In-Home Hospice Care in California and Arizona

Living Waters Hospice provides skilled nursing, personal care, symptom management, and hospice-related medications and equipment in private homes, assisted living facilities, and other residential care settings in Southern California and Northwest Arizona.

Our support team also helps family caregivers understand changes in their loved one’s health, handle unfamiliar care tasks, and know when to call for help.

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California Care Team
Phone: 909-315-8113

Arizona Care Team
Phone: 928-565-9000

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Is It Time to Consider Hospice Care?

Knowing when to ask about hospice isn’t always straightforward. Some changes happen gradually, while others become noticeable after an illness or hospital stay. Here are five common signs that it may be time to have that conversation.

  • Sleeping More and Having Less Energy: Your loved one may spend much of the day sleeping or resting, become exhausted by small activities, or have difficulty staying awake through meals and conversations.
  • Needing More Help With Daily Activities: Bathing, dressing, walking, or getting out of a chair may become increasingly difficult. Tasks they previously handled independently might now require regular assistance from someone else.
  • Frequent Hospital or Emergency Visits: Repeated trips to the hospital for infections, breathing problems, or other complications can signal declining health, particularly when recovery takes longer, or each visit brings less improvement.
  • Symptoms Becoming Harder to Manage: Pain, shortness of breath, nausea, or restlessness may become more frequent or severe. Existing medications and treatments might no longer provide the relief they once did.
  • Eating Less or Losing Weight: A noticeable decline in appetite, difficulty swallowing, or unintended weight loss can accompany advanced illness. These changes may become more pronounced as the person’s overall condition worsens.
When to Consider Hospice
Who Qualifies For Hospice?

Hospice Services For Patients & Families

Living Waters provides medical care and personal assistance for patients at home. We also help family caregivers manage day-to-day responsibilities and offer bereavement services after a loss.

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In-Home Hospice Services

Our nurses help manage pain and other symptoms. Hospice aides assist with personal care, while our team arranges medications, supplies, and equipment related to the patient’s hospice needs.

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Family Support Services

Nurses explain medications and care tasks. Social workers help with practical concerns, and spiritual care staff are available when patients or family members need someone to talk with.

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Grief Support Services

Grief can begin before a death and continue long afterward. Our bereavement team offers conversations, resources, and follow-up contact to help families cope with the loss of a loved one.

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How To Begin Hospice

1.

Start a conversation

Call the Living Waters office serving your area. Tell us about your loved one’s condition, recent changes in their health, and any concerns you have. We’ll answer your questions and discuss whether an evaluation may be appropriate.

2.

Review care needs

Our team reviews your loved one’s medical history, current condition, and daily care needs. We coordinate the necessary medical evaluation and physician certification to determine whether they qualify for hospice.

3.

Begin care

If your loved one qualifies and chooses hospice, we’ll develop a care plan, schedule visits, and arrange the medications, supplies, and equipment needed for their hospice care.

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Questions About Hospice? Start Here.

Learn how hospice works, who qualifies, which illnesses may lead to hospice care, and how services are covered.

What is Hospice?

Understand what hospice provides, how care works, and what patients and families can expect.

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Who Qualifies for Hospice?

Learn how doctors determine eligibility and what the six-month prognosis guideline means.

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Hospice Care for Different Illnesses

Explore how dementia, cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses may affect hospice eligibility.

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Insurance and Coverage

Learn how Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance cover hospice care.

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Understanding Hospice Care

Watch this short video to learn more about hospice care, address common misconceptions, and hear how Living Waters Hospice supports patients and families throughout Southern California and Arizona.

Common Questions About Hospice Care

No. You can contact Living Waters to discuss your loved one’s condition and ask questions before speaking with their doctor. A physician must certify that the patient meets hospice eligibility requirements before Medicare hospice care begins.

Living Waters is also able to provide the assessment and make the recommendation for hospice through our on-staff physician.

Yes. Hospice care can be provided in private homes, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and other staffed residential settings. The hospice team works with existing caregivers and facility staff to coordinate medical care, personal assistance, and other hospice services.

Hospice nursing support is available by phone 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. If symptoms change or something doesn’t seem right, you can call the hospice team for instructions and help determining whether a visit is needed.

Yes. Medicare Part A covers hospice services for patients who meet eligibility requirements and choose the hospice benefit. Covered care generally includes nursing visits, hospice-related medications, medical equipment, and supplies. Some costs may still apply.

