About Hospice

Board of Directors

President Parker Williamson— Retired CEO, The Presbyterian Lay Committee., Inc., 2001-2008; minister, First Presbyterian Church, Lenoir, 1972-1987. Caldwell Community Living (residential facility for mentally handicapped persons), president, 1984-96. Hospice of NC board member, 1980-83. Peter Keese Award, Hospice of the Carolinas, 1992; Martin Luther King Award, Western Piedmont Council of Governments Bi-Racial Commission, 1985. Doctor of Theology, Faith Theological Seminary, Gujranwala, Pakistan, United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan, 2003; Doctor of Humane Letters, Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, PA, 1997. CHPC board member and president since 1982; past Hospice volunteer chaplain.

Vice President H. Houston Groome – Attorney at Groome, Tuttle, Pike, & Blair. Caldwell County Board of Elections. Served as counsel to US Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights and the late US Senator Sam Ervin (1965-67). Duke Univ., AB degree, 1960; UNC-CH Law School, JD degree, 1964. CHPC board member since 1989.

Treasurer James C. Harper, Jr.— Retired vice-president, First Union Nat’l Bank (now Wachovia Wells Fargo). Caldwell County United Way board; Lenoir Kiwanis Club. Trustee, First Presbyterian Church of Lenoir. Davidson College, BS; Emory Univ., MBA. CHPC board member since 1993.

 

Robert Belk, MD— Full-time CHPC medical director, March 1996 to November 2011; volunteer medical director, 1982 to 1996. Hospital affiliation: Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir, NC. LA Dysart Citizenship Man of the Year Award, 1996. CHPC board member since 1983.

 

Claudia Dale Bujold— Community involvement includes Service League of Granite Falls, South Caldwell Christian Ministries, CCC&TI, American Lung Assn., Caldwell County Transportation Museum, Hickory Art Museum, Full Circle Arts: associate member, gallery sitter, board member. University of Michigan, BA in Sociology. CHPC board member since 2007.

 

Marc Carpenter— Furniture Brands International (Broyhill/Designer Brands), Vice-President, Human Resources. NC National Guard/US Army Reserve, 1970-82; NC Military Academy, Ft. Bragg, graduated as commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 1975. Education Foundation of Caldwell County board; Communities in Schools board; Caldwell Personnel Assn., former president; Hibriten Masonic Lodge No. 262, past Master. CCC & TI, Business Administration AA, 1973; Appalachian State University, Business Administration/Marketing, BS, 1975. CHPC board member since 1992.

Joseph C. Delk, III— Private practice, Joseph C. Delk III, Attorney at Law. Home Equity Stores of NC, Inc., president/owner. NC Prepaid Legal Services, Inc., exec. dir. (1976-1982). NC Bar Assn. member (NC Young Lawyer of the Year, 1983); NC State Bar member; 25th Judicial District Bar Assn. member (president, 1988); NC Academy of Trial Lawyers member; American Prepaid Legal Services Inst. member (board, 1982-1989). First Presbyterian Church of Lenoir, deacon, 1987-1990, 1999-2001. South Mountain Children’s Home board; Lenoir Rotary Club; Salvation Army board chair; Hibriten High School PTO: president; United Way of Caldwell Co., president; Caldwell Arts Council board member. Davidson College, BA (Oxford University); NC State, Economics; UNC-CH, JD. CHPC board member since 1983.

Laura Easton – President and CEO, Caldwell Memorial Hospital. Member of the NC Hospital Association Board and executive committee for the NC Hospital Association, and the American Hospital Association Commission on Workforce for 2001-02. Member of First Presbyterian Church, Lenoir, and Rotary International, Lenoir Club. CHPC board member since 2010.

David Gray— Professional engineer, general contractor. Owned/operated White Fox Construction Co. 25 yrs.; currently works for Steelcon, specialty contractor in commercial concrete and metal buildings. First Baptist Church, Lenoir (deacon, Sunday school teacher); Caldwell Rotary Club (director and numerous offices). NC State University, BS in Civil Engineering, 1975; Licensed Professional Engineer in NC and SC. CHPC board member since 1990.

