If you're wondering whether it's time for hospice, you don't have to figure it out alone. Our admissions team answers the phone 24 hours a day at 772-403-4500 — and calling is simply a conversation, not a commitment.
Serving families
Since 1982
A community-based nonprofit hospice on the Treasure Coast for more than four decades.
Family-rated care
4-Star
Our CMS rating comes from Medicare's survey of the family caregivers we've served.
Where we serve
3 Counties
Care for families throughout Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee counties.
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How it starts
You don't need to wait for a doctor to bring up hospice — anyone can make the first call, including you. Our team is available 24 hours a day, every day.
Call us at 772-403-4500, any hour. You can call for yourself or a loved one, or a physician, hospital discharge planner, or specialist can refer you. The call is for gathering information — it doesn't commit you or your loved one to anything.
A nurse or social worker comes to you — at home, in the hospital, or wherever your loved one is. They'll listen to what matters to your family, review your loved one's goals for care, and check whether they're eligible for hospice.
If hospice is the right fit, we handle the transition from there. We deliver any equipment your loved one needs and build a care plan around their comfort, their wishes, and your family.
Who qualifies
Hospice is for people with a prognosis of six months or less if their illness runs its normal course, certified by two physicians — the attending physician and our hospice medical director. Only a doctor can make that determination, but families usually notice the everyday signs first. If any of these feel familiar, it's worth a call.
Trips to the hospital or ER are becoming more frequent, and each one seems harder to bounce back from.
Everyday activities like bathing, dressing, eating, or walking safely now require more and more assistance.
Your loved one is losing weight without trying, or seems to have little interest in food.
Pain, breathlessness, or falls are getting worse despite treatment.
Your loved one has decided to focus on feeling as well as possible rather than continuing curative treatment.
A doctor has said the illness, on its normal course, may mean six months or less.
Where care happens
Hospice isn't a place — it's care that meets your loved one wherever they live. Most of our patients receive care right at home, and we also care for people in assisted living communities and nursing facilities.
Most hospice care happens at home, surrounded by the people and things your loved one knows best. Our team visits regularly, and we're a phone call away between visits. You stay in familiar territory; we bring the care to you.
If your loved one lives in an assisted living community or nursing facility, that's home — and our team comes there. We work alongside the facility's staff so your loved one's care feels seamless, not disrupted.
When symptoms need short-term intensive management, we offer three home-like inpatient units: Hay-Madeira and Harper in Stuart, and The Lynch Pavilion in Fort Pierce. Each offers 24/7 nursing, daily physician visits, and private rooms with a patio and a sleeper sofa so you can stay close. Visitors are welcome any hour — children and family pets included.
You're not alone
Cost should never be the reason you wait to call. Through the Treasure Coast Hospice Foundation and the generosity of local donors, any patient who wants and needs care receives it — regardless of ability to pay. Call us anytime, day or night, at 772-403-4500.
Paying for care
For most families, hospice costs far less than they fear — and often nothing at all. Here's how it works.
The Medicare Part A Hospice Benefit typically covers the full cost of care related to the terminal illness — nursing visits, physician care, medications for symptom relief, and equipment like a hospital bed. Medicaid and most private insurance plans also offer strong hospice coverage. We'll help you understand exactly what your loved one's coverage includes.
The VA offers a hospice benefit for enrolled veterans. If your loved one served, we'll help you navigate it — it's one of the ways we honor their service.
Through the Treasure Coast Hospice Foundation and local donors, any patient who wants and needs care receives it, regardless of ability to pay. No one is ever turned away for inability to pay. It's a promise our community keeps together.
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Why Treasure Coast Hospice
Choosing a hospice matters. Here's what your neighbors have come to count on from us.
We hold Level 5 status — the highest distinction in the We Honor Veterans program. Veteran-to-veteran volunteers and pinning ceremonies recognize each veteran's service with the gratitude it deserves.
How we honor veteransPets are family, and our Treasured Pets volunteers help care for a patient's pet when caregiving gets hard. When needed, they help find the pet a loving new home.
About Treasured PetsOur grief support serves the whole community, at no cost — including Camp Good Grief, created especially for children. Support continues long after care ends, for as long as your family needs it.
Explore grief supportOne call answers your questions and commits you to nothing. Reach us any hour, any day, at 772-403-4500 — or send us a message and we'll reach out to you.
