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Ahoskie NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice Roanoke-Chowan , Hertford County Click to request assistance
Albemarle NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice of Stanly County , Stanly County Click to request assistance
Asheboro NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Randolph County Click to request assistance
Asheboro NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Hospice of Randolph County Inc , Randolph County Click to request assistance
Asheville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Carepartners Hospice And Palliative Care Services, Buncombe County Click to request assistance
Asheville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Alzheimer's Association/Wester Carolina Chapter , Buncombe County Click to request assistance
Asheville NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Arbor Terrace , Buncombe County Click to request assistance
Asheville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Aston Park Health Care Center Inc , Buncombe County Click to request assistance
Boone NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice of Watauga , Watauga County Click to request assistance
Boone NC - North Carolina pain management -- High Country Health Care System Hospice , Watauga County Click to request assistance
Brvrd NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice Of Transylvania Community Hospital , Transylvania County Click to request assistance
Burgaw NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Liberty Home Care & Hospice , Pender County Click to request assistance
Burlington NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care and Hospice , Alamance County Click to request assistance
Burlington NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice & Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell , Alamance County Click to request assistance
Cary NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Wake County Click to request assistance
Chapel Hill NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Unc Hospice , Orange County Click to request assistance
Chapel Hill NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care and Hospice Inc , Orange County Click to request assistance
Charlotte NC - North Carolina pain management -- Levine & Dickson Hospice House, City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Charlotte NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Presbyterian Hospice & Palliative Care, City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Charlotte NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Aldersgate Epworth Place , City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Charlotte NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Brighton Gardens Of Charlotte , City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Charlotte NC - North Carolina pain management -- Alzheimer's Resident Care by Elmcroft of Little Avenue , City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Clayton NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice of Wake County , Johnston County Click to request assistance
Clayton NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care and Hospice , Johnston County Click to request assistance
Clinton NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Sampson County Click to request assistance
Clinton NC - North Carolina pain management -- Advantage Home Care & Hospice , Sampson County Click to request assistance
Concord NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice Of Cabarrus County , Cabarrus County Click to request assistance
Cornelius NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care And Hospice , City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Danbury NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice of Stokes County , Stokes County Click to request assistance
Davidson NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice Lake Norman , City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Dunn NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice of Harnett County Inc , Harnett County Click to request assistance
Dunn NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Advantage Hospice & Home Care , Harnett County Click to request assistance
Durham NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Durham County Click to request assistance
Durham NC - North Carolina pain management -- Advantage Hospice and Homecare , Durham County Click to request assistance
Durham NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Liberty Home Care & Hospice , Durham County Click to request assistance
Durham NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Durham County Click to request assistance
Durham NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Duke Hospice Home Health Services , Durham County Click to request assistance
Elizabeth City NC - North Carolina pain management -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Pasquotank County Click to request assistance
Elizabeth City NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Albemarle Home Care Albemarle Hospice , Pasquotank County Click to request assistance
Elizabethtown NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Advantage Hospice & Home Care , Bladen County Click to request assistance
Elizabethtown NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Bladen County Click to request assistance
Elkin NC - North Carolina pain management -- Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care , Surry County Click to request assistance
Engelhard NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Hyde County Click to request assistance
Erwin NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Harnett County Click to request assistance
Farmville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- United Hospice of Eastern Carolina-Farmville , Pitt County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Advantage Hospice & Home Care , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina palliative care -- HealthKeeperz , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Native Angels Home Health Inc , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Advantage Hospice & Home Care , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Liberty Home Care & Hospice , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina palliative care -- In-Home Aide Services , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Carrol S Roberson Hospice Center , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Cape Fear Valley Home Health & Hospice , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Fayetteville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Cumberland County Click to request assistance
