Hospice Care in Eastpointe, MI
Updated September 2026. Written and reviewed by the Lily Hospice clinical team.
Lily Hospice provides hospice care throughout Eastpointe, Michigan, at home, in assisted living, memory care and nursing homes. Our Troy office is about 25 minutes away, a nurse can usually evaluate the same day you call, and a real person answers (248) 955-5100 around the clock.
Eastpointe began as the Village of Halfway, named for a stagecoach stop on Gratiot, incorporated as East Detroit in 1929, and took its current name in 1992. It is an inner-ring suburb of about 34,000 people between Eight Mile and Ten Mile, with Gratiot and Kelly Road running through it and I-94 and I-696 close by. It was Macomb County’s first majority-Black city, and it calls itself a family town. Families here look after one another, and when an illness becomes serious, most want to keep their loved one at home.
Starting hospice in Eastpointe: the first call and first week
Eastpointe families usually go to Henry Ford St. John Hospital on Moross Road, a few minutes south, or to Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Hospital on Cadieux Road. Some also use Henry Ford Warren Hospital on 12 Mile Road. If hospice comes up during a hospital stay, you can ask for Lily and we will coordinate with the discharge planner so the bed, oxygen and medications are ready at home. Read our guide to leaving Henry Ford St. John on hospice or our general page on going home on hospice from the hospital.
If your family member is already at home, call and a real person will answer. A nurse visits, often the same day, listens, examines, and explains what hospice would add. With the doctor’s agreement, admission happens at home. That week, the nurse sets up a plan for pain, breathing and other symptoms, an aide helps with bathing, and a social worker helps with the forms and the family conversations. A chaplain visits if you want one, from any faith tradition or none.
Is it time? Who qualifies in Eastpointe
The Medicare rule is simple to say and hard to feel: a doctor believes the illness will likely lead to death within six months if it takes its normal course, and the patient or family chooses comfort care over treatments aimed at a cure. The diagnoses vary. Dementia, lung disease, heart failure, cancer, ALS, liver and kidney failure are all common. So is a general decline where there is no single diagnosis but many small losses: weight, strength, appetite, more falls, more time asleep.
Families often wait longer than they need to. Our Is It Time? guide walks through the questions gently, and the list of signs it may be time for hospice covers what nurses look for. If you are still not sure, call and a nurse will come out and help you decide.
What hospice costs Eastpointe families
For almost everyone, nothing. Medicare Part A, Michigan Medicaid and most employer and marketplace plans cover hospice services completely: visits, comfort medications related to the illness, equipment such as a hospital bed or oxygen, supplies, social work and spiritual care, respite and a year of grief support. What Medicare covers in Michigan.
People on Medicare Advantage keep their hospice coverage through Original Medicare, which surprises many families. See how Medicare Advantage works with hospice. The main thing hospice does not cover is the daily room-and-board charge at a facility, which is explained with what hospice costs in Michigan.
Nursing homes and assisted living in Eastpointe
Michigan’s licensing agency, LARA, lists just one state-licensed assisted living residence in Eastpointe, licensed as an adult foster care home. It lists serving people with Alzheimer’s disease, and it is licensed for 5 residents. Families can also look at communities in neighboring cities.
There are no Medicare-certified nursing homes inside Eastpointe. The closest ones are in neighboring Roseville and St. Clair Shores:
| Nursing home | Address | Phone | Beds | Medicare overall rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Orchards at Roseville | 25375 Kelly Road, Roseville | (586) 773-6022 | 169 | 1 of 5 stars |
| Regency at St. Clair Shores | 22700 Greater Mack Avenue, St. Clair Shores | (586) 772-4300 | 146 | 4 of 5 stars |
| ShorePointe Nursing Center | 26001 East Jefferson Avenue, St. Clair Shores | (586) 779-7000 | 200 | 3 of 5 stars |
Hospice can come to a resident in any of these settings; ask the facility and us how it works there. Listing is for families’ reference and does not mean an affiliation.
For inspection details and ratings across the region, see our metro Detroit nursing home ratings, browse the metro Detroit assisted living directory, and read how hospice works in assisted living and memory care.
