Lower Cape Fear Hospice
Lower Cape Fear Hospice is a non-profit agency founded by Dr. Daniel Gottovi in 1980 in Wilmington, North Carolina.[1] It is an institution that provides end of life care to the terminally ill.[2] In 2016 there were approximately 400 employees and a large number of active volunteers. It provided hospice and palliative care to more than 700 people each day.
Facilities[edit]
The hospice has locations in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender Counties. Over 17,000 patients have been served. The website was redeveloped in 2017. Kelly Erola was appointed chief medical officer in 2017.[3]
It runs the Angel House Hospice Care Center which opened in 2008 in Whiteville and SECU Hospice House of Brunswick in Bolivia.
Joan Williams, the director of health information management, was quoted in a report by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, of which the organization is a member, on problems of data sharing and interoperability in the hospice sector. She said they could face project costs of up to $15,000 per integration project, not including yearly maintenance fees. [4]
Donations[edit]
The hospice receives regular donations from the Captain Eddy Haneman Sailfish Tournament, held every year since 2000 on Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina,[5] and the Cape Fear Rowing Club's annual Riverfest Rowing Regatta.[6] It has also been supported by the Eshelman Foundation which donated enough money for four children's bedrooms in 2018.[7]
History[edit]
The first patient, admitted on July 1, 1980 was Sandy Morgan, a 27-year-old nurse.[8] At this time there were only a few employees and about 200 volunteers.
In the 1990s a campaign to raise $2 million to build the Robert Fales Pavilion for the organization was led by Wendy Block, a local philanthropist and civic leader.[9]
In 2013 it expanded its facilities, adding a six-room wing to its existing 12 inpatient bedrooms at a cost of $3.1 million, raised from donations.[10]
It merged with Mercy Care, a nonprofit hospice in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 2014.
It was a 2015 Hospice Honor recipient given by Deyta, which compiles data and surveys on health care.[11] in 2017 the Sunrise Kids Program was a finalist in the 2017 Health Care Heroes Community Achievement.[12]
It runs an annual fundraiser, the Last Chance for White Pants Gala, in Wilmington which pays for more than $1 million in care and support which is not paid for in any other way. They say they never refuse anyone based on their ability to pay. Very substantial prizes are offered.[13]
The organizations was concerned about proposals to build a 200-bed group home forpeople recovering from drug addiction next door on Medical Center Drive.[14]
Services[edit]
- Hospice Care Center - inpatient facility where care is consistently available.
- Palliative Care Team - working with physicians to determine what is best for a specific patient.
- KidsPath - care to ill children and education for their families.
- Community Outreach and Education - classes, seminars, conferences organized to provide information to the community.
- Bereavement Services - individual and group grief counseling, for patients and their families.
- Sunrise Kids - counseling and education for children who have experienced death.
- Volunteer Services - training volunteers to work with patients and their families and to assist with fund-raising.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-09-30.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2009-09-30.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Lower Cape Fear Hospice names chief medical officer". Star News Online. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ "Home Health, Hospice Lack Data Sharing Standards". Home healthcare news. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ "Captain Eddy Haneman Sailfish Tournament honors legacy, promotes charity". Lumina News. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "CELEBRATING AUTUMN: Riverfest 2015 starts Friday, Nov. 20". Encore. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "Funding Good Works". Wilma. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2009-09-30.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Wendy Block, philanthropist and civic leader, dies at 72". Star News Online. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "New Hanover Regional Builds New Medical Office". Wilmington Biz. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "LCFH Announces Award, Nurse Practitioner's Degree". Wilmington Biz. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "Health Care Heroes: Community Achievement". Wilmington Biz. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "Tickets on sale for Lower Cape Fear Hospice's annual White Pants Gala". Lumina News. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ "Council postpones action on The Healing Place group home". WECT News. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2009-09-30.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
External links[edit]
- Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter
- American Pain Society
- Center of Advance Palliative Care
- Hospice Foundation of America
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