Flat Rock NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Four Seasons Hospice , Henderson County Click to request assistance
Forest City NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Hospice of Rutherford County Inc , Rutherford County Click to request assistance
Franklin NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Angel Home Health & Hospice , Macon County Click to request assistance
Franklin NC - North Carolina pain management -- Angel Medical Cntr , Macon County Click to request assistance
Gastonia NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Gaston Hospice , Gaston County Click to request assistance
Goldsboro NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Kitty Askins Hospice Center , Wayne County Click to request assistance
Goldsboro NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care and Hospice , Wayne County Click to request assistance
Goldsboro NC - North Carolina pain management -- Advantage Home Care & Hospice , Wayne County Click to request assistance
Grantsboro NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice of Pamlico County , Wayne County Click to request assistance
Greensboro NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Home Health Services Hospice At Greensboro , Wayne County Click to request assistance
Greensboro NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care and Hospice, Wayne County Click to request assistance
Greenville NC - North Carolina pain management -- 3 Hc Homehealth & Hospice-Greenville , Pitt County Click to request assistance
Greenville NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Pitt County Click to request assistance
Hayesville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Good Shepherd Home & Hospice , Clay County Click to request assistance
Hendersonville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Cardinal Care Center , Henderson County Click to request assistance
Hendersonville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Four Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care , Henderson County Click to request assistance
High Point NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice Home At High Point , Guilford County Click to request assistance
Highlands NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Highlands-Cashiers Hospice , Macon County Click to request assistance
Hillsborough NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Duke Homecare & Hospice , Orange County Click to request assistance
Jacksonville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Onslow County Home Health and Hospice , Onslow County Click to request assistance
Jacksonville NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Liberty Home Health & Hospice , Onslow County Click to request assistance
Jacksonville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Continuum Home Care & Hospice , Onslow County Click to request assistance
Jacksonville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Onslow County Click to request assistance
Jefferson NC - North Carolina pain management -- High Country Healthcare Hospice , Ashe County Click to request assistance
Kannapolis NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice & Palliative Care Of Cabarrus County , Cabarrus County Click to request assistance
Kenansville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Duplin Home Care & Hospice Inc , Duplin County Click to request assistance
Kinston NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Lenoir County Click to request assistance
Kinston NC - North Carolina pain management -- Continuum Home Care & Hospice , Lenoir County Click to request assistance
Lake Lure NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice of Rutherford County , Rutherford County Click to request assistance
Laurinburg NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Native Angels Home Care and Hospice , Scotland County Click to request assistance
Laurinburg NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice of Scotland County , Scotland County Click to request assistance
Leland NC - North Carolina pain management -- Community Home Care and Hospice, Brunswick County Click to request assistance
Leland NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care and Hospice , Brunswick County Click to request assistance
Lenoir NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Inc , Caldwell County Click to request assistance
Lexington NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice Of Davidson County , Davidson County Click to request assistance
Lillington NC - North Carolina pain management -- E Carlton Powell Hospice Center , Davidson County Click to request assistance
Lincolnton NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice Of Lincoln County , Lincoln County Click to request assistance
Louisburg NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Franklin County Click to request assistance
Lumberton NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Southeastern Hospice House , Robeson County Click to request assistance
Lumberton NC - North Carolina pain management -- Southeastern Hospice , Robeson County Click to request assistance
Lumberton NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Homecare and Hospice , Robeson County Click to request assistance
Lumberton NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Advantage Hospice & Home Care , Robeson County Click to request assistance
Manteo NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Dare Home Health and Hospice , Dare County Click to request assistance
Marion NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Hospice of McDo Well County , McDowell County Click to request assistance
Marshall NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Madison Home Care And Hospice , Madison County Click to request assistance
Matthews NC - North Carolina pain management -- Blessed Assurance Adult Day And Health Care Services Inc , Mecklenburg Click to request assistance
Matthews NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice Services of Matthews, Mecklenburg Click to request assistance
