Hospice Care in Garden City, MI
Updated September 2026. Written and reviewed by the Lily Hospice clinical team.
Lily Hospice provides hospice care throughout Garden City, at home and in assisted living, memory care and nursing homes. Our Troy office is about 45 minutes away without traffic, a nurse can usually evaluate the same day you call, and a real person answers (248) 955-5100 around the clock.
Garden City packs a lot of neighborhood into under six square miles. It was laid out in the 1920s on the English “garden city” idea, with lots big enough for a family to grow its own food, and it filled in after the war with the modest single-family homes that still line its side streets between Ford Road, Middlebelt, Cherry Hill and Inkster Road. It is also the town where the first Little Caesars opened in 1959 and the first Kmart in 1962. It is the kind of place where people raise kids, retire, and look after their parents on the same few blocks, so when an illness turns serious, families often ask the same question when an illness turns serious: can Dad stay in his own house? Very often, with hospice, the answer is yes.
The first call and the first week of hospice in Garden City
Garden City has its own hospital, Garden City Hospital on Inkster Road, and families here also use Corewell Health Wayne Hospital in Wayne and Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital on Oakwood Boulevard. If your loved one is in the hospital now, you can ask the case manager for Lily by name. We have written a step-by-step guide to going home on hospice from Corewell Dearborn, and a general guide to going home on hospice from any hospital.
After you call, a Lily nurse visits, usually the same day, at the hospital or at home. The visit is a conversation first: what has been happening, what your loved one wants, what scares the family most. If hospice is the right fit and the physician agrees, admission can happen at the kitchen table. We arrange a hospital bed, oxygen or a wheelchair if needed, and comfort medications delivered by the pharmacy, so the house is ready.
That first week is about getting settled. The nurse visits on a regular schedule and shows the family how to give medications and reposition safely. An aide comes for bathing and personal care. The social worker helps with the forms, the family meeting, and plans for what comes next. A chaplain is available to anyone who wants one. Between visits, one phone number reaches us at any hour.
Who can receive hospice
Hospice is for a person whose doctor believes that, if the illness follows its expected course, life expectancy is about six months or less, and who is ready to put comfort ahead of curative treatment. That covers many conditions: cancer, heart and lung disease, dementia, kidney or liver failure, stroke, ALS and the slow decline of advanced age. Two physicians certify eligibility, and people can stay on hospice longer than six months if they continue to qualify.
Unsure whether it is time? The Is It Time? guide and our list of signs it may be time for hospice can help, and a nurse can come out to talk it through with no obligation.
What Medicare, Medicaid and insurance pay for
For most Garden City families, hospice costs nothing out of pocket. Medicare Part A covers it fully, as do Michigan Medicaid and most Medicare Advantage and commercial plans. Coverage includes the team’s visits, medications and equipment related to the hospice diagnosis, medical supplies, respite, and grief support for the family. Read what Medicare covers in Michigan, how Medicare Advantage handles hospice and what hospice costs. The main thing hospice does not cover is room and board in a nursing home or assisted living.
Nursing homes and assisted living in and around Garden City
Because Garden City is small, we looked at it together with its neighbors Inkster and the city of Wayne. Michigan’s licensing agency (LARA) lists 25 state-licensed residences across the three: 24 adult foster care small group homes and 1 adult foster care family home. Three list serving people with Alzheimer’s disease, and together they are licensed for 139 residents. There are no Medicare-certified nursing homes inside Garden City itself; the closest are three in the city of Wayne:
| Nursing home | Address | Phone | Beds | Medicare overall rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Manor Rehab Center | 3999 Venoy Road, Wayne | (734) 727-0440 | 59 | 4 of 5 stars |
| Pine Creek Manor Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center | 34330 Van Born Rd, Wayne | (734) 721-0740 | 49 | 3 of 5 stars |
| The Orchards at Wayne | 4427 Venoy Rd, Wayne | (734) 729-4436 | 179 | 1 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. Westland, next door, has several more nursing homes. Medicare star ratings change, so check our metro Detroit nursing home ratings, browse the assisted living directory, and read how hospice works in assisted living and memory care.