Rob Hinman— Senior pastor, since 2005, the First Presbyterian Church of Lenoir. Previously served The Presbyterian Church of Lowell, NC, for eight years and Bethel Presbyterian Church near Lake Norman for seven years. Banker with First Union National Bank prior to answering call to ministry. Member, Holy Angels, Inc. (Belmont, NC), board of directors; member, Lenoir Rotary Club. Wake Forest University, bachelor’s degree, 1978; Union Theological Seminary, VA, Master of Divinity, 1990. CHPC board member since 2006.

Inez Jones— Retired after 40 years in Caldwell County school system, West Caldwell High School asst. principal. CCC&TI trustee; Caldwell County Council for Women member; Lenoir City Council, served one four-year term. LA Dysart Citizenship Award Woman of the Year, 2001; Phi Epsilon Honor Society and Omicron Nu Honor Society member; Lenoir Chamber of Commerce Teacher Scholarship Award, 1977; Terry Sanford Award for Outstanding Teacher in District VII, 1974. Bennett College, Greensboro, NC, BS; University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, MS; Appalachian State Univ.,
Ed. S. CHPC board member since 1997.

Deborah Murray— President and CEO, Caldwell 20/20, based at CCC&TI, 2009. Publisher, News-Topic, 2004-2009. Published metro Atlanta paper for Paxton Media Group prior to coming to Lenoir. Involved in CCC&TI Foundation, Communities in Schools, Caldwell Council on Adolescent Health, Lenoir Rotary Club, Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce. American University, Washington, DC, Kogod School of Business. CHPC board member since 2005.

Tamra Beach Starnes— Retired banker, First Union National Bank (now Wachovia Wells Fargo). CCC&TI Foundation fundraising committee member. Cedar Rock Country Club board; Lenoir Service League past-president. Attended Converse College; UNC-Chapel Hill, degree in music. CHPC board member since 1991. Served on Hospice committee for renovation and construction of patient care unit.

Janet Wilson— Retired educator; Caldwell County School board member, 16 years; Lenoir Service League member, 30 years. LA Dysart Citizenship Woman of the Year award, 2002. Satie Broyhill Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006. Wellesley College, BA; Appalachian State University, MA. CHPC board member since 1990.

Janet Winkler- Retired banker, Bank of Granite after 42 years of service; Town of Hudson commissioner, currently; LA Dysart Woman of the Year 2004. Previous community involvement Caldwell Council for Women, Caldwell County United Way, Caldwell County Retirement Alliance, Hudson Planning Board/Board of Adjustment, and Caldwell County Economic Development Board. Past member of the Catawba Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Banking and the NC Banking Women’s Association, American Cancer Society, March of Dimes and CCC&TI’s Foundation. CHPC board member since 2010.

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Directors

Cathy Swanson, MPH, Executive Director, since 1990. Staff medical social worker 1988-1990. Hospice Administrator Certificate Program, 2002. MPH, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2000. BS-Social Work, Western Carolina University. Nonprofit Management Certification, Duke University, 1995. Vocational Excellence Award from Lenoir Rotary Club, 2009. Peter Keese Leadership Award from The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End-of-Life Care, 2002. Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, 2001. Hospice of the Carolinas Board of Directors, 1996-1999. Accreditation Commission for Health Care Board of Directors, 1995-1998. Community involvement has included Altrusa Club, Caldwell Friends' Board of Directors, Committee for Healthy Families' Board of Directors, Caldwell Council for Women, Ryan White Consortium, and Lenoir Service League.
cswanson@caldwellhospice.org

Grace Bradford, BSN-CHPN, Director of Nursing Services, since 1994. Patient Care Coordinator, 1991-1994. BS degree in Nursing, UNC-Greensboro. Earned Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing, 1995.
gracebradford@caldwellhospice.org

Martha Livingston, CSW, Director of Support Services, since 1994. Staff medical social worker, 1989-1994. Social Work Certification, 1994. BS degree in Social Work, NC State University, 1972.
mlivingston@caldwellhospice.org

April Moore, BSBA, Director of Business Services, since 2008. Volunteer coordinator, 2004-2008. BS degree in Business Administration, with double major in health care management and marketing, Appalachian State University.
amoore@caldwellhospice.org

