Hospice care around Dayton

What is hospice care?

Hospice is comfort-focused care for someone whose doctor expects six months or less to live, provided by a team of nurses, aides, social workers, chaplains and volunteers wherever the person lives.

ODH lists 11 licensed hospice care programs with offices in the six counties: Cherish Hospice LLC (Springfield), Everheart Hospice (Greenville), Adoration Hospice (Beavercreek), Hospice of Miami County (Troy), Capital Health Hospice (Miamisburg), Caretenders Hospice (Moraine), Compassus - Western Ohio (Dayton), Crossroads Hospice of Dayton, LLC (Dayton), Heartland Hospice (dayton) (Kettering), Hospice of Dayton (Dayton), Interim Healthcare Hospice of Dayton (Huber Heights).

What does Medicare pay for in hospice?

Medicare's hospice benefit pays for the hospice team, medications and equipment related to the terminal illness, short inpatient stays for symptom control and short respite stays.

It does not pay room and board in an assisted living facility or nursing home.

Can hospice be provided in Ohio assisted living?

Yes. Ohio allows a resident enrolled in hospice to stay in a residential care facility even when needs exceed the usual limits, if the hospice and facility can meet them.

Several Dayton-area RCFs list hospice service on their ODH record; our facility pages show it.

How do we choose a hospice near Dayton?

Ask about after-hours response times, nurse visit frequency, where inpatient care happens, bereavement support and whether the hospice already works with your parent's facility or doctors.

You can change hospices if you are not satisfied.

Who decides when hospice starts?

The patient, or the person legally authorized to decide for them, chooses hospice after a physician and the hospice medical director certify a life expectancy of six months or less if the illness runs its usual course.

A hospice will usually do an information visit without commitment. Families in the Miami Valley often ask the primary doctor or the hospital's palliative care team for a referral; you may also call a hospice directly and ask it to request the doctor's certification. If the patient lives in an RCF or nursing home, the facility must allow the hospice the resident chooses, though it may have agreements with particular programs. Starting earlier rather than in the final days gives the team time to control symptoms and support the family, including bereavement help for about a year afterward.

Where is hospice licensed across Greater Dayton?

This is how ODH's roster spreads hospice across Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Clark, Darke and Preble counties; agencies have no bed count.

Which Miami Valley towns have the most hospice licenses?

Dayton leads with 3 licenses, followed by Springfield (1) and Greenville (1), out of 11 in the six counties on ODH's roster retrieved November 6, 2026.

Postal cities follow mailing addresses, so a Dayton address may sit in Harrison, Washington or Miami Township. Use the town and area pages to see every option near a particular neighborhood.