Can someone receive hospice in assisted living?

Yes. Hospice is a service, not a building. A hospice team can visit a resident in an assisted living home, and the home's caregivers continue daily care.

Can a resident stay at Sweetwater Groves through hospice?

Yes. When the fit is right, residents can stay as needs change, through hospice, surrounded by caregivers they know.

Who pays for hospice in assisted living?

The Medicare hospice benefit generally covers hospice services for those who qualify. It does not cover assisted living rent or daily personal care. Check details with Medicare or the hospice provider.

Can we choose our own hospice provider?

Yes. Families choose the hospice provider. The home works alongside that team.

Can a loved one move in already on hospice?

Sometimes, yes. Call (909) 619-1230 and we'll talk through fit gently and honestly, the same day.

Hospice in a Residential Assisted Living Home: Staying Home Through Every Season

By Sweetwater Groves · Last updated 2026-10-31

Key Takeaways

• Hospice is a kind of support, not a place. It can come to a residential assisted living home.
• The hospice team adds comfort care; the home's caregivers stay with your loved one every day.
• At Sweetwater Groves, residents can stay as needs change, through hospice, so there's no final move.

If you're reading this, you may be carrying a great deal of love and a great deal of worry at the same time. Both belong here. When a doctor mentions hospice, many families picture a move to an unfamiliar place. It doesn't have to be that way. Hospice can come to your loved one, in a home where they already feel safe.

Hospice is support, not a place

Hospice is a team focused on comfort, dignity and peace: nurses, aides, social workers, chaplains and volunteers. They can visit a residential assisted living home just as they would visit a family house. The home's caregivers stay present every day; the hospice team adds comfort care and guidance for everyone who loves that person.

Why a small home can feel so right in this season

The same familiar faces, day after day
A quiet, private room, with space for family to sit close
Caregivers who already know how your loved one likes their tea, their music, their blanket
No final move, and no starting over with strangers

At Sweetwater Groves, a ten-resident home in Scottsdale licensed for directed care, residents can stay as needs change, through hospice. An RN-MSN in the owning family sets the standard of care, with three caregivers by day and an overnight caregiver.

How families and the hospice team work together

The family chooses the hospice provider, often with the physician's or social worker's help.
The hospice team and the home share a plan: comfort, medications, visit times and what to watch for.
The home's caregivers carry out daily care and call hospice when anything changes.
Family is welcome to visit, stay close and simply be together.

Paying for this season

The Medicare hospice benefit generally covers hospice services for people who qualify. It doesn't cover assisted living rent or daily personal care. Sweetwater Groves' pricing is all-inclusive and shared personally, so your family isn't met with surprises. For benefit questions, please check with Medicare or your hospice provider.

For hospice liaisons and social workers

If you're supporting a family looking for a home where hospice can be part of daily life, see our page for hospice liaisons or send a referral from our discharge planner page.