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Physicians

Thomas More Ray, MD, CHPM — Medical Director, Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, since 2007. Medical Director, Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation, CVMC, 1997-2005. Associate Medical Director, Coordinated Outpatient Services, FRMC, 1996-1997. Private Practice: Rehabilitation Consultants of Hickory, 1997-2007; Rehabilitation Specialists, 1995-97. Hospital appointments: Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Catawba Valley Medical Center, Frye Regional Medical Center. Professional organizations: Hospice Intermediary Advisory Committee, Medicare Administrative Contractor Palmetto GBA, 2009-present. Ethics Committee, Caldwell Memorial Hospital, October 2007-present. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2007-present; American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1995-present; NC Medical Society, 1995-2006; Catawba County Medical Society, 1995-2006; Virginia Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1994-95; American Academy of Family Practitioners, 1987-91. Hospice and Palliative Medicine Board-Certified, 2008 (through 2018). Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, MD degree, 1991. Boston College, BA 1983.
traymd@caldwellhospice.org

 

Dennice Herman, MD — Full-time Physician, Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, since November 2011. Family Medicine, South Fork Medical Park, Lenoir, 1998-2011. Emergency Medicine, Caldwell Memorial Hospital, 1991-1998. Private Practice: Family Medicine, 1989-1991. Part-time Medical Director, Caldwell Physicians Network, Caldwell Memorial Hospital, 2008-2011. Medical Director, Shaire Nursing Center, Lenoir, March 2010 to May 2011. Hospital appointments: Caldwell Memorial Hospital and Frye Regional Medical Center. Professional organizations: American Academy of Family Physicians; member, Alpha Omega Alpha. American Board of Family Medicine Board-Certified, 1989-present. Family Medicine Residency at AnMed Health, Anderson, SC, 1989. East Carolina University Medical School, Greenville, NC, MD degree, 1986. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS degree in Nursing, 1972.
dherman@caldwellhospice.org

 

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Mission Statement

The mission of Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care is to provide a loving, caring atmosphere for the terminally ill, their caregivers, and families in a location appropriate for their respective needs; to relieve the emotional and physical pain of those who come into our care; to project an attitude of goodness and openness to the community so that all who need us will feel welcome and confident of our professional abilities and advocacy for patient-directed care until life’s end; to educate the community about hospice, and to serve as a leading resource for dying and grief issues. Hospice acknowledges our Christian basis, and as such, our overall purpose is to demonstrate the unqualified love of Jesus Christ in all that we do.

Caldwell Hospice is a not-for-profit organization licensed by the State of North Carolina, certified by Medicare and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care.

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History

Every successful venture begins with a vision which is shared by or supported by the faithful trust of a larger group. Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care has been blessed over its history with visionaries, vision, and the faithful trust of that larger group.

1980: Catherine (Respess) Barnes introduced the “hospice” concept to Rev. Parker Williamson, First Presbyterian Church of Lenoir senior minister, and to her church's family night congregation, attended by Dr. Jane Carswell. Later Carswell gathered people at her house, including Respess Barnes, Williamson, and others to discuss the concept.

1981: Steering committee: Rev. Parker Williamson, Hannah Williamson, Nell Greene, Bobbie Triplett, Sarah Bolick, John A. Forlines, Jr., Wallace Respess, Catherine “Tyu Tyu” (Respess) Barnes, Fred Soule, Dr. Newell Shull, Melvin Martin, J. Harper Beall III, and Ann[e] Lutz. They spoke with area doctors concerning treatments for terminally ill patients; contacted Judith Lund/Hospice of NC, who came to speak with them; they formed a non-profit corporation. Julia Forlines, terminally ill, offered to serve as “public speaker” to 40 clubs and organizations.

1982: Hospice began in a donated Sunday School room, with money donated by First Presbyterian Church of Lenoir, Episcopal Diocese of NC, and Lenoir Service League; one full-time employee, Gibbie Harris, RN; with volunteer nurses: Catherine (Respess) Barnes, Avis Corpening, and Bobbie Triplett. Dr. Robert Belk joined as board member and volunteer medical director, July 1982; he referred the first patient to Caldwell Hospice. Roberta Blinson was the first volunteer and remains one today.

