What Hospice Care Includes for Daly City Patients and Families
Hospice care is a Medicare benefit available to patients with a serious illness and a physician-certified prognosis of six months or less, when the primary goal of care shifts from curative treatment to comfort and quality of life. Under the Medicare Hospice Benefit, eligible patients receive a comprehensive range of services at no out-of-pocket cost.
Covered services include:
- Skilled nursing visits on a regularly scheduled basis, with 24/7 on-call nursing available by phone at all hours
- Physician oversight from our Medical Director throughout the full course of care
- Medications for symptom and comfort management related to the hospice diagnosis
- Medical equipment and supplies delivered directly to your door: hospital beds, oxygen, wheelchairs, commodes, and more
- Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) support for bathing, grooming, and personal care
- Medical social work services for care planning, advance directive guidance, and family support
- Spiritual and chaplaincy care for patients and loved ones of all faiths, backgrounds, and cultural traditions
- Bereavement counseling and support for families in the months following a loved one’s passing
Medi-Cal covers the hospice benefit for eligible patients as well, and most private insurance plans include hospice coverage. Our team explains your specific benefits in plain, straightforward language, so there are no surprises and no unanswered questions left standing.
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Hospice Care Comes to You in Daly City
Hospice is not a facility your loved one moves into. It is a model of care that travels directly to them: at home, in their community, wherever they feel most comfortable and most themselves.
Grace and Glory Hospice delivers all services, support, medications, equipment, and supplies directly to:
- Private homes and family residences throughout Daly City’s neighborhoods Westlake, Serramonte, Bayshore, and beyond
- Assisted living communities
- Memory care communities
- Skilled nursing and post-acute facilities
- Residential care homes and board-and-care settings
Our team serves patients across Daly City. If you want to confirm that a specific address or community falls within our service area, call us and we will verify right away.
Understanding Hospice Eligibility
Many families in Daly City reach out later than they needed to. Not because they were not paying attention, but because knowing the right moment to ask is genuinely difficult. Hospice care may be appropriate when:
- A physician has certified a serious illness with a prognosis of six months or less if the illness runs its expected course
- The primary goal of care has shifted from curative treatment to managing symptoms and maintaining quality of life
- Pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, or other symptoms have become difficult to control at home
- Your loved one has experienced repeated hospitalizations without meaningful recovery between admissions
- The daily demands of caregiving have grown beyond what your family can safely sustain
You do not need a physician referral to reach out. We offer free, no-pressure evaluations for Daly City families who want to understand their options, with no commitment required and no decision forced before you are ready.
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Getting Started in Easy Steps
- Step 1: Reach Out Call (650) 898-5784 or contact us online at any hour. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, evenings, weekends, and holidays included.
- Step 2: Have a Real Conversation A member of our care team listens carefully, answers your questions in plain language, and helps you understand what is available for your loved one right now. There is no script and no pressure. Just an honest conversation with someone who genuinely cares.
- Step 3: We handle the coordination. When hospice or palliative care is the right fit, we take care of everything: physician orders, equipment delivery, scheduling, and care team introductions. Your family focuses on being present. We manage everything else.
Every decision is yours. We are here to make the path clearer.
Palliative Care in Daly City
Hospice is not the right conversation for every family yet, and that is completely understandable. If your loved one is living with a serious illness and still pursuing active treatment, palliative care may be the most appropriate place to begin.
Palliative care focuses on relieving symptoms, providing emotional and spiritual support, and helping patients and families navigate complex medical decisions with clarity and confidence. It is available at any stage of serious illness and can be received alongside ongoing curative treatment. It does not require a terminal prognosis and is meaningfully different from entering hospice.
Grace and Glory Hospice provides palliative care throughout Daly City and the surrounding communities of San Mateo County for families who need expert, compassionate support now wherever they are in the journey.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Does choosing hospice mean we are giving up on my loved one? No. Hospice is not about giving up. It is a deliberate choice to focus care on what matters most when curative treatment is no longer the priority.
- How often will a nurse visit? Nursing visit frequency is determined by each patient’s individual care plan and adjusted as needs change.
- Does hospice cover medications and medical equipment? For eligible Medicare and Medi-Cal patients, all medications related to the hospice diagnosis.
- What if we are not sure we are ready to make a decision? You do not have to be ready. Reaching out does not commit you to anything.
- Can my loved one receive hospice care at home in Daly City? Yes. Grace and Glory Hospice delivers all care, equipment, and support directly to your loved one’s location.