Mint Hill NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Agape House-The , City of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Click to request assistance
Mocksville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice & Palliative Carecenter , Davie County Click to request assistance
Monroe NC - North Carolina pain management -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Union County Click to request assistance
Monroe NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice Of Union County , Union County Click to request assistance
Mooresville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Rowan Regional Home Health & Hospice , Iredell County Click to request assistance
Mooresville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice & Palliative Care Of Iredell County , Iredell County Click to request assistance
Morehead City NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice of Carteret County , Carteret County Click to request assistance
Morehead City NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Carteret County Click to request assistance
Morehead City NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Friends of Hospice , Carteret County Click to request assistance
Morganton NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Inc , Burke County Click to request assistance
Mount Airy NC - North Carolina pain management -- Mountain Hospice , Surry County Click to request assistance
Mount Airy NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care , Surry County Click to request assistance
New Bern NC - North Carolina care for dying -- United Hospice of Coastal Carolina , Craven County Click to request assistance
New Bern NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Craven County Click to request assistance
Newland NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice of Avery County , Avery County Click to request assistance
Newton NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Palliative Carecenter & Hospice Of Catawba Valley , Catawba County Click to request assistance
North Wilkesboro NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Hospice of Wilkes , Wilkes County Click to request assistance
Pinehurst NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Firsthealth Hospice & Palliative Care , Moore County Click to request assistance
Pittsboro NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice Wake County , Chatham County Click to request assistance
Pittsboro NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Unc Hospice , Chatham County Click to request assistance
Raeford NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Advantage Hospice & Home Care , Hoke County Click to request assistance
Raeford NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Carolina Hospice & Palliative Care , Hoke County Click to request assistance
Raleigh NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice of Wake County Inc , Wake County Click to request assistance
Raleigh NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Oaks of Carolina , Wake County Click to request assistance
Raleigh NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Advantage Hospice & Home Care , Wake County Click to request assistance
Raleigh NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice , Wake County Click to request assistance
Raleigh NC - North Carolina pain management -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Wake County Click to request assistance
Raleigh NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice of Alamance Caswell , Wake County Click to request assistance
Roanoke Rapids NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care & Hospice Inc , Halifax County Click to request assistance
Rockingham NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Richmond County Click to request assistance
Rockingham NC - North Carolina pain management -- Richmond County Hospice Inc , Richmond County Click to request assistance
Rocky Mount NC - North Carolina palliative care -- United Hospice of Eastern Carolina , Nash Click to request assistance
Rocky Mount NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Nash Click to request assistance
Roxboro NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Home Health & Hospice of Person County , Person County Click to request assistance
Salisbury NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice & Palliative CareCenter , Rowan County Click to request assistance
Salisbury NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Rowan Regional Home Health & Hospice , Rowan County Click to request assistance
Salisbury NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Rowan Regional Hospice , Rowan County Click to request assistance
Sanford NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Lee County Click to request assistance
Shelby NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice & Palliative Care Cleveland County , Cleveland County Click to request assistance
Siler City NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Chatham County Click to request assistance
Smithfield NC - North Carolina care for dying -- United Hospice of Smithfield , Johnston County Click to request assistance
Smithfield NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Johnston Memorial Home Care & Hospice , Johnston County Click to request assistance
Smithfield NC - North Carolina pain management -- Community Homecare & Hospice , Johnston County Click to request assistance
Southern Pines NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Moore County Click to request assistance
Sparta NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Alleghany Co Hospice , Alleghany County Click to request assistance
Sparta NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Alleghany County Hospice , Alleghany County Click to request assistance
Spruce Pine NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice and Palliative Care Center of Mitchell County , Mitchell County Click to request assistance
Statesville NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice & Palliative Care Of Iredell County , Iredell County Click to request assistance
Statesville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care And Hospice , Iredell County Click to request assistance
Supply NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Liberty Home Care & Hospice , Brunswick County Click to request assistance
Sylva NC - North Carolina pain management -- WestCare Home Health & Hospice , Jackson County Click to request assistance