1983: Gibbie Harris, executive director, noted that, by the end of the first year, Caldwell Hospice had served 37 families, with volunteers providing much of patient care and office work.

1984: Caldwell County Hospice received initial state licensure in October. First benefit luncheon, with Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University men's basketball coach, guest speaker. Miss Margaret Harper died on November 8^th and bequeathed her home, Kirkwood, to First Presbyterian Church, to be used for Caldwell Hospice as long as it was needed. The church later agreed to lease the house to Caldwell Hospice for 99 years at $1.00 per year. Caldwell Hospice had four full-time and one part-time staff members; it served 56 patients for the year, and had served more than 100 patients since its beginning. Hospice volunteer chaplaincy program was initiated by Rev. George Sinclair, United Presbyterian Church pastor and Hospice board member. The Lenoir Service League's “Just for Kicks” Follies raised $190,000 for “Home for Hospice.”

1985: Caldwell County Hospice became Medicare certified, with an August survey. More staff members were hired. The board of directors proposed patient-care-unit plans. “Harper House” renovation was approved.

1986: Caldwell Hospice moved its offices to Kirkwood; patient care unit drawings were presented at December board meeting.

1987: Fifth anniversary, with the Open House ceremony in October.

1989: NC's first free-standing patient care unit was dedicated on January 15.

1990: Cathy (Simmons) Swanson was appointed executive director, after serving as a staff medical social worker since August 1988.

1992: 10th anniversary open house, June 28. Caldwell Hospice had served nearly 800 patients and families in first decade. The patient care unit was dedicated as the William E. Stevens, Jr. PCU. Renovations began to the carriage house to relieve tight staff space.

1994: Hospice care extended to nursing homes in January, pilot project with Lenoir Living Center; Camelot Manor recommended for next nursing home project; immediate need for office space.

1995: Camelot Manor nursing home agreement signed; June patient census at an all-time high. Dr. Belk stopped practicing medicine in May; Dr. Andy Metzger volunteered to take over medical director's responsibilities.

1996: The Caldwell Hospice Foundation was established, according to John A. Forlines, Jr.: “to build an endowment fund which will enable Hospice to continue to provide personal, caring service to our terminally-ill friends and neighbors and their families in the future, regardless of changes that may be forthcoming in the health care industry.”
Dr. Robert Belk joined Caldwell Hospice staff as full-time medical director, with John Bowen, James Gardner, and Norm Einstein serving as associate medical directors.

1998: A virtual tour of Caldwell Hospice's facility on the Internet was made possible through an IBM promotion with Hospice For the Carolinas. First accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Home Care (ACHC).

1999: First Caldwell Hospice website created. News-Topic article reported that more than 2,300 terminally-ill patients and their families had been served since 1982. Caldwell Hospice video updated.

2001: Caldwell Hospice earned re-accreditation in 2001 from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care. Transitions program was initiated. Office addition construction began; established Caldwell Partnership for End-of-Life Care, a community coalition to increase awareness of importance of advance-care planning.

2002: Open house for new 4,000 square-foot addition, including chapel, office space, Wilson Meeting Room, renovation of main house, and refurbishing of six-bed PCU. Catawba Valley Neighbors article, announced John A. Forlines Jr. Distinguished Service Award.

2004: “Ashewood,” JW Greer home at 1002 Ashe Avenue, was purchased and renovated, to house Ashewood Grief and Counseling Services of Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. Hospice earned re-accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC).

2005: Hospice collaborated with Caldwell Memorial Hospital to create the Caldwell Partnership for Palliative Care. On July 1st, Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., became our name—to enhance and strengthen our expertise with issues surrounding quality of life, end of life, and grief and counseling assistance. It symbolizes our ongoing ability to recognize the growing needs of this community, and allows room to develop services in the future.

2006: Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care opened a "work station" office in Granite Falls in March, so that its home care services and staff members would be "closer to home" for patients and families in southern Caldwell County.

