at any time. Medicaid and most private plans mirror Medicare. Source:
medicare.gov and the National Alliance for Care at Home.
The four levels of care, and when each applies
- Routine home care. The everyday level, wherever your person lives.
- Continuous home care. Extended nursing hours at home during a short crisis, such as uncontrolled pain, to avoid a hospital admission.
- Inpatient respite care. Up to five consecutive days per occurrence in a facility so that you, the caregiver, can rest.
- General inpatient care. Short-term care in a hospital or inpatient unit when symptoms cannot be managed at home.
Most patients spend nearly all their time at level one. Knowing the other three exist is what lets many families say yes to caring for someone at home.
Not ready for hospice? Pathways
If your husband is still in treatment for cancer or heart disease but struggling with symptoms, our Pathways Palliative Program manages symptoms alongside that treatment. Visits are billed under Medicare Part B, with no prognosis requirement and no decision to stop treatment.
Local resources
- Area Agency on Aging 1-B serves Macomb County with caregiver support, in-home services and benefits counseling.
- Macomb County Veterans Services is in Mount Clemens, close to the township’s east side, and assists with VA claims and benefits.
- Clinton Township Senior Adult Life Center offers programs and referrals for older residents.
What Lily brings
Lily is family-owned and local; the people making decisions about your care work in Troy, not another state. Our phone is answered around the clock by a real person. Our Journey Program gives homebound patients virtual reality experiences, from a fishing trip to a favorite city. Veterans are supported by our Veteran Advisory Committee, Veteran Rapid Response program, veteran volunteers who visit veteran patients, and pinning ceremonies to honor service, and we are working toward VA Community Care Network participation; see our veterans page and why families choose Lily.
Frequently asked questions
Do you serve all of Clinton Township, including near Mount Clemens and Harrison Township lines? Yes, the entire township.
Will hospice replace the care my mother gets in her memory care community? No. It adds to it. The community keeps doing what it does; we add hospice nursing and support.
Does Medicare hospice pay for a nursing home room? No. It covers the hospice team, medications and equipment, not room and board.
Talk to us
How to reach us from Clinton Township: our office at 2125 Butterfield Dr, Ste 299, Troy is about a half hour away via M-59 (Hall Road) and I-75. There is no need to make the trip; call (248) 955-5100 and a real person answers, any hour. Our contact page works too.
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