Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center

Hospice care can make all the difference for any family coping with a terminal illness. Under hospice care, most patients remain in their homes surrounded by their loved ones in a familiar setting.

In addition to providing health care, hospice services create a support network that eases some of the challenges faced at the end of life. LCFH's goal is to help patients and their families confront the confusing and frightening realities of end-of-life illness and to improve the quality of that bit of remaining life.

BEMC Community Grants helped with funding for two hospice programs in 2004. With our help LCFH expanded the Sunrise Kids Program into Columbus County. This support group provides grief counseling and education for young people who have experienced the death of someone important in their life. Our support provided counseling for twelve children. In Brunswick County, the BEMC grant helped bridge the gap between Medicaid reimbursement and the actual daily cost of hospice service for forty patients.

LCFH provides care and services to patients and families regardless of their ability to pay. The goal is to improve quality of life for both patient and family in the home when possible and in the Care Center if necessary. For more information about LCFH and its services: please call 910-772-5473 or visit their website: www.hospiceandlifecarecenter.org

Lower Cape Fear Hospice provides professional health care and helps patients and families cope with caregiving issues with an emphasis on maximizing the quality of life.