2007: Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care celebrated its 25th anniversary of serving patients, their families, and the community. At the 25th anniversary celebration in June, before an audience of more than 200, CHPC Executive Director Cathy Swanson presented Dr. Robert Belk, CHPC's medical director, with the first-ever Robert S. Belk MD Excellence in Hospice Care Award, citing his compassion, dedication, and gentle spirit. CHPC Board of Directors President Parker Williamson, former hospice steering committee member Catherine Barnes, and former executive director Gibbie Harris shared recollections of "the beginning years." In October, CHPC hired a second full-time physician, Dr. Thomas Ray. CHPC earned re-accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care.

2008: After completing the Certificate of Need process and gaining approval from the North Carolina Division of Health Services Regulation, CHPC began construction in November on a 15,135 square-foot, 12-bed patient care unit to provide both acute and residential hospice care, and the 11,845 square-foot professional center to house key direct-care clinical and patient care support staff and to provide community education space.
CHPC received two separate, unexpected financial gifts. The family of the late Marjorie Suddreth delivered a $12,400 gift that had been collected for her liver transplant. Ms. Suddreth developed complications and died before the transplant could occur. Just a short time later, Lenoir's News-Topic reported on a special presentation by the family of the late Thomas "Jack" Robbins; CHPC was among six local organizations plus one nationally known hospital to receive a combined $14.8 million from the estate. To finance its construction project, CHPC initiated "A Bold Vision, Honoring Faithful Service: The Capital Campaign for Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care."

2009: Dr. Thomas Ray earned certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM). CHPC celebrated the 20th anniversary of its six-bed patient care unit at Kirkwood, the state’s first free-standing patient care unit.
Over 300 people, representing 66 area churches, gathered Sunday, September 13, at the Pine Mountain Road construction site for a very special prayer service, Bless This House—Building on a Foundation of Prayer. Churches throughout Caldwell County made up a 67-voice choir that sang “A Resting Place Along Life’s Way,” with lyrics written for the event by Caldwell County native Danny Hendrix.

2010: On April 26, Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care’s Board of Directors named its 64-acre site in Hudson the Jack and Shirley Robbins Center. In 2008, Caldwell Hospice was among seven beneficiaries of the Jack Robbins estate, receiving a $2.12 million dollar gift. The donation kick-started Caldwell Hospice’s capital campaign to raise funds for constructing the additional patient care unit and professional center on Pine Mountain Road. The patient care unit was named for long-time board treasurer John A. Forlines, Jr., and the professional center was named by Bob and Michele McCreary, long-time CHPC supporters and owners of McCreary Modern, in honor of their family, the McCreary Family Professional Center. On July 18, the open house ceremony and facility tour attracted an appreciative audience of approximately 500. On August 12, following State and Federal inspections and approval, Caldwell Hospice welcomed patients to the Forlines Patient Care Unit. Immediately thereafter, renovation began at the Kirkwood facility in Lenoir. The Stevens PCU re-opened on November 29, 2010 to patients. With a combined total of 18 beds at its two locations, Caldwell Hospice can offer nine residential beds (seven at the Forlines Patient Care Unit and two at the Stevens Patient Care Unit) and nine acute (five at the Forlines PCU and four at the Stevens PCU). CHPC earned re-accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care.

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Brochures

To learn more about our programs and services, download our brochures.

Comparative Guide to Sevices

Nature Trail and Creekside Patio at Robbins Center

Speakers' Bureau

Hospice Care

Caldwell Hospice in the Long-Term-Care Facility

Cardiac Care at Home

Palliative Care

Palliative Care

Ashewood Grief and Counseling Services

Caring for the Caregiver

Children and Grief

Community Loss and Grief

Finding Your Way through Grief

Grief@Work Series

An Employee's Personal Loss: What to Do

An Employee's Serious Illness: What to Do

Critical Incidents@Work

When an Employee Dies: What to Do

Healing Hearts

I Just Want to Help

Limit of our Sight

Love's Labor Lost

Teens Grieve, Too

Walking the Mourner's Path^®

 

Volunteers

Ambassador Volunteers

VolunTEENS

Volunteers

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Carelines

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Career Opportunities

We appreciate your interest in Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. We have committed ourselves to the recruitment, employment, training, and promotion of employees solely on the basis of the individual’s qualifications, and we consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital or veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status in compliance with Federal and State Equal Opportunity Employment laws. Please e-mail resumes to employ@caldwellhospice.org.

