Going Home on Hospice from Henry Ford Providence Southfield: A Family Guide

Updated September 2026. Written and reviewed by the Lily Hospice clinical team.

If hospice has come up at Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital or its Novi campus, you may choose any Medicare-certified hospice. A hospice nurse evaluates, equipment and comfort medications are delivered, and many patients are home within a day or two.

Lily Hospice is an independent hospice and is not affiliated with Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital. We are also not affiliated with the Novi campus or Henry Ford Health.

For years this was Providence Hospital, and many families still call it that. Medicare’s hospital data lists it under its former name, Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and Novi. Today it is Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital, at 16001 W 9 Mile Rd, Southfield, MI 48075. The main number is (248) 849-3000. Henry Ford Health describes it as a destination for heart, cancer, stroke, orthopedic and women’s care.

The Novi campus is Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital, at 47601 Grand River Ave, Novi, MI 48374. Its listed phone is (248) 465-4100, and it is a Level II Adult Trauma Center. What follows applies to both campuses.

What the hospital team usually does

Henry Ford Health says its Palliative Medicine team serves hospitalized patients with serious illness at all Henry Ford locations. The team helps with symptoms, goals-of-care conversations and transitions. A case manager or social worker then handles the discharge and sends the hospice referral.

Henry Ford Health also operates its own hospice, so you may hear that name first. You can choose it. You can also choose any other Medicare-certified hospice that serves your area. The decision belongs to the patient and family. To compare, see our metro Detroit hospice directory and how to choose a hospice.

What happens between “hospice” and home

1. Referral. Give the case manager the name of the hospice you chose. Or call the hospice first, and they will reach the hospital.
2. Evaluation. A hospice nurse reviews the chart and meets the family, often in the patient’s room. The attending physician and hospice medical director confirm eligibility.
3. Equipment. The hospice orders a hospital bed, a commode, oxygen if needed and other supplies. They usually arrive before the patient, or the same day.
4. Medications. Comfort medications are delivered to the house with clear instructions.
5. First visit. A hospice nurse arrives soon after your loved one gets home. After that, one number reaches a nurse at any hour.

More on timing: how fast hospice can start.

Questions to ask before discharge

• Which campus is the patient being discharged from, Southfield or Novi? It affects the pickup plan.
• What is the current medication list, and what should stop?
• Is oxygen needed on the ride home?
• Who is arranging transport, and at what time?
• Is a do-not-resuscitate order signed for home, if the patient wants one?
• After cancer or heart treatment, which specialist will stay in touch with the hospice?

Going home to Southfield, Novi and nearby

The Southfield campus sits on Nine Mile Road. Patients often go home to Southfield, Lathrup Village, Oak Park, Beverly Hills or northwest Detroit. From Novi, patients head to Novi, Farmington Hills, Northville, Wixom or Livonia. Lily serves every one of these communities.

See our pages for Southfield, Novi, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Detroit and Oakland County. If the illness is heart failure or cancer, our heart failure and cancer pages explain what hospice looks like at home.

If home will be a facility

Many families along the Southfield and Novi corridors look at assisted living or a nursing facility instead of a house. Hospice follows the patient there, starting the day they arrive. The facility handles daily care. The hospice handles comfort, symptoms, medications, equipment and family support. Room and board in a facility is not covered by the hospice benefit. Hospice in assisted living and memory care.

How Lily works with families from Providence

Lily Hospice is family-owned, Medicare-certified and ACHC-accredited, with an office in Troy. A real person answers our phone at any hour. We can usually evaluate within 24 hours, and often the same day. Admission is often the same day once the order and consents are signed. That includes weekends. How to start hospice this weekend.

Lily’s Medicare Hospice Care Index score is 9 out of 10. See the quality scores page for what that measures.

Common questions

Is Providence Hospital in Southfield now part of Henry Ford?

Yes. It is now called Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital, according to Henry Ford Health’s website. The Novi campus is Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital.

Do we have to use Henry Ford’s hospice program?

No. You may choose it, or any other Medicare-certified hospice that serves your home. Tell the case manager your choice.

Can hospice start at home the same day as discharge from Novi or Southfield?

Often, yes. When the physician order and consents are in place, the hospice can admit at home on the day of discharge.

Does hospice cover oxygen and a hospital bed?

Yes. Medicare Part A covers equipment and supplies related to the terminal illness, along with the care team and medications. What Medicare covers in Michigan.

Can the patient keep seeing their cardiologist or oncologist?

Yes. The patient’s own doctor can remain the attending physician and work with the hospice medical director.

Is Lily Hospice affiliated with Henry Ford Health?

No. Lily is an independent, family-owned hospice based in Troy.

Hospice isn’t giving up. It’s showing up.

Call (248) 955-5100. A real person answers, 24 hours a day. Also see our general guide, going home on hospice from the hospital.