Hospice Care in Shelby Township, MI
Updated September 2026. Written and reviewed by the Lily Hospice clinical team.
Lily Hospice provides hospice care throughout Shelby Township, 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.
Shelby Township stretches across the northwest corner of Macomb County, from the older streets around Utica up through newer subdivisions off Van Dyke, 23 Mile and 25 Mile, with Stony Creek Metropark and River Bends Park along its edges. Many households here are multigenerational, including the large Chaldean community around St. George Chaldean Catholic Church on Dequindre. When a parent or grandparent becomes seriously ill, families in Shelby usually want care at home, surrounded by people who know them. Hospice makes that possible.
Starting hospice in Shelby Township: the first call and first week
Many Shelby families first hear the word hospice in a hospital room. The hospitals people here use most are Henry Ford Macomb Hospital on 19 Mile Road in Clinton Township, McLaren Macomb in Mount Clemens, and, for families on the western side of the township, Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital on Dequindre just south of M-59. You can ask the discharge planner for Lily by name. Read about going home on hospice from the hospital, or our guide to leaving Corewell Troy on hospice if your family is at Corewell Troy.
After you call, a Lily nurse visits, usually the same day, to meet the patient, answer questions and review medications. If hospice fits and the doctor agrees, admission happens at home. A hospital bed, oxygen or a wheelchair can be delivered the same day or next, and comfort medications come from a pharmacy that delivers. During the first week the nurse, a home health aide, a social worker and, if you would like, a chaplain each come by.
Who qualifies for hospice in Shelby Township
Hospice is meant for a person whose doctor expects a serious illness to run its course within about six months if things follow their usual path, and who wants comfort to come first. In Shelby Township that often means advanced dementia, heart failure, COPD, cancer, kidney disease, Parkinson’s, stroke, or simply the slow decline of very old age. A physician certifies eligibility, and the family doctor can stay involved.
Nobody needs to be bedbound to qualify, and choosing hospice does not mean choosing to stop living well. If you are unsure, read our Is It Time? guide or the signs it may be time for hospice. A Lily nurse will also visit to talk it through, with no obligation.
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 Shelby Township 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 Shelby Township
Michigan’s licensing agency, LARA, lists 18 state-licensed assisted living residences in Shelby Township and Utica: 7 licensed as homes for the aged and 11 as adult foster care homes. 14 of them list serving people with Alzheimer’s disease, and together they are licensed for 507 residents.
These are the Medicare-certified nursing homes located in Shelby Township and Utica, with their overall rating from Medicare’s Care Compare:
| Nursing home | Address | Phone | Beds | Medicare overall rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regency at Shelby Township | 7401 22 Mile Road, Shelby Township | (586) 580-5500 | 116 | 4 of 5 stars |
| Regency Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | 7700 McClellan Street, Utica | (586) 739-7700 | 39 | 2 of 5 stars |
| Shelby Crossing Health Campus | 13794 21 Mile Road, Shelby Township | (586) 532-2100 | 57 | 5 of 5 stars |
| Shelby Health and Rehabilitation Center | 46100 Schoenherr Road, Shelby Township | (586) 566-1100 | 212 | 4 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 for Shelby Township 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 Shelby Township
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 Shelby Township:
- 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.
- Chaldean Community Foundation, Project Light: Sterling Heights, individual counseling for ages 13 and up with licensed trilingual therapists. (586) 722-7253.
- 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 Shelby Township families
The Shelby Township Senior Center at 14975 21 Mile Road, (586) 739-7540, offers transportation, loans of assistive equipment and legal counseling for residents 50 and older,. For in-home help, Medicaid waiver programs and caregiver counseling, contact 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. Macomb County’s Office of Senior Services on Dunham Road in Clinton Township, (586) 469-5228, runs senior lunches, a friendly caller program and benefits counseling. Chaldean families can also reach the Chaldean Community Foundation in Sterling Heights, and our page on hospice for Chaldean families explains how Lily supports faith, language and family traditions at the end of life.
Care for Shelby Township veterans
If your loved one served, tell us at the first call. Macomb County Veteran Services on Dunham Road in Clinton Township, (586) 469-5100, can help with benefits. 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.
Why Shelby Township 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.
How to reach us from Shelby Township
Lily Hospice’s office is at 2125 Butterfield Drive, Suite 299, Troy, MI 48084. From most of Shelby Township the drive is about 25 minutes without traffic: south on Van Dyke (M-53) to Hall Road (M-59), west to I-75, and south to the Big Beaver Road area of 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 Shelby Township families
Does Lily Hospice serve all of Shelby Township?
Yes. Lily serves every Shelby Township ZIP code (48315, 48316 and 48317), including Utica, along with all of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
How fast can hospice start in Shelby Township?
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.
Is there someone who speaks our language?
Lily arranges interpreters at no cost, in person or by phone, so the patient and family can talk with the nurse, social worker and chaplain in the language they are most comfortable with.
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.
Can hospice come to my father in a nursing home?
Yes. Lily’s team visits residents in nursing homes, assisted living and memory care. The facility continues daily care while Lily adds nursing, aide visits, medications, equipment and family support focused on comfort.
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.
Lily also serves families nearby in Sterling Heights, Rochester Hills and Clinton Township, 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.