When someone you love is nearing the end of life, the last thing you want is a care team that treats Hazel Park as a dot on a service-area map. You want nurses who know the city — who understand that a house off John R is a different visit than an apartment near Woodward Heights, and who won't get lost on the way at 11 p.m.
St. Marie's Hospice provides Medicare-certified, CHAP-accredited hospice care throughout Hazel Park and the surrounding Oakland County communities. Our office in Lathrup Village is about eight miles west, close enough that our nurses reach Hazel Park homes quickly, day or night.
Serving Families Across Hazel Park
Hazel Park is a compact, tightly built inner-ring suburb of about 15,000 residents, roughly ten miles north of downtown Detroit. It sits in the southeast corner of Oakland County, bordered by Madison Heights to the north, Ferndale to the west, Royal Oak to the northwest, Detroit across Eight Mile Road to the south, and Warren across Dequindre Road to the east.
We care for patients throughout the city, including the neighborhoods around Karam Park, the residential streets between Nine Mile and Ten Mile, the homes near Hazel Park High School and Hazel Park Junior High, and the apartment communities along the John R corridor. I-75 runs through the middle of the city and I-696 clips the northwest corner, which means our team can be at a Hazel Park home from almost any direction without fighting surface traffic.
Because Dequindre Road is the Oakland–Macomb county line and Eight Mile is the Wayne County line, many Hazel Park families have relatives and physicians spread across all three counties. We serve Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb, so care doesn't stop at a county border if your loved one moves in with a daughter in Warren or a son in Detroit.
Care wherever your loved one lives
Most of our Hazel Park patients are cared for at home, which is what the majority of families prefer. We also provide care in assisted living communities, nursing and rehabilitation facilities, and memory care settings in and around the city, working alongside facility staff rather than replacing them.
Hazel Park's housing stock is largely older single-family homes and bungalows, many with narrow stairways and small bathrooms. That matters more than people expect. Our nurses assess the home early and arrange equipment that actually fits the space, whether that means positioning a hospital bed in a front room instead of an upstairs bedroom, or bringing in a bedside commode when a bathroom can't be reached safely.
Hospice Services Available in Hazel Park
| Service | What it means for your family |
|---|---|
| In-home hospice care | Skilled nursing, aide visits, and care coordination delivered where your loved one lives. |
| Pain & symptom management | Proactive control of pain, breathlessness, nausea, and agitation, with medications delivered to the home. |
| 24/7 on-call nursing | A registered nurse answers after hours, adjusts orders, and sends someone out when needed. |
| Physician services | Our medical director works alongside your loved one’s own doctor. |
| Social work services | Help with advance directives, family decisions, benefits, and facility coordination. |
| Spiritual care | Chaplain support for any faith tradition, or none. Always optional. |
| Music & massage therapy | Comfort-focused therapies that ease anxiety and pain alongside medication. |
| Respite care | Up to five days of facility care so a family caregiver can rest. |
| Bereavement support | Grief support for the family for about a year after a death. |
Coordinating With Hazel Park Hospitals and Physicians
Hazel Park families are typically referred from hospitals just outside the city. Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak is about four miles northwest, Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital’s Warren campus is a short drive east across Dequindre, and many residents use physicians and specialists in Madison Heights, Ferndale, and Detroit.
We work directly with hospital discharge planners, case managers, skilled nursing facilities, and primary care physicians across all of them. If a discharge is scheduled, we can usually begin care within 24 to 48 hours, and we prioritize urgent hospital discharges, including late Friday ones.
Clinicians and case managers can find referral criteria and direct contacts on our For Clinicians page. Families can see the full process in the admission process.
What Hospice Costs in Hazel Park
For most families, almost nothing. The Medicare Hospice Benefit covers nursing, aide visits, physician services, social work, chaplaincy, counseling, medical equipment, supplies, and medications related to the terminal diagnosis.
Out-of-pocket costs are limited to up to $5 per prescription for symptom-related medications and about $24 per day for respite care, capped at five days. Routine home hospice care costs the family nothing. Medicaid and most private insurers offer comparable coverage. See who pays for hospice care.
Why Hazel Park Families Choose St. Marie's
Medicare certification is required of every hospice that bills Medicare, so it isn't a distinction. Our CHAP accreditation is voluntary, which means we invited an outside body to review our clinical records, policies, and patient outcomes. See certifications and accreditations. Beyond that, the things Hazel Park families tell us matter most are simple: a registered nurse who answers the phone at night, caseloads small enough that visits aren't rushed, and admissions that happen when they're needed rather than next week. We hold a 4.9 out of 5 rating across 123 Google reviews, and we're glad to answer direct questions about caseloads and response times before you commit to anything. If you're still deciding whether hospice is the right step, start with signs it's time for hospice or what to expect in hospice care.
Talk With Our Team
You don’t need to have a decision made before you call. Ask your questions first. Our team can explain eligibility, coverage, and what the first week would actually look like for your family.