Hospice in Massachusetts
Hospice provides comfort care, nursing, aide help, social work, spiritual care and family support for people with a life expectancy of six months or less, most often in their own home or in a nursing home. Every Medicare-certified hospice in Massachusetts is listed here.
Who pays
The Medicare hospice benefit covers hospice care in full, including medications and equipment related to the terminal illness. MassHealth and private insurance also cover it.
How to choose
Ask whether the hospice is non-profit or for-profit, how often a nurse visits, whether they have an inpatient unit, and what the overnight on-call response time is. CMS publishes family survey results for each hospice.
Hospice by town
Each town page lists every hospice that serves it, sorted by distance. The towns with the most options:
- Norfolk 51
- Wrentham 50
- Plainville 49
- Franklin 47
- Littleton 47
- Foxborough 46
- Carlisle 45
- Stoughton 45
- Westford 45
- Avon 44
- Sharon 44
- Walpole 44
- Acton 43
- Medfield 43
- Millis 43
- Boxborough 42
- Chelmsford 42
- Dover 42
- Maynard 42
- Wellesley 42
- Billerica 41
- Concord 41
- Medway 41
- Tewksbury 41
- Ayer 40
- Bellingham 40
- Canton 40
- Holbrook 40
- Lincoln 40
- Lowell 40
- Needham 40
- Norwood 40
- Stow 40
- Sudbury 40
- Wayland 40
- Weston 40
- Westwood 40
- Bedford 39
- Burlington 39
- Natick 39
- Randolph 39
- Braintree 38
- Chelsea 38
- Hudson 38
- Milton 38
- Revere 38
- Tyngsborough 38
- Dracut 37
- Framingham 37
- Harvard 37
- Marlborough 37
- Ashland 36
- Dedham 36
- Groton 36
- Lexington 36
- Medford 36
- Quincy 36
- Sherborn 36
- Shirley 36
- Waltham 36
Every town has a page; find yours through its county or the search box.
All hospice providers by county
Barnstable County 2
- Broad Reach Hospice, Chatham · (508) 945-4601
- Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod Hospice, Hyannis · (508) 957-7710
Berkshire County 1
- Hospicecare in the Berkshires, Pittsfield · (413) 443-2994
Bristol County 6
- Bristol Hospice LLC, Fall River · (774) 379-7232
- Community Nurse Home Care, INC, Fairhaven · (508) 992-6278
- Compassionate Care Hospice of Southeastern Massachusetts LLC, Bridgewater · (508) 399-5900
- Hanover Hospice, Fall River · (508) 675-7583
- Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care, Attleboro · (508) 957-0200
- Hospice and Palliative Care, Fairhaven · (508) 973-3200
Dukes County 1
- Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's Vineyard, Vineyard Haven · (508) 693-0189
Essex County 9
- All Care Hospice INC, Lynn · (781) 586-1608
- Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home, Danvers · (781) 756-2488
- Care Dimensions, INC, Danvers · (978) 822-3846
- Compassus - Southern Massachusetts, North Andover · (978) 777-8222
- Constellation Hospice, Newburyport · (978) 904-3059
- Elara Caring, Newburyport · (978) 358-1007
- Harborside Hospice of Massachusetts, LLC, Haverhill · (800) 331-1044
- Maestro Hospice Care, LLC, Lawrence · (978) 258-5637
- Tufts Medicine Care at Home, Lowell · (978) 552-4000
Franklin County 1
- Pioneer Valley Hospice & Palliative Care, Greenfield · (413) 774-2400
Hampden County 6
- Baystate Hospice, West Springfield · (413) 794-6411
- Beacon Hospice, An Amyedisys Company, Springfield · (413) 205-1229