Respite for Garden City caregivers
If you are the one doing the lifting, the night checks and the medication schedule, you will need rest too. The hospice benefit includes up to five days of respite in a Medicare-approved facility, after which your loved one returns home. Lily arranges it. What hospice respite care is and how to use it.
Grief support near Garden City
After a death, Lily’s bereavement team keeps reaching out to the family for at least a year, with calls, visits and referrals, at no charge. About Lily’s grief support. Nearby, Hospice of Michigan’s Living On group meets at the Eton Senior Center in Dearborn Heights on the third Tuesday afternoon (RSVP required, (313) 578-6328). Angela Hospice’s free Together in Grief group meets in Livonia on the first and third Tuesdays, (734) 464-7810. Parents, grandparents and siblings grieving a child can find The Compassionate Friends Livonia chapter on the first Thursday evening, (734) 778-0800. See more in our metro Detroit grief support directory.
Local resources for Garden City families
The Garden City Senior Center at 1751 Radcliff Street offers exercise classes, trips, social events and food help, including the H.O.M.E. Pantry by appointment and monthly senior food box distributions. Call (734) 793-1850. Garden City is served by The Senior Alliance (Area Agency on Aging 1-C), (734) 722-2830, which can arrange in-home services, care management and Meals on Wheels. Lily’s social workers are glad to make those calls with you.
Veterans in Garden City
If your loved one served, tell us at the first call. Lily follows the We Honor Veterans framework and has a Veteran Advisory Committee and a Veteran Rapid Response team. We help families sort out VA benefits and paperwork, and we pay attention to the ways military service can shape a person’s last months. Hospice for veterans in metro Detroit.
Why Garden City families choose Lily
Lily Hospice is family-owned, Medicare-certified and ACHC-accredited, and we publish our Medicare Care Compare results, including the scores we are still working to raise. In the last three days of life, 71.3% of our patients had a visit from a nurse or social worker, compared with 48.3% nationally and 63.3% in Michigan. Our early live discharge rate is 3.2%, against 7.3% nationally. Look at the full picture on our quality scores page, compare other agencies in the metro Detroit hospice directory, and use our guide on how to choose a hospice.
How to reach us from Garden City
Our office is at 2125 Butterfield Drive, Suite 299, Troy, MI 48084. From Garden City the usual drive is east on Ford Road to the Southfield Freeway, north to Southfield Road, then 14 Mile Road over to Crooks and into Troy. You never need to come to us; the team comes to you. Call (248) 955-5100, send a message, or refer a patient. See also hospice in Wayne County and our nearby pages for Livonia and Canton.
Common questions from Garden City families
Does Lily Hospice serve all of Garden City?
Yes. Lily serves all of Garden City, ZIP codes 48135 and 48136, and the neighboring cities of Inkster, Wayne and Westland, along with all of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
How fast can hospice start in Garden City?
A nurse can usually evaluate the same day you call, including evenings and weekends, and care often begins within a day once the doctor signs the order. How fast hospice can start.
Can hospice start on a weekend?
Yes. Lily admits patients seven days a week, so a Saturday hospital discharge does not have to wait until Monday. Starting hospice on a weekend.
My father lives alone. Can he still have hospice at home?
Often, yes. We will talk honestly about safety, who can check in, and whether extra help or a move is needed later. Hospice when a parent lives alone.
Does my mother have to stop seeing her doctor?
No. Her own physician can remain her attending doctor and work with Lily’s medical director. Keeping your own doctor on hospice.
What if my loved one lives longer than six months?
Hospice continues as long as the doctor recertifies that your loved one still qualifies. If their health improves, they can leave hospice and come back later if needed, with no penalty.
What does hospice cost in Garden City?
For families with Medicare, Medicaid or most private insurance, hospice services cost nothing out of pocket. We will tell you about any exception before care starts.
Hospice isn’t giving up. It’s showing up. Call (248) 955-5100. A real person answers, 24 hours a day.