RALEIGH, N.C. – A ceremonial groundbreaking has been held in Pittsboro, N.C., for a new inpatient and residential hospice care facility that will serve terminally ill patients and their families in Chatham and surrounding counties – the SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home of UNC Health Care.
State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) members, via the SECU Foundation, provided a $1 million challenge grant to aid in the construction of the hospice home in partnership with The Medical Foundation of North Carolina, Incorporated. Representatives from the credit union and SECU Foundation joined community leaders and supporters for the morning event, during which time SECU Board Chairman Jim Johnson presented a check to The Medical Foundation on behalf of CU members who fund the SECU Foundation.
“We are incredibly grateful for this generous contribution from the SECU Foundation,” said Ann Braun, President of The Medical Foundation of North Carolina. “It will help us reach the finish line and fully fund construction of the new UNC Hospice Home.”
UNC Hospice has been providing home-based care to patients and their families in Chatham and surrounding counties since 1999. The new facility will enable UNC Hospice to further its long-term tradition of hospice excellence, offering comfort, tranquility and a home-like environment, a welcome alternative to hospital admission when remaining at home becomes challenging. The SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home of UNC Health Care will feature amenities that include a kitchen, dining room, children’s playroom, meditation space, family visiting areas and ten private rooms. Patient and family support through UNC Health Care/Hospice will include nursing services with clinical staffing 24/7, social work, bereavement and chaplain services, among others.