Hospice of Mitchell County
Hospice
Why pick this one
Hospice of Mitchell County provides nonprofit hospice and palliative care across Mitchell, Yancey, Avery, and surrounding western North Carolina counties.
Best for
- Patients with a life expectancy of six months or less
- Families seeking hospice care at home
- Patients needing comfort-focused care alongside curative treatment
- Adults with disabilities seeking support to remain safely at home
- Families needing grief, bereavement, social work, or spiritual support
Look elsewhere if
- Patients located outside the listed western North Carolina service area
- Patients seeking treatment focused solely on curing illness rather than comfort and symptom relief
Specialties
- Hospice care for patients with a life expectancy of six months or less
- Palliative care alongside curative treatment
- Grief and bereavement support
- Community Alternatives Program services for adults with disabilities
- Home-based symptom and pain management
What makes them different
- Nonprofit organization serving mountain communities for more than thirty years
- Service area includes Mitchell, Yancey, and Avery counties plus parts of McDowell, Burke, Watauga, and Madison counties
- Interdisciplinary hospice team includes physicians, registered nurses, respiratory therapists, certified nursing assistants, social workers, chaplains, grief counselors, and trained volunteers
- Hospice referrals can be submitted by phone or email
- Hospice-related coverage may include Medicare, Medicaid, managed care providers, and some private insurance plans
- Years in business
- 30
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 236 Hospital Dr, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
- Phone
- +18287655677
- Website
- https://www.hhotbr.com/
- kgoforth@hospicemc.com
Services
- Hospice care
- Home care
- Palliative care
- Community Alternatives Program services
- Supportive services
- Physician oversight
- Social work and counseling
- Spiritual care
- Medical equipment and medication coordination