Tarboro NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Edgecombe County Click to request assistance
Tarboro NC - North Carolina care for dying -- University Health Systems Home Health and Hospice , Edgecombe County Click to request assistance
Taylorsville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice of Alexander County , Alexander County Click to request assistance
Thomasville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Liberty Home Care & Hospice , Davidson County Click to request assistance
Troy NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Montgomery County Click to request assistance
Tryon NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Hospice of Davidson County , Polk County Click to request assistance
Valdese NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Burke Palliative Care Center , Burke County Click to request assistance
Wadesboro NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice Services of Anson-Union County , Anson County Click to request assistance
Wadesboro NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Liberty Home Care & Hospice , Anson County Click to request assistance
Wallace NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Duplin County Click to request assistance
Walnut Cove NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Hospice & Palliative CareCenter Of Walnut Cove , Stokes County Click to request assistance
Waxhaw NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice Services Of Western Union County , Union County Click to request assistance
Wentworth NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice of Rockingham County , Rockingham County Click to request assistance
Whiteville NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Lifecarecenter , Columbus County Click to request assistance
Whiteville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Columbus County Click to request assistance
Whiteville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Liberty Home Care & Hospice , Columbus County Click to request assistance
Williamston NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Carteret County Click to request assistance
Williamston NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Aseracare Hospice , Carteret County Click to request assistance
Wilmington NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Liberty Home Care & Hospice , New Hanover County Click to request assistance
Wilmington NC - North Carolina pain management -- Lower Cape Fear Hospice , New Hanover County Click to request assistance
Wilson NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Community Home Care & Hospice , Wilson County Click to request assistance
Winston-Salem NC - North Carolina care for dying -- Hospice & Palliative Carecenter , Forsyth County Click to request assistance
Winterville NC - North Carolina hospice care -- Aseracare Hospice , Pitt County Click to request assistance
Yadkinville NC - North Carolina pain management -- Hospice of Yadkin County , Yadkin County Click to request assistance
Youngsville NC - North Carolina palliative care -- Hospice of Wake County , Franklin County Click to request assistance
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Contact North Carolina Hospice Care
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About Hospice Care
Note: Many families or their loved ones' doctors often wait too long to order hospice. Hospice is a very valuable service and should be ordered at an earlier stage of illness. Many doctors or family don't often consider hospice for Alzheimer's, degenerative old age or other debilitating illnesses where a person is going downhill fast. They should.
It is unfortunate that many people who died in a hospital emergency room or who received heroic treatments to prolong life in a hospital may have had the alternative of dying at home in familiar surroundings, with family or other loved ones at their side.
When someone is in crisis or appears to be going downhill fast but there really is no hope for recovery, family often call 911 and start a process which can result in great stress and great emotional discomfort. The loved one who is dying ends up in a hospital and may die there or be transferred to a nursing home where death eventually occurs.
When there is no longer hope for prolonging life, especially when this decision is made months in advance, hospice is usually a better alternative to other medical intervention.
Hospice is a form of palliative care for patients who are terminally ill. A commonly used definition for terminally ill patients is, "patients who have a progressive, incurable illness that will end in death despite good treatment, and who are sick enough that you would not be surprised if they died within six months."
Hospice care is a valuable service and is generally underused except for terminal cancer patients. Hospice allows for compassion and dignity in the process of dying. Most families wait too long to have their doctor prescribe hospice from Medicare. It should be considered at an earlier stage.
Hospice involves a team approach using the following providers.
- Family caregivers;
- The patient' s personal physician;
- Hospice physician (or medical director);
- Nurses;
- Home health aides;
- Social workers;
- Clergy or other counselors;
- Trained volunteers; and
- Speech, physical, and occupational therapists, if needed.
The purpose of hospice is the following:
- Manages the patient's pain and symptoms;
- Assists the patient with the emotional and psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying;
- Provides needed medications, medical supplies, and equipment;
- Coaches the family on how to care for the patient;
- Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed;
- Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and
- Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.
A person can receive hospice from Medicare if he or she is
- eligible for Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance), and
- the doctor and the hospice medical director certify that the person is terminally ill and probably has less than six months to live, and
- the person or a family member signs a statement choosing hospice care instead of routine Medicare covered benefits for the terminal illness, and
- care is received from a Medicare-approved hospice program.
A person may continue to receive regular Medicare benefits from his or her customary doctors for conditions not related to the hospice condition.
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