Hospice care at home in Temecula, Murrieta and Menifee

Communities and ZIP codes we serve

Southwest Riverside County, from Perris down the 215 to Temecula. The ZIP codes are the ones the Census Bureau maps to each city, listed in the order you reach them from our office.

Sun City is part of the city of Menifee. If your neighborhood is not named, it is still served. Hemet and San Jacinto have their own page.

How far is Temecula from our office?

Our only office is on North D Street in the city of San Bernardino. The road runs south on the 215 through Riverside and Moreno Valley. By road it is about 29 miles to Perris, 37 to central Menifee, 38 to Canyon Lake and Lake Elsinore, 45 to Murrieta and Wildomar, and 51 to central Temecula.

Without traffic that is roughly 35 minutes to Perris, 45 minutes to Menifee, 55 minutes to Murrieta and an hour to Temecula. Rush-hour traffic on the 215 can add a lot to that, and we plan visits with it in mind.

How to start hospice care in this area

Anyone can make the first call: the person who is ill, a family member, or a doctor or case manager at Temecula Valley Hospital, Rancho Springs, Inland Valley or Menifee Global. A hospice nurse answers (877) 258-7129 at any hour, sets up an evaluation visit at the home and asks the doctor for the order. Read how to start hospice.

Before admission we go over the plan for your address. It covers how often the nurse and the hospice aide come, how long a night or weekend visit could take to reach you, and when the hospital bed, oxygen and comfort medicines would arrive. If we cannot cover an address reliably, you will hear it from us before admission.

For a new referral, our standard is a response within two hours, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The plan of care also covers the wait for a visit: which medicines are already in the house, who to call, and when 911 is the right call. Read about the comfort kit.

Older residents in southwest Riverside County

In the Census Bureau's American Community Survey for 2020 to 2024, about 74,600 people aged 65 or older lived in the cities and communities in the table. Menifee has the most: 19,236 residents aged 65 or older, 17.4% of the city. In Canyon Lake the share is higher still, 26.1%.

An older parent may live in their own house, with an adult child's family, in a mobile home or in a small six-bed board-and-care home. Hospice comes the same way to each. The person or their representative chooses the hospice, not the home or the homeowners' association.

Older residents and Spanish at home, by city

From the Census Bureau's American Community Survey for 2020 to 2024. French Valley and Winchester are unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau counts on their own.

Hospitals and nursing facilities in the area

The state license file lists five general acute care hospitals here: Temecula Valley Hospital on Temecula Parkway (140 beds), Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital in Murrieta (120 beds), Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital in Wildomar (202 beds), Loma Linda University Medical Center, Murrieta on Baxter Road (111 beds) and Menifee Global Medical Center on McCall Boulevard (84 beds). Kindred Hospital Riverside, in Perris, is a long-term acute care hospital.

Temecula Valley Hospital's case management office says it coordinates hospice after discharge, at 951-331-2240. The Southwest Healthcare hospitals run palliative care programs and say plainly that palliative care is not hospice. Beta Hospice is not part of any of these hospitals. If a doctor brings up hospice, you choose the hospice, and we work with the discharge planner on the day the person goes home. Read in the hospital now.

The state file lists 5 skilled nursing facilities in these cities: 2 in Murrieta and 1 each in Temecula, Menifee and Perris. We also care for people in RCFEs (residential care facilities for the elderly) and board-and-care homes, working with the facility staff. Read where care happens and hospice in memory care homes.

How many hospices are there in Temecula and Murrieta?

Many. The state license file lists 19 licensed hospice offices in Temecula, Murrieta, Sun City and Lake Elsinore alone. Ours is not one of them: our office is in San Bernardino, and our team drives down the 215 to you.

Whichever hospice you look at, the same checks apply: a current state license, Medicare certification, its results on Care Compare and plain answers about after-hours visits to your address. Read how to choose a hospice and how to verify a hospice.

Summer heat, air conditioning and power

Summers in Menifee, Perris and the Temecula Valley are hot, and a person who stays in bed cannot move to a cooler room on their own. Tell the hospice nurse if the air conditioning stops working, and keep the plan of care's after-hours number by the phone.

An oxygen concentrator and an air mattress need electricity. Ask the team what the backup plan for oxygen is if the power goes out. If your power comes from Southern California Edison, ask about its Medical Baseline Allowance, which is for households where someone uses powered medical equipment or needs air conditioning for a medical condition. A medical professional signs the application.

Medi-Cal and Medicare Advantage plans in this area

Most people with Medi-Cal in Riverside County belong to a managed care plan. The county's Medi-Cal plans are Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) and Molina Healthcare, the same two plans as San Bernardino County, plus Kaiser Permanente for people who meet Kaiser's rules for joining. Medi-Cal covers hospice, and when you are in a managed care plan, hospice is arranged through that plan. Listing these plans does not mean Beta Hospice has a contract with each one; we check for each patient.

About 6 in 10 people with Medicare in Riverside County (63% in 2025, by CMS's count) are in a Medicare Advantage or other Medicare health plan rather than Original Medicare. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan and choose hospice, Original Medicare pays the hospice, not the plan. Beta Hospice accepts patients from every Medicare Advantage plan, Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage included. Read Medicare Advantage and hospice.

Medicare covers hospice care related to the terminal illness. Under Medicare, most people pay nothing for hospice care itself. There can be a copay of up to $5 per prescription for symptom medicines and 5% of the Medicare amount for inpatient respite care. Medicare does not pay room and board where you live. Read paying for care.

Community resources

These are public services, not part of Beta Hospice. They can help with needs hospice does not cover.

• 211 Riverside County. Dial 2-1-1 from any phone in the county, or call 1-800-464-1123, for referrals to food, housing, transportation, caregiver and utility help. Open all day, every day.
• Riverside County Office on Aging Senior HelpLink, 1-800-510-2020. The county's Area Agency on Aging. Its information and assistance specialists connect older adults and caregivers with meals, caregiver support and health insurance counseling for Medicare questions.
• In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS). A county-run Medi-Cal program that can pay for a caregiver's hours at home. IHSS is separate from hospice and the two can be used together. Read how hospice aide hours and caregiver hours fit together.
• Grief support. Beta offers grief support to the family for 13 months after a death, by phone, letter, visit and in groups. Kaiser Permanente's Inland Empire bereavement groups meet in Murrieta and are open to the community; see grief groups in the Inland Empire.

Hospice in Spanish in Perris, Lake Elsinore and Menifee

About 61% of Perris residents aged 5 and over speak Spanish at home, 33% in Lake Elsinore, 27% in Wildomar and 22% in Menifee, in the same Census survey. Our team includes Spanish speakers, and you can ask for Spanish when you call. Temecula Valley Hospital and Inland Valley Hospital post their interpreter policies in English and Spanish; ask for an interpreter when hospice is discussed. Read about hospice care in Spanish, or switch this page to Spanish with the language link at the top.

Temecula, Murrieta and Menifee hospice questions