Find the Right Hospice Care in Franklin County
About 71 hospices currently serve Franklin County, including 17 nonprofits and 3 with dedicated inpatient facilities. Use this list to compare options and talk with the hospices that feel right for your family. Franklin County is wider than the City of Columbus. Families often leave an OhioHealth, Mount Carmel, or Ohio State Wexner stay downtown or on the I-270 belt, then go home to a suburb or township — and those are not interchangeable hospice routes. Use the Columbus page when the home is inside the city. Use this county page to compare Medicare-certified hospices across the capital metro when the address is Dublin, Westerville, Grove City, a township ZIP, or when the patient might move between a Columbus hospital and a home on the Outerbelt. Ask which office would send the first nurse to that exact street, including after hours — a “Columbus area” pitch is not the same as coverage for every Franklin County driveway.
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Fairhope Hospice - Logan
Logan, OH
(Family Experience)
(0)
Years Serving Ohio
Fairhope Hospice & Palliative Care
Lancaster, OH
(Family Experience)
(38)
Years Serving Ohio
Ohio's Hospice - Newark
Newark, OH
Genesis Hospice and Palliative Care
Zanesville, OH
(Family Experience)
(11)
Years Serving Ohio
Otterbein Universal Hospice
Bellefontaine, OH
SOMC Hospice
Portsmouth, OH
VITAS Healthcare - Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
VITAS Healthcare - Dayton
Dayton, OH
VITAS Healthcare - Dublin
Dublin, OH
Gentiva Hospice - Columbus
Columbus, OH
Nationwide Children's Hospital Homecare
Columbus, OH
(Family Experience)
(7)
Years Serving Ohio
Heartland Hospice - Fremont
Fremont, OH
Heartland Hospice - Portsmouth
Portsmouth, OH
Zusman Community Hospice
Columbus, OH
Heartland Hospice - Columbus
Columbus, OH
Heartland Hospice - Zanesville
Zanesville, OH
SouthernCare Hospice - Youngstown
Youngstown, OH
Bristol Hospice - Columbus
Columbus, OH
National Church Residences Hospice - Southern Ohio
Chillicothe, OH
(Family Experience)
(1)
Years Serving Ohio
Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice - Greater Columbus
Westerville, OH
(Family Experience)
(11)
Years Serving Ohio
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Nonprofit Organizations
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Every listing here is a Medicare-certified hospice that reports serving Franklin County. The office might be elsewhere in Central Ohio — that is common. When you call, share your loved one’s address so the team can confirm they can come to you. FindHospices.com is free for families.
Other important resources for Franklin County families
Families across Franklin County often discover that choosing a hospice is only one part of the journey. Questions about funeral arrangements, cremation, estate planning, elder law, probate, advance directives, veterans’ benefits, and other important decisions frequently arise at the same time.
Placements are limited and selective — we review applications and only accept organizations that meet our standards for this section. Listings are paid advertising, not recommendations or endorsements. Families review the information and choose professionals for themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions About Hospices in Franklin County
How many hospice providers serve Franklin County?
This directory currently lists about 71 Medicare-certified hospice organizations that serve Franklin County. That count is service coverage — not how many headquarters sit inside one city. Confirm the patient’s address with any team you call.
What should we compare when choosing hospice care in Franklin County?
Ask whether they cover the exact address; how admission and after-hours nursing work; aide support, medications, and equipment; inpatient or respite if home care is not enough; Medicare quality and family-experience information on each profile; and who to call at night. Calling does not obligate you to enroll.
Do we have to use the hospice the hospital names in Franklin County?
No. Ohio does not assign one hospice to a county. A hospital social worker can share names they work with often. You may still compare any Medicare-certified hospice that covers the patient’s address. Calling for information does not enroll you.
Are there nonprofit hospice options serving Franklin County?
Yes—about 17 nonprofit hospice organizations currently appear among providers serving Franklin County. Nonprofit and for-profit hospices must both meet Medicare certification standards.
How quickly can hospice begin in Franklin County?
