45+ Years of Nonprofit Care
Serving our community since 1979
Care Services for Every Stage of Serious Illness
Compassionate support focused on comfort, dignity, and quality of life
When you or someone you love is facing serious illness, Transitions LifeCare is here to help you understand your options and find the right support. Our care services meet patients and families where they are; with expert guidance, symptom support, and whole-person care wherever you call home.
At A Glance
45+
years serving compassionate care
11
North Carolina counties served
24/7
Support always available
6,800+
Patients served annually
Five Stars. One Mission.
Medicare’s highest five-star quality rating for hospice care
Wake + 10 surrounding counties
Expert care across Wake & ten surrounding counties
Largest palliative care provider in NC
North Carolina’s largest palliative care provider
Support that meets you where you are
Care that puts people first, every day
Every patient and family has different needs. Our care services are designed to provide the right level of support at the right time, with a team that listens, coordinates with your providers, and helps you move forward with confidence.
We can help with:
- Managing pain, symptoms, and stress
- Understanding care options
- Coordinating with doctors and specialists
- Supporting emotional, social, and spiritual needs
- Helping families feel informed and prepared
- Improving comfort and quality of life
Explore Our Care Services
Comfort-focused care for quality of life
Hospice Care
Hospice care provides compassionate support for patients who are no longer seeking curative treatment and want to focus on comfort, dignity, and quality of life. Our team cares for both patients and families, wherever you call home.
Hospice care may help with:
- Pain and symptom management
- Emotional and spiritual support
- Family education and caregiver support
- Medications related to the terminal illness
- Durable medical equipment needs
- Coordinated care at home or in a facility
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Extra support alongside ongoing treatment
Palliative Care
Palliative care helps patients with advanced or life-limiting illness manage symptoms, reduce stress, and improve quality of life. This care can be provided while patients continue seeing their doctors, receiving treatment, and accessing other services.
Palliative care may help with:
- Pain and symptom relief
- Shortness of breath, anxiety, appetite loss, and other symptoms
- Goals-of-care conversations
- Care coordination across multiple providers
- Support for patients and families at any stage of illness
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Guidance for serious, life-changing illness
Serious Illness Care
Serious Illness Care provides an added layer of support for patients and families navigating advanced, chronic, or life-limiting illness. Our team works alongside current doctors and specialists to help manage symptoms, clarify goals of care, coordinate resources, and support quality of life.
Serious Illness Care may be helpful for patients who are:
- Living with a complex or advanced illness
- Seeing multiple doctors or specialists
- Experiencing pain, anxiety, shortness of breath, appetite changes, or other symptoms
- Continuing treatment or ongoing therapies
- Looking for help understanding care decisions
- Seeking support for themselves and their family
Learn About Serious Illness Care
Pediatric hospice and palliative care for serious illness
Transitions Kids
Transitions Kids provides compassionate, family-centered care for children facing serious illness, from perinatal support through age 18. The program offers palliative and hospice care designed around the unique needs of each child and family.
Transitions Kids can help families with:
- Pediatric palliative care
- Pediatric hospice care
- Symptom management and care coordination
- Emotional and spiritual support
- Family enrichment and self-care
Learn About Transitions Kids
Caregiver Support
Guidance, education, and practical resources to help caregivers feel more confident, supported, and prepared.
Grief Care Services
Compassionate support, counseling, and resources to help individuals and families process loss and find their way forward.
Our team is always available
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We're here right now.
Whether you have questions, want to understand your options, or need care to start as soon as possible — our team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including all holidays. There’s no wrong question and no pressure.
Call us now: 919.828.0890Download the patient & family guide
