Hospice care in the Louisville area

What is hospice care in Kentucky?

Hospice is comfort-focused care from a licensed hospice program for someone a physician certifies is likely to have six months or less if the illness follows its usual course, delivered by a team of nurses, aides, social workers, chaplains and volunteers wherever the patient lives.

Kentucky assisted living residents may arrange hospice from a hospice licensed under KRS Chapter 216B if the community's policies allow it (KRS 194A.705(3)).

What does Medicare's hospice benefit cover?

Medicare's hospice benefit covers the hospice team, medications and equipment related to the terminal diagnosis, and short-term inpatient and respite care; it does not cover room and board in a facility.

Kentucky Medicaid covers hospice for eligible members, including in nursing facilities.

How do I choose a hospice in Louisville?

Ask how quickly a nurse responds after hours and on weekends, whether calls go to a clinician or an answering service, where inpatient care would take place if symptoms cannot be managed at home, and what bereavement support the family receives.

Remember that a patient can change hospice providers, and can revoke hospice to resume curative treatment.

Which hospices are licensed in the Louisville area?

OIG's October 2026 directory lists 1 hospice license based in the seven counties: Hosparus, Inc. in Louisville; hospices based in other Kentucky counties may also serve the area.

See the home health and hospice roster.

What should Louisville families ask a hospice first?

Ask how fast a nurse can be at the bedside after hours, how often aides visit, which medications and equipment are covered, where inpatient care happens if symptoms escalate, and what grief support continues afterward.

If your parent lives in assisted living or a nursing facility, ask how the hospice coordinates with that staff, and who the family calls first. Ask too whether chaplain and social work visits are included and how often volunteers come.

Where is hospice care licensed across the Louisville region?

Here is how OIG's October 2026 roster distributes hospice care licenses across the seven KIPDA counties; capacity is the licensed units or beds OIG lists (agencies have no capacity figure).