Gaston Hospice Services
Gaston Hospice is a local, non-profit healthcare organization that cares for people who have a life-limiting illness that is no longer responding to curative treatment. Hospice care enables these patients to live at home as fully as possible. Hospice puts both patient and family at the center of care planning.
Our Services Include:
- Pain and symptom management
- Assistance with financial and legal issues from a medical social worker
- Emotional and spiritual support from licensed counselors and chaplains
- Certified nursing assistants to help with personal care
- Volunteers to help provide companionship, run errands, etc.
- Respite care when family caregivers need a break
- Medications, equipment and supplies
- Grief support for loved ones
We Provide Our Services:
- In the home
- In the Robin Johnson House
- In the long term care facility
- In the hospital
Gaston Hospice serves any resident of Gaston County and the surrounding area who has been diagnosed with a life expectancy of six months or less. Services are provided regardless of diagnosis or ability to pay.
What Our Patients Need
If your Sunday School class, your civic group or your neighborhood want to donate supplies that our patients need, the following items are always helpful in caring for our patients. Drop your donations off at our office at 258 E. Garrison Blvd in the Water Tower Shopping Center. Items must be new and unopened. Any donated items are tax deductible.
Carnation Instant Breakfast
Baby monitors
Pajamas (new)
Single bed sheets, deep pocket (new)
Baby wipes (sealed packets)
Hair combs and brushes
Travel-sized shampoos, body wash, hand sanitizer, unscented lotion
Deodorant
Razors and shaving cream
Carmex lip balm
Candy, especially suckers and mints
Drinks with straws, like Capri Sun
Coffee packs
Towels and wash cloths (new)
Individually packaged cookies, crackers, baked goods
Canned soda, bottled water
More Information
To find out more about about Gaston Hospice, stop by our office (directions), contact us online, or by phone at: 704.861-8405