Palliative & Hospice Care in Calgary: A Family's Comparison Guide

Palliative and hospice care focus on comfort, dignity, and quality of life for someone living with a serious illness, along with support for the family around them. The ABSeniors directory currently holds 12 palliative & hospice listings for Calgary, covering hospice residences, associations, and services connected to end-of-life and grief support. This guide walks through what the category covers and how to start comparing your options.

What palliative care and hospice actually cover

Palliative care is about managing pain and other symptoms so a person can live as comfortably as possible with a serious illness. It can run alongside treatments aimed at curing or controlling a disease, and it isn't limited to the final weeks of life. Hospice care typically comes into the picture closer to end of life, once treatment aimed at a cure has stopped, and it centres on comfort, dignity, and support for both the person and the people who love them. For a fuller breakdown of the difference, see the guide on Hospice vs Palliative Care in Alberta.

Where this care happens

Palliative and hospice support can be delivered in a few different settings: at home, in a dedicated hospice residence, or within a hospital. When you're reaching out to a provider, ask which of these settings they work in, whether they can follow a person if their needs change, and how they coordinate with a family doctor or existing care team.

How to compare providers in Calgary

Because the category covers everything from hospice residences to associations and advocacy groups, it helps to ask a few direct questions of each one you contact:

• Do they provide hands-on care, or do they connect families with other services?
• What does their intake process look like, and how quickly can a family get a first conversation started?
• Is grief or bereavement support available for family members, including children?
• How do they work alongside a person's existing medical team?

Asking the same questions of each provider you're considering makes it easier to compare answers side by side.

What this type of care tends to cost

Costs vary by provider and by the setting where care is delivered. Rather than guess, see The Cost of Senior Care in Calgary (2026) for a sense of typical ranges before you start making calls.

Grief and bereavement support

The needs around a serious illness don't end with the medical side of care. Losing a loved one brings its own grief, and that grief can look different for children than it does for adults. If bereavement support matters to your family, it's worth asking a provider directly whether they offer counselling or support groups, and whether those services are open to children as well as adults.

Palliative & Hospice providers in Calgary

Below is a selection of Palliative & Hospice in Calgary listings from our directory. The ABSeniors directory is not a complete list of every palliative & hospice provider serving Calgary — it lists the businesses added to the directory so far, and more are added over time, so treat it as a starting point rather than a final list. You can also browse the 12 palliative & hospice listings in the Calgary directory to see them all in one place.

• AgeCare SkyPointe
• Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association AHPCA
• Children's Grief Centre & Osten-Victor Living with Advanced Illness Centre
• Dulcina Hospice Care
• Intercare Chinook Hospice
• Intercare Corporate Group Inc.
• International End-of-Life Care Association
• Palliative & Hospice Care Svc
• Rosedale Hospice
• Rotary Flames House
• Southwood Care Centre
• Clinical

Next steps

If you're still sorting out what kind of support your family needs, try the ABSeniors quiz for a starting point, or visit the Calgary directory page to look across every care category in the city.