Hospice Care in Fraser, MI
Updated September 2026. Written and reviewed by the Lily Hospice clinical team.
Lily Hospice provides hospice care throughout Fraser, Michigan, at home, in assisted living, memory care and nursing homes. Our Troy office is about 20 minutes away, a nurse can usually evaluate the same day you call, and a real person answers (248) 955-5100 around the clock.
Fraser is a small, nearly square city of about 14,700 people, bounded by 13 Mile, 15 Mile, Hayes and Kelly, with Groesbeck Highway and Utica Road cutting across it. It was a village of about 1,400 in 1950 and grew into a neighborhood city of tidy homes, schools and parks by 1980, which means many of the people who built it are now in their eighties and nineties. Their children are often close by in Clinton Township, Sterling Heights or Warren. Hospice helps the whole family share the work of caring for a parent at home.
Starting hospice in Fraser
Fraser sits between two of the area’s larger hospitals: Henry Ford Macomb Hospital on 19 Mile Road in Clinton Township and Henry Ford Warren Hospital on 12 Mile Road. Some families also use McLaren Macomb in Mount Clemens. If a doctor at any of them recommends hospice, you can ask for Lily, and we will coordinate discharge so equipment and medications are ready at home. Our page on going home on hospice from the hospital walks through it.
From home, one call starts it. A real person answers, and a nurse visits, usually the same day, to meet your loved one and explain what hospice would look like. Once a physician confirms eligibility, admission takes place at home. In the first week the nurse sets up symptom management and teaches the family what to watch for, an aide helps with personal care, and a social worker helps with paperwork, planning and the harder conversations. A chaplain is available for anyone who wants one.
Is it time? Who qualifies in Fraser
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 Medicare, Medicaid and insurance cover
Medicare Part A pays for hospice in full, and so do Michigan Medicaid and most commercial plans. That includes nurse and aide visits, medications for comfort and for the hospice diagnosis, a hospital bed and other equipment, supplies, social work, chaplain visits, short respite stays and grief support afterward. Most Fraser families pay nothing out of pocket for hospice services. What Medicare covers in Michigan is spelled out on our site.
If your parent has a Medicare Advantage plan, hospice is still covered, and the plan keeps paying for care unrelated to the hospice diagnosis. Here is how Medicare Advantage works with hospice, and here is what hospice costs in Michigan in the rare cases where there is a cost.
Nursing homes and assisted living in Fraser
Michigan’s licensing agency, LARA, lists just one state-licensed assisted living residence in Fraser, licensed as an adult foster care home. It does not list serving people with Alzheimer’s disease, and it is licensed for 5 residents. Families can also look at communities in neighboring cities.
These are the Medicare-certified nursing homes located in Fraser, with their overall rating from Medicare’s Care Compare:
| Nursing home | Address | Phone | Beds | Medicare overall rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser Villa | 33300 Utica Road, Fraser | (586) 293-3300 | 111 | 5 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.
Respite care when you need to rest
Caring for someone at home in Fraser is often a one-person job, and one person cannot do it forever. The hospice benefit covers respite: a stay of up to five days in a Medicare-approved facility so the caregiver can recover, travel, or simply sleep through the night. Your loved one then returns home to the same nurse and aide. We set it up for you. See how hospice respite care works.
Grief support near Fraser
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 Fraser:
- Henry Ford Hospice bereavement group at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital: Clinton Township, in person, third Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Free and open to adults in the community. (586) 276-9570.
- GriefShare at Community Christian Church: Sterling Heights, a church-hosted Christian program, Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. from Sept. 15 to Dec. 8; $15 including the workbook.
- Hospice of Michigan Living On: at the Hospice of Michigan office in Clinton Township, second and fourth Wednesday, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. No charge; RSVP required. (586) 263-8514.
- 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.
Local resources for Fraser families
Fraser’s Senior Activity Center at 34935 Hidden Pine Drive, (586) 296-8483, offers Meals on Wheels and Dining Senior Style lunches, SilverSneakers yoga, pickleball, monthly trips and senior van service for adults 55 and older. 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 for Fraser 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, is only a few miles away. A Lily social worker can help you contact them.
Why Fraser families choose Lily
Lily Hospice is family-owned, Medicare-certified and ACHC-accredited. We publish our Medicare Care Compare results, including the ones where we still have work to do, on our quality scores page. Two numbers matter to families most. In the last three days of life, 71.3% of Lily patients had a visit from a nurse or social worker, compared with 48.3% nationally and 63.3% in Michigan. And our early live discharge rate is 3.2%, compared with 7.3% nationally.
You have choices, and we encourage you to compare. Our metro Detroit hospice directory lists every hospice serving Macomb County, and our guide on how to choose a hospice lists the questions worth asking any provider, including us.
Care for Fraser veterans
Fraser veterans and their families can get benefits help from Macomb County Veteran Services on Dunham Road in Clinton Township, (586) 469-5100, a short drive north. 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 Fraser
Lily Hospice’s office is at 2125 Butterfield Drive, Suite 299, Troy, MI 48084. From Fraser the drive is about 20 minutes without traffic: north to 16 Mile Road (Metropolitan Parkway), then west, where it becomes Big Beaver Road in Troy. 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 Fraser families
Does Lily Hospice serve all of Fraser?
Yes. Lily serves every Fraser ZIP code (48026), along with all of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
How fast can hospice start in Fraser?
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.
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.
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.
Can hospice start on a weekend?
Yes. Lily admits patients on Saturdays and Sundays, and hospital discharges on a Friday afternoon are common. See starting hospice this weekend.
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.
Lily also serves families next door in Clinton Township, Sterling Heights and Warren, and across Macomb County.
Hospice isn’t giving up. It’s showing up. Call (248) 955-5100. A real person answers, 24 hours a day.