- Harmony Hospice LLC, Chicopee · (413) 435-4044
- Hospice Life Care, Holyoke · (413) 534-5691
- Hospice Services of Western & Central Mass, Feeding Hills · (413) 786-4004
- Legacy Lifecare Home Health and Hospice Care- West, Longmeadow · (978) 471-5146
Hampshire County 3
- Compassus - Greater Boston, Northampton · (508) 845-2379
- Hospice of the Fisher Home, Amherst · (413) 549-0115
- VNA & Hospice of Cooley Dickinson, Northampton · (413) 584-1060
Middlesex County 15
- Alliance Hospice Care LLC, Newton · (617) 663-4881
- Brighton Hospice Massachusetts, LLC, Newton · (801) 996-3217
- Compassionate Care Hospice, Woburn · (781) 935-5550
- Continuum Care of Mass, LLC, Fall River · (434) 977-9715
- Convenient Hospice Services, INC, Sudbury · (781) 642-0880
- Dignity Hospice Care, Framingham · (508) 872-0038
- Faith and Family Hospice, Marlborough · (774) 405-3326
- First Choice Healthcare INC, Newton · (617) 738-1113
- Gentiva, Auburndale · (617) 332-0813
- Good Shepherd Community Care, Newton · (617) 969-6130
- Metrowest Homecare and Hospice, An Amedisys Compan, Marlboro · (508) 383-7000
- Serenity Hospice, LLC, Southborough · (508) 266-6402
- Solara Hospice, LLC, Waltham · (978) 992-8108
- Sudbury Pines Hospice, Sudbury · (978) 443-3359
- Visiting Nurse & Community Care, Arlington · (781) 643-6090
Norfolk County 7
- Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care of Massachuse, Norwood · (866) 670-9449
- Accentcare Hospice of Massachusetts, Fall River · (508) 235-5312
- Hands and Hearts Hospice Corporation, Wellesley Hills · (617) 675-1900
- Hebrew Seniorlife Hospice Care, INC, Dedham · (781) 234-9950
- Longwood Hospice, Brookline · (617) 505-3443
- Pathways Healthcare, Westwood · (617) 481-9077
- West River Hospice, Needham · (781) 707-9524
Plymouth County 9
- Autumn Hospice, Norwell · (781) 480-1445
- Brockton Visiting Nurse Association, Brockton · (508) 587-2121
- Cranberry Hospice, Plymouth · (508) 746-0215
- Croi Health, Norwell · (781) 659-2342
- Hospice Services of Massachusetts, Lakeville · (508) 291-0049
- New England Hospice Ii, LLC, Hingham · (781) 749-2900
- Old Colony Hospice, INC, W Bridgewater · (781) 341-4145
- Sunset Hospice, Middleboro · (774) 419-2029
- Tides Hospice, LLC, Norwell · (774) 218-4095
Suffolk County 3
- Beacon Hospice, An Amedisys Company, Charlestown · (617) 242-4872
- Caring Hospice Services of Massachusetts LLC, Norwood · (732) 901-6600
- Legacy Lifecare Hospice and Palliative Care, Chelsea · (617) 889-0779
Worcester County 14
- Ascend Hospice, Worcester · (508) 229-8390
- Aseracare Hospice, Westborough · (508) 721-1219
- Beacon Hospice, An Amedisys Company, Leominster · (978) 466-7890
- Brookhaven Hospice, Marlborough · (508) 820-4800
- Care Central VNA & Hospice, Gardner · (978) 632-1230
- Compassus - Greater Western Massachusetts, Auburn · (508) 845-2379
- Health Alliance Home Health and Hospice, Leominster · (978) 342-6013
- Jhc Hospice, Worcester · (508) 713-0512
- Notre Dame Hospice, Worcester · (508) 852-5505
- Overlook Hospice Services, Charlton · (508) 765-1515
- Preferred Peaceful Transitions Home Health Care INC, Milford · (506) 473-0404
- Trinity Hospice, LLC, Falmouth · (781) 690-6113
- VNA & Hospice of Greater Milford, Milford · (508) 473-0862
- VNA Care Hospice INC, Worcester · (508) 756-7176