 

Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care seeks dynamic and compassionate FT nurse practitioner. Requirements: Current NC license as NP, min. 2-3 yrs. nursing exp.; hospice and palliative care exp. strongly preferred. Duties: provide med. care to hospice and palliative care patients under direction of Caldwell Hospice physician in homes, long-term-care facilities, and Caldwell Hospice inpatient units. Competitive wages, excellent benefits. Resumes by March 26 to: Human Resources, Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood St., NW, Lenoir, NC 28645 or employ@caldwellhospice.org

  

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Directions

To Kirkwood, 902 Kirkwood Street, NW, Lenoir, NC

From Boone:

1. Travel SOUTH on US 321; travel approx. 17 mi.
2. Turn RIGHT onto 321-Alternate/N MAIN ST/Southwest Loop (at Holiday Superette).
3. At first stop light, turn LEFT onto South 321-Alternate/N MAIN ST/NC 90.
4. Go 9/10 of one mile. At second light Turn RIGHT onto ASHE AVE, NW.
5. Turn at first RIGHT onto CHURCH ST, NW, and entrance to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. The large antebellum white house is “Kirkwood”; once inside the gates, the driveway forks—public parking is available at the lower level (bear left) and on the upper level (bear right). Distance: approx. 20 miles (approx. 40 minutes).

From Morganton:

1. From UNION STREET, turn onto STERLING STREET.
2. Turn RIGHT onto AVERY AVE/US 64/NC 18.
3. Turn LEFT onto NC 18 BUS/US 64 (signs may identify it as LENOIR BLVD). Turn LEFT onto North BUS 18/Southwest Loop/Creekway Drive toward Downtown Lenoir.
4. Go 2.5 miles, and at 4th light, turn RIGHT onto South 321-Alternate/N MAIN ST/NC 90.
5. Go 9/10 of one mile; at second light, turn RIGHT onto ASHE AVE, NW.
6. Turn at first RIGHT onto CHURCH ST, NW, and entrance to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. The large antebellum white house is “Kirkwood”; once inside the gates, the driveway forks—public parking is available at the lower level (bear left) and on the upper level (bear right). Distance approximately 18 miles (28 minutes).

From Hickory:

1. Travel NORTH on US 321.
2. At major crossroads, turn LEFT onto US 64/NC 18 BUS (this is also Harper Avenue).
3. Stay straight in far right lane to go onto NC 18 BUS/NC 90/HARPER AVE.
4. Go through 3 traffic lights, and at the 4th traffic light, turn slightly RIGHT onto NC 18 BUS S/NC 90 W/RIDGE ST NW (see fire department on left and post office on right); stay in far right lane and continue on Ridge Street
5. Turn LEFT onto the first street, Ashe Avenue.
6. Go through one stop light and turn RIGHT onto CHURCH STREET and entrance to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. The large antebellum white house is “Kirkwood.” Once inside the gates, the driveway forks—public parking is available at the lower level (bear left) and on the upper level (bear right). Distance: approx. 20 miles (40 minutes).

 

To Robbins Center, 526 Pine Mountain Road, Hudson, NC

From Boone:

1. Travel South on US 321.
2. Turn left onto Pine Mountain Road (see Rite Aid, Walgreens on left)
3. Travel 0.8 miles; entrance to the Jack and Shirley Robbins Center will be on your right.

From Morganton:

1. Travel North on NC 18/US 64.
2. Turn right onto Southwest Blvd.
3. Merge onto US 321 South
4. Turn left onto Pine Mountain Road (see Rite Aid, Walgreens on left)
5. Travel 0.8 miles; entrance to the Jack and Shirley Robbins Center will be on your right.

From Hickory:

1. Travel North on US 321
2. Turn right onto Pine Mountain Road (see Walgreens on right and Wendy’s on left.)
3. Travel 0.8 miles; entrance to the Jack and Shirley Robbins Center will be on your right.
    

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