Hospice Care in Inkster, Michigan
Compassionate, home-based end-of-life care for families throughout Inkster andwestern Wayne County.
When a family in Inkster starts thinking seriously about hospice, it's rarely a calm, planned decision. It usually follows a hard hospital stay, a doctor's difficult conversation, or the slow realization that a loved one isn't getting better. At that point, what a family needs is straight answers — not a sales pitch.
St. Marie's Hospice serves families throughout Inkster with Medicare-certified, CHAP-accredited hospice care delivered wherever your loved one lives. We're a local Michigan hospice, not a national chain routing your call through a regional office — and Wayne County families are part of the community we care for every week.
Home-Based Hospice Care in Inkster
Inkster is a close-knit community in western Wayne County, bordered by Dearborn Heights, Westland, Garden City, and Taylor. It’s a community with deep roots and strong family ties, and when serious illness arrives, most families here want the same thing: to keep their loved one at home, comfortable, and surrounded by what’s familiar.
That’s what hospice at St. Marie’s is built around. Care comes to the patient — in a home off Michigan Avenue or Inkster Road, in a senior community, or in a skilled nursing facility. Wherever your loved one lives, the full hospice team comes to them. There’s no need to move a patient into a facility to receive complete hospice care.
In practical terms, that means a nurse at the door within 24 hours of your first call, equipment delivered the same week, and a consistent care team your family comes to know — not a rotating set of unfamiliar faces.
What the First Call Involves
Most families wait longer than they should before calling, usually out of fear about what it means. There's a common worry that reaching out to a hospice locks you into something irreversible, or signals giving up. Neither is true.
The first call is simply a conversation. One of our intake coordinators talks through what's happening — the diagnosis, how things have been changing at home, what the doctors have said. If hospice seems appropriate, we schedule a free in-home evaluation. If it isn't the right time yet, we'll say so honestly and point you toward the support that fits where your loved one is now.
What usually happens after a family finally makes that call: relief. Nothing has been decided or locked in — but for the first time in a while, they're not managing it entirely on their own.
The Care Team That Comes to You
Conditions We Care For
We provide hospice care for advanced and terminal stages of cancer, heart failure, COPD, dementia and Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, stroke, kidney and liver disease, ALS, and other serious illnesses. The full list is on our conditions page.
Eligibility depends on the stage of illness, not the diagnosis itself. If you're unsure whether your loved one qualifies — especially with a condition like dementia, where the criteria are less obvious — a free in-home evaluation answers the question, with no obligation either way.
Medicare-Certified, CHAP-Accredited, and Local
St. Marie’s has been Medicare-certified since 2015 and holds voluntary accreditation through the Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) — a standard beyond federal minimums. Our quality scores are publicly reported through Medicare’s Care Compare tool, so Inkster families can verify our record independently rather than take our word for it.
If you’re weighing more than one provider, our patient satisfaction ratings and our guide on how to compare hospice providers cover exactly what to look for.
Understanding What's Cost
Money is often the first worry families have, even before they ask it out loud. For eligible patients, the Medicare Hospice Benefit covers the overwhelming majority of hospice care at no out-of-pocket cost — and it’s worth understanding both what’s covered and where the gaps are before you need the answer urgently. We’re glad to walk through the specifics for your family’s situation directly, with no obligation.
Serving Inkster and Western Wayne County
Along with Inkster, we serve families throughout western Wayne County and the surrounding communities — including Dearborn Heights, Westland, Garden City, Taylor, Wayne, and Romulus. Not sure whether your loved one's address falls within our service area? Call and ask. We'll give you a direct answer.
Talk to St. Marie's Hospice
Reach us through our contact page. The first conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. If hospice is the right step for your family, we’ll tell you clearly. If it isn’t yet, we’ll tell you that too — and help you understand what to watch for next.