Now AI-enabled
Finding hospice care for someone you love starts with one call.
Call 1-800-HOSPICE and we will connect you with a hospice provider that serves your area. Where we do not have a provider yet, we take down what your family needs and follow up. No directories to search.
Built for families arranging care for someone they love.
- Toll-free call
- Takes about a minute
- Connects you with a local provider
Prefer that we call you?
Leave your ZIP code and contact details, and we will follow up.
Calls are answered by an automated assistant and may be recorded. If this is a medical emergency, call 911.
Check care in their city
You do not need your loved one’s ZIP code. Their city and state is enough.
How it works
The simplest call you’ll make today.
Other services hand you a list and wish you luck. We work out who serves the area where care is needed.
1
Call the one number
Dial 1-800-HOSPICE (1-800-467-7423). It is the only number you need to remember.
2
Tell us where care is needed
If our automated assistant answers, just say the place, the way you would say it to a person.
“I need care in Gainesville, Florida.”3
Talk to the local provider
We connect your call to the hospice provider that serves that area. Where we do not have one yet, we take your details and follow up.
Two kinds of comfort care. One place to start.
Hospice and palliative care are related, but they are not the same.
Hospice care
Comfort near the end of life
For people with a serious illness who are nearing the end of life. The focus moves from curing the illness to comfort, and to supporting the whole family.
What is hospice?Palliative care
Relief at any stage
Specialized care that eases pain, symptoms and stress. It can begin at any stage of a serious illness, and it can be given alongside treatment.
What is palliative care?Not sure which one your family needs? That is the normal starting point.
Call 1-800-467-7423When families call us
Almost nobody plans this phone call. Something changes, and suddenly you are the one figuring out care.
“The doctor brought up hospice.”
It is a hard word to hear. One call can connect you with a provider who can explain what hospice would look like for your family.
“We’re not sure if it’s time.”
You do not have to decide before you call. A hospice provider can talk through where things stand and what the options are.
“I’m just looking, for now.”
Plenty of families read first. Take your time with our guides, and call when you are ready.
Coverage
A growing network of local providers
Where we have a hospice provider, we connect you. Everywhere else, the same call still works: we take down what your family needs and follow up.
Our story
It started with care for his own father
When a family is facing one of life’s hardest transitions, connecting with compassionate end-of-life care should not require a search engine: just one call to a number that is easy to remember and easy to share. Through our network of hospice providers, we help families find trusted care in their own community, quickly and at no cost.
Founder Gregg Hamerschlag started his own home care business in the 1990s after his experience with in-home care for his own father. He reserved the 1-800-HOMECARE and 1-800-HOSPICE phone numbers to make it easy for patients and their families to connect with care, and the numbers proved so helpful that he made them available to providers across the country.
1800hospice.com is owned and operated by RingBoost, the company behind some of the most recognized toll-free numbers in America.
Gregg HamerschlagFounder and CEO, RingBoost
Run a hospice?
Many markets are still open for licensing. If yours is open, your agency could be the one these calls ring through to.
Check availability and license 1-800-HOSPICEQuestions families ask
I don’t know the ZIP code. Can I still call?
Yes. A city and state is enough, on the phone and on this page.
How does the call work?
Depending on where you are calling from, your call connects directly to a hospice provider or is answered by our automated assistant. The assistant asks where care is needed and connects you if a provider serves that area. Calls may be recorded.
What if there is no provider in their city yet?
Call anyway, or leave your details. We will take down what your family needs and follow up to help you find care.
Who are the providers I’ll be connected to?
Independent hospice organizations in our network. You can see them on our provider map.
Is looking this up private?
You can search without giving your name or phone number. Our privacy policy explains what we collect and how we use it.
I’m not the patient. Is this still for me?
Yes. Family members, friends and caregivers are welcome to call on someone’s behalf.
1-800-HOSPICE
One number, remembered once. Tell us where care is needed, and we will take it from there.
1-800-HOSPICE is a referral service that connects families with independent hospice providers. It is not itself a care provider. A RingBoost service, Primary Wave Media, LLC.