New Hospice inpatient facility will be good addition to community services

Through Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter, Brunswick County residents and their families are helped with the decisions and emotions related to end-of-life care.

While many benefit from in-home services, those needing inpatient care have had to travel outside the county. But soon, important, essential inpatient hospice services will be offered right here in Brunswick County.

Last week, hospice officials broke ground on a new 20,000-square-foot facility in Bolivia. Area businessman Louie Lewis donated 7.35 acres off Old Ocean Highway for the project. The donation resulted from the family’s journey with hospice services and the realization of the importance of bringing such a project to this community.

More than $3 million will be needed to successfully construct the facility here. A capital campaign is under way to raise the needed funds. The goal is to have the project completed by 2012.

In the near future, the project’s fundraising campaign will take on a more public phase, one that will be celebrated with a gala and where the mission of hospice will be shared with area civic and church groups and related organizations.

Hospice provides important services to Brunswick County residents and their families. The creation of the inpatient facility will help to meet the needs of this growing community.

We stand behind the efforts to bring this facility here.