Mission
To care for individuals and families with compassion, support, and expertise as they navigate the end of life or life-changing illness.
Vision
The right care at the right time, providing the best possible experience for patients and families in our community facing the end of life or life-changing illness.
History
1979
Hospice of Wake County is formed as a non-profit organization, with one staff member and 20 volunteers. The first patient admitted is a young child with leukemia, and five more patients are served that year.
The first Board of Directors of Hospice of Wake County includes Dr. Billy Dunlap (hematologist and oncologist in Raleigh), Kathleen Townsend (primary-care nurse at Rex Hospital), and Derenda James (nurse at WakeMed).
Team
Service Area
Transitions LifeCare offers a variety of expert care and support services in Durham, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Orange, and Wake counties; with limited services in Chatham and Granville counties. To learn more about any particular service in your area, call 919.828.0890 or 888.900.3959 (toll free).
Sustain the Impact
Help us to sustain the impact. Your financial commitment will ensure that we keep our promise that no one will ever be turned away due to financial status. Throughout our service area, an average of 8% of patients are underserved and indigent, which includes adults and children – four times the national average. Your gift allows them to face end of life in a dignified way and in a place they call home. In addition, your support provides free grief counseling services through the Kit Boney Grief Center, providing hope and healing to everyone in the community.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
Our mission is to care for individuals and families with compassion, support, and expertise as they navigate the end of life or life-changing illness. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ensure we can fulfill our purpose by creating a better, more equitable and inclusive healthcare experience for the entire community we serve.
- Diversity reflects the ways people are unique. This includes race, ethnicity, gender, culture, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, neurodiversity, disability, and invisible illness.
- Equity creates fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for individuals by establishing processes that counteract social inequities and prevent the formation of barriers.
- Inclusion creates a workplace where employees feel safe to engage and participate fully because they feel respected, free to express their ideas, and valued for their unique perspectives. Employees are then able to foster an inclusive environment for the entire community Transitions LifeCare serves.
By embedding DEI within our organization, we are working towards our vision of providing the best possible experience for patients and families in our community facing the end of life or life-changing illness. Treating patients and families with respect and getting to know them as individuals helps us provide the best care. Following through on our DEI promises exemplifies our core values of compassion, respect, teamwork, and commitment.
We recognize that:
- Creating awareness of different perspectives and cultural competence supports compassion.
- Inclusion helps everyone grow.
- Involving people from different perspectives and valuing contributions from diverse backgrounds creates more open doors, more options for patient care, and ultimately, helps build a better system to deliver care.