Local resources for Eastpointe families
Eastpointe shares the Recreation Authority of Roseville and Eastpointe with its neighbor. Its senior center is at 18185 Sycamore Street in Roseville, (586) 777-7177, with lunches, exercise, trips and SMART van transportation for seniors. AgeWays Nonprofit Senior Services (the Area Agency on Aging 1-B), which serves Macomb County from its office on Middlebelt Road in Farmington Hills, (800) 852-7795, is the Area Agency on Aging that serves Eastpointe and can arrange in-home help and caregiver support. Macomb County’s Office of Senior Services on Dunham Road in Clinton Township, (586) 469-5228, provides senior lunches, benefits counseling and a friendly caller service. Our social workers can help with the calls.
Respite for Eastpointe caregivers
A spouse who has been up every night for weeks is running on empty. The hospice benefit includes respite care: up to five days at a time in a Medicare-approved facility, so the caregiver can sleep, see a doctor of their own, or make it to a grandchild’s wedding. The patient comes home afterward and the same team picks up where it left off. Lily arranges the stay. Read more about how hospice respite care works.
Grief support near Eastpointe
Lily’s care does not end when a life does. Our bereavement team stays in touch with the family for at least a year after a death, with calls, visits, counseling and referrals at no charge. Learn about Lily grief support in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne. Other programs close to Eastpointe:
- The Compassionate Friends, St. Clair Shores chapter: for parents, siblings and grandparents after the death of a child, second Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (586) 612-7760.
- Henry Ford Hospice bereavement group (virtual): online through Teams, second Tuesday, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Free. (586) 276-9570.
- Corewell Health bereavement support: individual and group support for grieving families across southeast Michigan. (248) 743-9400.
- SandCastles Grief Support Program (Henry Ford Health): for children and teens ages 3 to 18 and their families, in person or virtual, every other week after an intake call. No charge. (313) 771-7005.
Schedules change, so call ahead. Our full list of metro Detroit grief support groups is updated regularly.
How Lily compares
Every hospice says it is there at the end. Medicare measures it. On the Care Compare measure of whether a nurse or social worker visited in the last three days of life, Lily’s rate is 71.3%, against 48.3% nationally and 63.3% across Michigan. Our early live discharge rate, a sign of how carefully patients are admitted and supported, is 3.2% versus 7.3% nationally.
Lily is family-owned, Medicare-certified and ACHC-accredited, and we post all of our public results, weaker ones included, on our quality scores page. Families in Eastpointe can compare us with every other provider in the metro Detroit hospice directory and use our checklist on how to choose a hospice.
Care for Eastpointe veterans
Eastpointe veterans and their families can get help with benefits from Macomb County Veteran Services on Dunham Road in Clinton Township, (586) 469-5100. Lily follows the We Honor Veterans framework, so military service is part of the conversation from the start, and Lily has a Veteran Advisory Committee and a Veteran Rapid Response team for veterans who need hospice quickly. Read more about hospice care for veterans in metro Detroit.
How to reach us from Eastpointe
Lily Hospice’s office is at 2125 Butterfield Drive, Suite 299, Troy, MI 48084. From Eastpointe the drive is about 25 minutes without traffic: I-696 west to I-75, then north to Big Beaver Road. You never need to come to us; the team comes to you. Call (248) 955-5100 at any hour and a real person answers, send us a message, or, if you are a doctor, discharge planner or case manager, refer a patient.
Common questions from Eastpointe families
Does Lily Hospice serve all of Eastpointe?
Yes. Lily serves every Eastpointe ZIP code (48021), along with all of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
How fast can hospice start in Eastpointe?
A nurse can usually come for an evaluation the same day you call, including evenings and weekends, and care often begins within 24 hours once a physician’s order is in place. Read how fast hospice can start.
Can my mother keep her own doctor?
Yes. Her physician can stay on as the attending doctor and work with Lily’s hospice medical director. See keeping your own doctor on hospice.
What happens if something goes wrong at 2 a.m.?
Call (248) 955-5100. A real person answers, a nurse talks you through it, and a nurse comes to the house if needed. Read about hospice nurses at night.
What will hospice cost us?
For families with Medicare, Medicaid or most private insurance, nothing out of pocket for hospice services. If there is any exception, such as room and board at a facility, we explain it before care starts.
My parent lives alone. Can they still have hospice at home?
Often, yes, with a plan for who checks in and what happens as needs grow. Our social worker helps build that plan with the family. Read hospice when a parent lives alone.
Lily also serves families in Warren and Detroit, and throughout Macomb County.
Hospice isn’t giving up. It’s showing up. Call (248) 955-5100. A real person answers, 24 hours a day.