Caldwell Hospice Celebrates Milestone of Serving over 10,000 Patients

LENOIR, NC (December 23, 2016)…Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care (CHPC) recently marked a milestone in its service to the community, having served more than 10,000 patients…10,102 as of the end of November 2016, to be exact!

“For over 34 years, we have helped patients and families face life’s most difficult journey—the end of life. To each patient and family who has allowed us the privilege to be companions for the journey, we are truly grateful,” said Hospice CEO Cathy Swanson.

CHPC began as a local, not-for-profit, community-based hospice provider and has remained so through the decades. Despite changes in the healthcare market that have resulted in more for-profit hospices and a move away from community-driven work, CHPC is committed to staying true to its original mission of serving anyone who needs and desires hospice care in the communities they serve.

As the most experienced and only local, not-for-profit hospice in this community, CHPC has proven to be an expert in providing respectful, compassionate end-of-life care that addresses the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and those who love them.

Through the years, the community has provided tremendous support to CHPC from its start in borrowed space at First Presbyterian Church of Lenoir to today as it serves hundreds of patients each year through a home care program and with two inpatient units—the Stevens Patient Care Unit at Kirkwood in Lenoir, the first in North Carolina, and the Forlines Patient Care Unit at the Robbins Center in Hudson.

“It is important for the community to know we could not do what we do without them. In 2015-16, your contributions helped CHPC provide $730,339 in care to those in our community who needed end-of-life care and services but had no way to pay for them,” says Swanson. “We are humbled and honored by your giving.”

And, it’s not just financial giving that makes it possible for Hospice to continue to work. While monetary and in-kind donations are important and needed, CHPC also relies on the giving of time and talent to help others. In 2015-16, volunteers gave almost 12,500 hours of service to CHPC.

“Together with our community, we do hospice the way it was meant to be done—one patient at a time, one family at a time in the honored tradition of neighbors helping neighbors,” said Swanson, “and it is humbling and amazing that focus on one patient at a time has now added up to more than 10,000 patients and families. We hope to be here for 10,000 more—serving each family with the individualized focus and attention they deserve.”

Donations to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care are tax deductible, as allowable by law. For more information call 828.754.0101, or visit www.caldwellhospice.org or Facebook.