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Hospice care in Apple Valley, Utah
Apple Valley is spread thin across the high desert east of Hurricane — long driveways, big lots, neighbors you can see but not shout to. Care out here has to come to the door.
10/10 Medicare Hospice Care Index
Locally owned
Same-day admissions
Serving Apple Valley families at home
Households in Apple Valley are often multi-generational, with several adults under one roof. Clinically that helps: there are hands available. What those hands usually lack is anyone who has done this before and the fear of doing something wrong is its own kind of exhaustion.
So we teach. A nurse will show you exactly what to give, when and what to watch for, in plain language, written down and left on the counter. And when you are unsure at 3am, you call us and a nurse from our own team picks up — not an answering service that takes a message.
We come to wherever home is in Apple Valley: a private house, a family member’s spare room, an assisted living apartment, memory care, or a skilled nursing facility. The goal is always to avoid one more move.
Also serving nearby: Hildale, Colorado City and the homes along Highway 59 toward Big Plain. Not sure whether your address is inside our service area? Call and ask — the answer is usually yes.
The far edge of the county
Apple Valley is about as spread out as Washington County gets — homes scattered across a wide area out toward Gooseberry Mesa, some of them at the end of long unpaved stretches, a good distance from the nearest pharmacy or grocery.
This is the one part of the county where getting the logistics wrong has real consequences, so we treat them as clinical rather than administrative. Comfort medications in the home early, generous margins on every supply, equipment delivered well ahead of need, and a written note of how to reach the property — which turning, which gate, what the last stretch of road is actually like after rain. A family out here should never be waiting on a delivery to feel better.
Cell coverage is uneven, and we plan around that rather than hoping. We confirm what actually works at the address and make sure there is more than one way to reach a nurse.
Distance is the reason many families out here assume hospice at home is not an option for them. It is. It requires better planning than it does in town, which is our job rather than yours.
What Apple Valley families get
- A registered nurse (RN) on call 24 hours a day — reaching our own team, not a third-party answering service and able to come out at night.
- Certified nursing assistant (CNA) visits for bathing, grooming and personal care, from people your family comes to know.
- Pain and symptom management adjusted as often as it takes, overseen by our medical director, Dr. Karen Radley. How we manage symptoms →
- Medications, equipment and supplies related to the hospice diagnosis — delivered to your door and set up.
- Social work, chaplaincy, massage therapy and volunteers as part of the same benefit, at no additional cost.
- Respite care so the family caregiver can rest. How respite works →
- Bereavement support for 13 months after a death, for the whole family.
What it costs in Apple Valley
Almost every family in Apple Valley pays nothing. Medicare Part A covers hospice, Utah Medicaid covers it, and most private plans follow the same terms. Before you sign anything we check your specific coverage and put the figures in front of you in writing. See exactly what is and isn’t covered →
Not sure it’s time yet?
Most families in Apple Valley call us with exactly that question, and asking it early is far better than asking it late. We have written the signs down plainly, along with what the first 48 hours look like and how hospice differs from palliative care. Read: How do I know when it’s time? →
Why families here choose us
Top-rated locally and no phone tree
Every hospice bills Medicare the same daily rate. What differs is how often somebody actually comes to the house — which is exactly what Medicare’s Hospice Care Index measures.
Owned and run here
Nobody in another state decides how often somebody visits your father. Those calls are made in Southern Utah by people who still go out on visits themselves.
A nurse who comes out at night
The after-hours number reaches our own nurse, not an answering service — and when it is warranted she drives out. That is what keeps families out of the emergency room at 2am.
Hospice care in Apple Valley, starting today
Admissions happen seven days a week, including evenings. Call and we will come out and explain everything — free and with no obligation.