Hospice Care in Warren, MI

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

Lily Hospice provides hospice care throughout Warren, Michigan, at home, in assisted living, memory care and nursing facilities. 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.

Warren is Macomb County’s largest city and one of the most tightly knit places in metro Detroit. Families here have often lived on the same block for decades, in the brick ranches between Eight Mile and Fourteen Mile, near the GM Tech Center, in the Fitzgerald and Van Dyke corridors, and along the parish neighborhoods where Polish, Ukrainian, Italian and, increasingly, Bangladeshi and Hmong families have put down roots. When someone in that kind of neighborhood becomes seriously ill, the first instinct is to keep them home. That is exactly what hospice is built for.

The first week of hospice at home in Warren

The call comes first, often from a daughter or son after a hard conversation with a doctor at Henry Ford Warren Hospital (the former Ascension Macomb-Oakland campus on Twelve Mile) or after one too many trips to the emergency room. A Lily nurse comes to the house, usually within a day and often the same day, to listen, examine, and explain what the team can do. If hospice is the right fit and the doctor agrees, the admission happens at the kitchen table. Equipment (a hospital bed, oxygen, a wheelchair) is delivered to the door, comfort medications are set up through a pharmacy that delivers, and the family gets one phone number that reaches a nurse at any hour.

Over the first week a nurse, an aide, a social worker and, if the family wishes, a chaplain each visit. The aide helps with bathing and personal care. The social worker sorts out paperwork, respite, and the questions nobody wants to ask out loud. The nurse manages symptoms and teaches the family what to watch for. Most Warren families tell us the first week feels like exhaling for the first time in months.

Who qualifies for hospice in Warren

Hospice is for anyone whose doctor believes a serious illness is likely to run its course within about six months if it follows its expected path, and who is ready to focus on comfort rather than cure. That includes advanced dementia, heart failure, COPD and other lung disease, cancer, kidney failure, Parkinson’s, ALS, stroke, liver disease, and the general frailty of advanced age. Two physicians certify eligibility; the patient’s own doctor can stay involved. Nobody has to be bedbound, and nobody has to have “given up.” Many people live longer and better on hospice than they did before it, because pain is controlled and the trips to the hospital stop.

If you are not sure, that is normal. Our gentle guide, Is It Time? and the signs it may be time are written for exactly this moment, and a nurse will come out for an evaluation with no obligation.

What Medicare pays for

For anyone with Medicare Part A, and for most Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and commercial plans, hospice is covered in full: the nurse and aide visits, medications related to the terminal illness, medical equipment and supplies, the social worker and chaplain, short-term respite stays, and bereavement support for the family for a year afterward. Families in Warren almost never pay out of pocket for hospice. Here is exactly what Medicare covers in Michigan, and here is what happens if there is no insurance at all.

Hospice in Warren’s assisted living, memory care and nursing homes

Hospice is not a place; it is a team that comes to wherever home is. Lily’s nurses and aides care for residents in Warren’s assisted living and memory care communities and in its skilled nursing facilities, working alongside the facility staff rather than replacing them. The facility handles daily living; Lily manages comfort, symptoms, medications, equipment and family support. How hospice works in assisted living and memory care explains the division of labor and what families should ask.

Respite for Warren caregivers

Caring for a parent or spouse around the clock wears anyone down, and many Warren caregivers are in their seventies themselves. The Medicare hospice benefit includes respite: up to five consecutive days in a contracted facility so the caregiver can rest, travel, or recover from their own illness, with the patient returning home afterward. Lily arranges it. Respite care, explained.

Why Warren families choose the hospice down the road

Lily Hospice is family-owned, Medicare-certified and ACHC-accredited, and we publish our Medicare Care Compare results, including the ones we are still working on. On the measure Medicare uses for presence at the very end, whether a nurse or social worker visited in the last three days of life, Lily’s rate is 71.3%, against a national average of 48.3% and a Michigan average of 63.3%. Our early-live-discharge rate is 3.2% against 7.3% nationally, which reflects careful admissions rather than rushed decisions. You can see all of it, strengths and weaknesses, on our quality scores page and compare every hospice serving Macomb County in our metro Detroit hospice directory.

We also honor veterans. Warren has one of the largest veteran populations in the county, and Lily is a We Honor Veterans partner with a Veteran Advisory Committee and a Veteran Rapid Response team. Hospice for a veteran in metro Detroit.

Area resources for Warren families

The Warren Community Center on Arden Avenue and the city’s Parks and Recreation senior programs are good places to ask about meals, transportation and caregiver groups. Macomb County’s Office of Senior Services and the Area Agency on Aging 1-B (AgeWays) connect families to in-home help and Medicaid waiver programs. Our social workers know these programs well and will make the calls with you.

How to reach us from Warren

Lily Hospice’s office is at 2125 Butterfield Drive, Suite 299, Troy, MI 48084, about 20 minutes from most of Warren by way of I-696 and Dequindre or Big Beaver. You never need to come to us; the team comes to you. Call (248) 955-5100 any hour, day or night, and a real person will answer. You can also send us a message or, if you are a professional, refer a patient.

Common questions from Warren families

Does Lily Hospice serve all of Warren?

Yes. Lily serves every Warren ZIP code (48088, 48089, 48091, 48092, 48093) and all of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.

How fast can hospice start in Warren?

A nurse can usually evaluate the same day you call, including evenings and weekends, and care often begins within 24 hours once the physician’s order is in place. How fast hospice can start.

Can my parent keep their own doctor?

Yes. Your parent’s physician can remain the attending doctor and work with Lily’s hospice medical director. Keeping your own doctor on hospice.

Does hospice mean stopping all medicine?

No. Medications that add comfort continue, and some treatments do too. The team reviews every medication with the family and the doctor and stops only what no longer helps.

What if my father gets better?

It happens. Patients can be discharged from hospice if their condition improves and return later if needed. There is no penalty and no lost coverage.

Is there someone who speaks our language?

Lily arranges interpreters at no cost, and our team is used to caring for Warren’s Polish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Bengali and Hmong-speaking families.

What does it cost?

For Medicare, Medicaid and most insured families, nothing out of pocket for hospice services. We will explain 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.