When hospice is medically appropriate, many teams can begin within about 24–48 hours, and some offer same-day admission when staffing allows. Ask about after-hours admissions and who comes to the home first. The Quick Admission filter highlights organizations that emphasize faster starts — then verify by phone.
Can hospice be provided at home in Franklin County?
Yes. Most hospice care is where the patient already lives — a house or apartment in Franklin County, or assisted living, memory care, or a nursing facility. Teams visit on a schedule and take urgent calls around the clock. Always confirm the ZIP.
Should we use the Columbus page or Franklin County?
Use Columbus when the home is inside the city. Use Franklin County when you need every community in the county, or the address is a suburb or township.
Is Franklin County the same as the Columbus hospice page?
Not exactly. Columbus is the city list. This county page includes suburbs and townships. Many organizations appear on both; ZIP-level coverage still varies. Match the page to the driveway, then confirm the address.
Does Franklin County coverage include Delaware County?
No. Delaware County is the usual next county north. Powell, Lewis Center, and parts of Dublin or Westerville may be Delaware — confirm the county on the mail.
How many hospices serving Franklin County have a dedicated inpatient facility?
This directory currently lists 3 hospices serving Franklin County that report a dedicated inpatient facility. That is different from routine home care. Use the inpatient filter on this page, then open a profile to see how they handle a short stay when symptoms are hard to manage at home. Always confirm with the team — a listing is a starting point.
Hospice Care in Franklin County
Finding hospice care in Franklin County
Franklin County is wider than the City of Columbus. Families often leave an OhioHealth, Mount Carmel, or Ohio State Wexner stay downtown or on the I-270 belt, then go home to a suburb or township — and those are not interchangeable hospice routes. Use the Columbus page when the home is inside the city. Use this county page to compare Medicare-certified hospices across the capital metro when the address is Dublin, Westerville, Grove City, a township ZIP, or when the patient might move between a Columbus hospital and a home on the Outerbelt. Ask which office would send the first nurse to that exact street, including after hours — a “Columbus area” pitch is not the same as coverage for every Franklin County driveway. FindHospices.com is free for families.
What families often compare across the county
As you look through the list above, it often helps to ask:
- Whether they can come to your loved one’s address in Franklin County
- How soon care can start, and who to call after hours
- Help with aides, medications, and equipment
- Whether a short inpatient or respite stay is possible if home care is not enough
- Experience with your loved one’s condition, when that matters
- Medicare quality information and family-experience scores on each profile
- How the team keeps in touch with family caregivers
Where hospice care happens in Franklin County
Hospice in Franklin County is usually at the home ZIP — Columbus, a suburb, or a township — including assisted living and nursing facilities. Short inpatient stays (hospice house or hospital GIP) are for crisis symptoms. Hospital campuses cluster in Columbus; the visit still happens where the patient lives. Ask which bed they use and how far it is from that suburb at night.
Local considerations for Franklin County families
This is Ohio’s most populous county and the usual starting point for capital-city referrals. Teams may be based in Columbus or a suburb and still miss a township ZIP. Use city pages when you already know the community; use this list when the patient might move between a hospital in Columbus and a home in a suburb.
When you are comparing, it often helps to:
- Use the Columbus page only when the home is inside the city
- Dublin, Westerville, and Grove City are separate city lists
- Delaware County is the usual next county north — do not assume Franklin coverage
- Ask which office would send the first nurse if the patient is leaving an OhioHealth, Mount Carmel, or OSU hospital
This page is the county-wide list for Franklin County. Use a city page when you already know the community, or Central Ohio only to scan the wider region.
How care is organized around Franklin County
Franklin County wraps Columbus and a ring of suburbs that families treat as one labor market: Dublin, Westerville, Grove City, Reynoldsburg, Hilliard, Gahanna, and Upper Arlington. Some of those places also touch Delaware, Fairfield, or Licking County. Hospital stays are often downtown or on the I-270 belt; hospice visits happen at the home ZIP.
Where to start
Use the patient’s exact address — not the metro name. These nearby pages help you narrow from Franklin County: Columbus, Dublin, Delaware County, and Central Ohio. Calling a hospice does not obligate you to enroll.