Hospice of Michigan has grown in just over two decades into one of the largest hospice programs in the nation. We trace our roots to the late 1970s when hospice programs were beginning in Southeast Michigan, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and Alpena.

Hospice of Southeastern Michigan began as a pilot program of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan and a consortium of Detroit-area hospitals. As the first certified hospice in Michigan, we accepted our first patient in November 1980. Hospice of Greater Grand Rapids opened its doors in the spring of 1981 and Hospice of Alpena was incorporated later that same year. Through the 1980s, hospice programs formed in Ludington, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Gaylord and Roscommon.

In 1994, these hospice programs merged to form Hospice of Michigan. In 2001, Individualized Hospice and Home Care, which had been serving the Ann Arbor community since 1979, joined with Hospice of Michigan.

Today, Hospice of Michigan serves nearly 900 terminally ill individuals every day in 56 counties throughout the state. HOM is the largest hospice in Michigan and the second-largest nonprofit hospice in the country.

Read about our key milestones.