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Welcome. The goal of our site is to better your understanding of Hospice and the care provided by Hospice of Yancey County.

Hospice of Yancey County is a not-for-profit * health care agency providing a special kind of care designed to give sensitivity and support for terminally ill patients and their families. Hospice care seeks to enable patients to carry on an alert, pain-free life and to manage other symptoms so that their last days may be spent with dignity and quality, at home or in a homelike setting.

The Hospice Concept of Care: A caring, family-centered approach that responds to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs during the illness and bereavement.

Hospice care is built on the principles of Comfort, Dignity, Choice, and Control. This care will be provided regardless of age, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, handicap, or ability to pay.

Hospice considers the entire family, not just the patient, the “unit of care”. Patients and families are included in the decision-making process. Caregivers as well as patients are given emotional support. Bereavement counseling is provided to the family after the death of their loved one.

Hospice emphasizes quality, rather than length of life. The care that hospice gives is meant to help make the most of the last months of the patients life by giving comfort and relief from pain. The focus is on care not cure.

Hospice of Yancey County, Inc. is:

Licensed by: North Carolina Department of Human Resources

Certified by: Medicare and Medicaid

* This organization is a non-profit corporation as defined in section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to this organization are tax deductible.