Lower Cape Fear Hospice

Lower Cape Fear Hospice is a non-profit agency founded by Dr. Daniel Gottovi in 1980 in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is an institution that provides end of life care to the terminally ill. In 2016 there were approximately 400 employees and a large number of active volunteers. It provided hospice and palliative care to more than 700 people each day. It merged with Mercy Care, a nonprofit hospice in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 2014.
Facilities
The hospice has locations in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender Counties. Over 17,000 patients have been served. The website was redeveloped in 2017. Kelly Erola was appointed chief medical officer in 2017.
It runs the Angel House Hospice Care Center which opened in 2008 in Whiteville and SECU Hospice House of Brunswick in Bolivia.
Joan Williams, the director of health information management, was quoted in a report by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, of which the organization is a member, on problems of data sharing and interoperability in the hospice sector. She said they could face project costs of up to $15,000 per integration project, not including yearly maintenance fees.
History
The first patient, admitted on July 1, 1980 was Sandy Morgan, a 27-year-old nurse. At this time there were only a few employees and about 200 volunteers.
It runs an annual fundraiser, the Last Chance for White Pants Gala, in Wilmington which pays for more than $1 million in care and support which is not paid for in any other way. They say they never refuse anyone based on their ability to pay. Very substantial prizes are offered.
The organizations was concerned about proposals to build a 200-bed group home forpeople recovering from drug addiction next door on Medical Center Drive.
Services
* Hospice Care Center - inpatient facility where care is consistently available.
* Palliative Care Team - working with physicians to determine what is best for a specific patient.
* KidsPath - care to ill children and education for their families.
* Community Outreach and Education - classes, seminars, conferences organized to provide information to the community.
* Bereavement Services - individual and group grief counseling, for patients and their families.
* Sunrise Kids - counseling and education for children who have experienced death.
* Volunteer Services - training volunteers to work with patients and their families and to assist with fund-raising.

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