Four Seasons
Four Seasons
571 South Allen Rd
Flat Rock, NC 28731
Phone: (828) 692-6178
Who We Are
About Four Seasons
Four Seasons is a non-profit organization, deeply committed to serving the community through fulfilling its mission of affirming life and providing holistic care in harmony with the goals of individuals with serious life-limiting conditions while offering support to their families and loved ones.
Our agency was conceptualized in 1979 by Jean Moulthrop Hoogstra when hospice, as a segment of healthcare, was in its infancy. Our organization was incorporated in December 1979 as hospice of Henderson County. We took care of our first patient in 1981. July 1988 marked a major step in the life of our organization as we became a Medicare and Medicaid certified hospice provider.
In April of 1999, through the kindness of many within our community, we opened the Elizabeth House, a 12-bed inpatient hospice facility. Click here for more details. In 2007, the Elizabeth House was expanded to 19 beds with the opening of the Charles W. McGrady Wing.
In December of 2005, we consolidated seven locations that had been spread across Hendersonville into one location. The base of our operations, Greatrex Place, was built next door to Elizabeth House, through the generosity of our friends, families and donors.
As of present we have been serving the community of Henderson County for over 25 years. In that time we have served over 10,000 patients. Our mission will not be complete until we are providing services to each and every person who has need of them.
What We Offer
Our services
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Palliative care services Palliative care aims to relieve suffering and improve quality of life by providing holistic care to patients and families with serious chronic illness.
Hospice services can be offered in many settings:
* In your home
* At a nursing home
* In assisted living facilities
* At the hospital
* In Elizabeth House
Other community services provided by Four Seasons:
* Community Bereavement Services Bereavement services are offered to all individuals in the community regardless of their connection to Hospice up to 13 months after the death of a loved one.
* Heart Songs Program for Children This bereavement program is designed to meet the special needs of grieving children.
* Volunteer Services Our agency could not meet our mission and the needs of the community without the valuable services of over 370 volunteers.
How To Start Services
Anyone can refer a patient to Four Seasons
Four Seasons ImageMany times friends or families will call because they need help. We take the initiative from there and will have the necessary conversations with other family members, the prospective patient, and the physician in order to get services started.
Four Seasons offers services to anyone dealing with a serious life-limiting illness. It is very important to realize that you do not have to be days away from death to be admitted to Four Seasons. It is not unusual for people who are admitted to hospice service to live longer than six months. In fact, recent studies have shown that patients who receive hospice care actually live longer.
Palliative Care is a program that aims to relieve suffering and improve quality of life by providing holistic care to patients and families with serious life-limiting illness. Like hospice services, this care is coordinated with your family physician. Unlike hospice, Palliative Care is available to patients at any stage of a serious life-limiting illness, and can be provided along with curative/life prolonging treatments.
If you or a loved one have questions about hospice or palliative care services, please contact us via email or by calling us at (828) 692-6178 or (866) 466-9734 toll free.
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