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Hospice and Palliative Care
of Nash General Hospital
Contact Information
Hospice and Palliative Care of Nash General Hospital
252-962-8124
Karen Vick, manager
252-962-8124
khvick@nhcs.org
For more than two decades, the dedicated health care workers — chaplains, physicians, nurses and nursing assistants — at Hospice and Palliative Care of Nash General Hospital have enabled terminally ill patients to receive care at home, surrounded by the ones they love. At Nash Health Care, our Hospice team has provided care to nearly 2,000 patients in the last 20 years.
Hospice and Palliative Care of Nash General Hospital, a not-for-profit service, provides emotional, physical, spiritual and social support 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week. Services include medication for pain management and other symptoms, nutritional supplements, nursing care, bereavement care, dietitian services and access to medical equipment. The medical director, Dr. Douglas Boyette, is board certified in hospice and palliative care — making him one of only 44 Hospice board-certified physicians in the state. Dr. Boyette went to East Carolina University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of South Carolina. He served the community previously as a physician at Nash-OB-GYN and Associates.
“When you have been caring for the community for as long as we have, you feel as if many of them are members of your own family, and maybe in some sense, they are,” said Karen Vick, manager of Hospice and Palliative Care of Nash General Hospital. “We believe that everyone has the right to die with dignity, and our staff strives to provide not only care for the patient, but support for the entire family.”
In addition, Hospice and Palliative Care of Nash General Hospital presents several educational programs throughout the community. Knowledgeable staff members are available to speak to your group about end-of-life issues, including the importance of having a Living Will or Health Care Power of Attorney. The best time to plan these Advance Directives is before a crisis occurs. Information on Advance Directives can be found right here on our website by clicking here.
Hospice recognizes that dying is a natural process and does not seek to hasten or postpone death. Care is provided in the patient’s home, nursing home or assisted living facility. For more information on Hospice and Palliative Care of Nash General Hospital, please call 443-8124.