About Us
Community volunteers interested in the hospice concept of care founded Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Inc. in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1980. Dr. Daniel Gottovi, a local physician, led the group that became the first Board of Directors of the organization.
The first patient, a 27-year-old nurse, was admitted on July 1, 1980. Since then, we have provided care to more than 20,000 patients and their families throughout southeastern North Carolina. We serve more than 1,900 hospice patients each year.
In 1997, we opened the Dr. Robert Martin Fales Pavilion at the Hospice Care Center, southeastern North Carolina's only hospice inpatient facility, where more than 4,000 patients have been admitted. Our six-bed Angel House hospice care center in Whiteville opened in 2008. Our services are available in New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, Bladen, and Columbus counties.
Over the years, the organization has expanded to meet the needs of more patients and reach out into the community. Hospice care now serves people with non-cancer end-stage diseases and those in nursing homes.
Our Palliative Care consultation service works with patients and their physicians to improve quality of life, identify and aggressively treat symptoms, clarify a patient's condition and prognosis, and set achievable goals that honor a patient's wishes. Initially serving patients in the Wilmington hospitals, the program has expanded to nursing homes and even patients' homes.
Free community grief support services for adults are available, and Sunrise Kids offers in-school programs, individual counseling, and summer camps for grieving children.
Our Outreach Department offers educational presentations, seminars, and conferences on end-of-life care topics. Assistance with advance directives and identifying and choosing health care choices is available.
Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and is an affiliate of New Hanover Health Network. It is approved by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. and is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care, and the Hospice Provider Network. Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter follows state and federal regulations for privacy and confidentiality, as outlined in the Notice of Privacy Practices.
Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter is supported by the Bladen County and Cape Fear Area United Way organizations.
1414 Physicians Drive • Wilmington, NC 28401
About Us
Community volunteers interested in the hospice concept of care founded Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Inc. in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1980. Dr. Daniel Gottovi, a local physician, led the group that became the first Board of Directors of the organization.
The first patient, a 27-year-old nurse, was admitted on July 1, 1980. Since then, we have provided care to more than 20,000 patients and their families throughout southeastern North Carolina. We serve more than 1,900 hospice patients each year.
In 1997, we opened the Dr. Robert Martin Fales Pavilion at the Hospice Care Center, southeastern North Carolina's only hospice inpatient facility, where more than 4,000 patients have been admitted. Our six-bed Angel House hospice care center in Whiteville opened in 2008. Our services are available in New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, Bladen, and Columbus counties.
Over the years, the organization has expanded to meet the needs of more patients and reach out into the community. Hospice care now serves people with non-cancer end-stage diseases and those in nursing homes.
Our Palliative Care consultation service works with patients and their physicians to improve quality of life, identify and aggressively treat symptoms, clarify a patient's condition and prognosis, and set achievable goals that honor a patient's wishes. Initially serving patients in the Wilmington hospitals, the program has expanded to nursing homes and even patients' homes.
Free community grief support services for adults are available, and Sunrise Kids offers in-school programs, individual counseling, and summer camps for grieving children.
Our Outreach Department offers educational presentations, seminars, and conferences on end-of-life care topics. Assistance with advance directives and identifying and choosing health care choices is available.
Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and is an affiliate of New Hanover Health Network. It is approved by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. and is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care, and the Hospice Provider Network. Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter follows state and federal regulations for privacy and confidentiality, as outlined in the Notice of Privacy Practices.
Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter is supported by the Bladen County and Cape Fear Area United Way organizations.
1414 Physicians Drive • Wilmington, NC 28401