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Established in 1980, Lower Cape Fear Hospice is a nonprofit organization that offers nonmedical services. The organization provides Palliative care, bereavement and community education services. It is affiliated with New Hanover Health Network and approved by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care. It provides care to more than 18,000 patients and their families throughout southeastern North Carolina and serves more than 1,300 patients each year. The organization is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care. Lower Cape Fear Hospice maintains a location in Supply, N.C.

Celebrating its 35th year of service in 2014, Four Seasons Compassion for Life, a nationally respected, award-winning hospice and palliative care non-profit organization, remains deeply committed to serving the community through fulfilling its mission of Co-Creating the Care Experience. To date, Four Seasons Compassion for Life has served more than 10,000 patients in Henderson and Buncombe counties and surrounding areas. The Four Seasons tradition of excellence began in 1979 when Jean Moulthrop Hoogstra, a Henderson County community volunteer, reached out to psychologist John Esse and registered nurse Claire Burse with the objective of providing services to terminally ill persons who would prefer to die at home. Under the auspices of a steering committee, the Hospice of Henderson County incorporated in December 1979. By June 1981, the hospice served its first patient, and the rest, as they say, is history.

We are a family of home health, palliative, hospice, and community care providers. We are committed to clinical excellence and providing compassionate care and extraordinary service to the patients and families we serve. Our care coordination ensures patients receive the clinical care and the support they need while remaining at home, reducing hospital readmissions, and providing support for their caregivers. Our care matters. The right level of care, at the right time.