See our Insurance and Coverage for Hospice Care guide for more information.

Why Families Choose Living Waters Hospice

I am an in home caregiver and I have a client who uses Living Waters Hospice. Over all this company is really great. Probably the best hospice I have ever worked with. Nurse Thelma is really kind and knowledgeable. She really listens to you. Nurse Practitioner Nicole O'Neal is absolutely amazing!! Very knowledgeable , helpful and kind. I LOVE both of them so much !!!!

Lisa Kelly — 5 out of 5 on Google on

As someone that lives out of state that had to assist in finding hospice care for my 88 year old father, I wanted to come on to say what a great experience we had with this company. Most of the time these things happen quicker than you expect, and you are rushing to find care and to navigate this health care system. My dad had dementia, and then had some back issues that escalated quickly, and left him bed bound and declining faster than we were willing to accept. We had him in Skilled Nursing, and then hospice, and from the very first phone call, we were given great customer service, empathy for what we were trying to navigate, and then excellent care. From getting meds to my moms house that was in a very rural area, to the caregivers that came out to take care of my dad, to the very end of live care he received - it was all just fantastic. We were by my dad's side the entire time, so we were his advocates, we were on top of his care, but whatever we asked for, they did. Thank you to everyone, Kathy, Dorothy, Amelia and I am sure I am leaving out names, but thank you so very much.

Michelle Seymour, Real Estate Agent — 5 out of 5 on Google on

Well. Staff was great until they abandoned us. Taken off of hospice because of the big man. Gov’t cracking down on hospice due to fraud state wide. There was no miracle she was not really stable the week before we had to help her out of bed to the bedroom toilet because of weakness for 2 days. Ended up with no care from the primary Dr. (Curtis Combs) because they do not do tela med. Ended up in ER. Because we had no one absolutely no one to call for help. Then admitted to hospital. Hos. doc who worked hospice said her hospice did her dirty by discharging her. They should not have taken her off of hospice. When I looked at report things that could have qualified her were not tracked. I get it protect your company because its not worth the fines. we did get her switched to a dr that does telamed. It was too late. They helped as much as they could. I get it. I did call back because she was on hospice again we did not like the new hospice to switch to them. Guess what I called a few times and it has been a few weeks later no call back. They said they would call back. Guess not. That is the most hurtful. Protect self at all costs. Care is sort of there but not if you need them too long. She went through tortured at the hospital for about a week. She agreed with help. Then To have a final week of no speaking, used a white board to communicate and bed ridden. Struggling. No peaceful end because she was abandoned. It can’t be fixed. I would like to say the staff is caring and compassionate. Office staff or Dr. tied their hand when they decided on discharge. Obviously she was at her end without your help. You abandoned her and gave her that bad news to witch she declined further. You left us bitter and a bit discouraged also angry that through this journey you were not there to help us in the end. 2 weeks or so after discharge. I am glad you were not in trouble with the big man. At the cost of a persons peace.

Bill — 2 out of 5 on Google on

We used this hospice for the last three weeks of my dads life and the nurses were ALL horrible EXCEPT Ryan and Brandon. The intake coordinator will sell you on all the care your loved one will receive and then you are lucky if you get a nurse to stop by twice a week for 5 hot minutes. They expect the family to do everything on their own. I’m shocked with the positive reviews.

Heather Chapman — 1 out of 5 on Google on

We appreciate Living Waters Hospice for the excellent service. They were always attentive and responsive to our needs, they were responsive at any time of day and we had nurses come in at any time. They were very human and helpful. They were very professional in their help and responsive to our questions that made us feel very comfortable.

Marlette Servin — 5 out of 5 on Google on

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In-Home Hospice care close to home

Living Waters Hospice provides in-home hospice care throughout Southern California and Arizona. Select your closest location below to learn more about available services, local contact information, and support for patients and families in your area.

Healthcare Professionals: Information and contact details for provider referrals and care coordination are available by location below.

Riverside, CA

Phone: 909-315-8113
Email: csr@lwhospiceca.com
Address: 22300 Van Buren Blvd. Suite 102
Riverside, CA 92518

Hospice Care in Riverside
Golden Valley, AZ

Phone: 928-565-9000
Email: csr@lwhospiceaz.com
Address: 3711 US Highway 68
Golden Valley, AZ 86413

Hospice Care in Golden Valley