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Gary’s Story: Hospice Care that Prioritizes Your Goals, Dignity, and Joy

Searching for Care That Prioritized What Mattered Most Tina Holmes shared that her husband, Gary, had seen multiple specialists over five years and received several Read More »

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How Hospice Held Our Hands and Hearts: Russell and Carol Call’s Story

Both Russel and Carol Call’s mothers were served by Four Seasons’ Hospice Care at their home in Hayesville, NC. Listen to their story of how Read More »

Four Seasons Receives Hospice Elite Recognition

Contact: Leisl Vale, Communications SpecialistPhone: 828.341.6883Email: LVale@FourSeasonsCFL.orgAugust 7, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Four Seasons The Care You Trust is proud to have received Hospice Elite Read More »

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Four Seasons Designated Best Place to Work for Fourth Year in a Row

For the fourth year in a row, Four Seasons, The Care You Trust, was selected as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare. Four Seasons is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization providing Care Navigation, Home Care, Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care, and Grief Services to fourteen counties in Western North Carolina. Four Seasons has received this award five times in total, receiving the honor in 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, and now in 2026. We did not participate in the 2022 awards.

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2025 Community Benefit Report

Four Seasons Foundation is pleased to present our 2025 Community Benefit Report. In this report, you’ll find Four Seasons and Four Seasons Foundation’s financial reports, Read More »

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Hospice Myths: Separating Fact from Fiction

Myth: Hospice is a Place or a Facility You Move into The TRUTH is… Hospice is actually a specialized medical service, rather than a place. Read More »

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A Heritage of Compassion: How the WNC Community Started the First Hospice in the North Carolina Mountains

Pioneers in Hospice Care Four Seasons Hospice began at Jean Moulthrop Hoogstra’s kitchen table, with a conversation about how starting an organization that provides dignity Read More »

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Four Seasons Hospice Applies for Certificate of Need in McDowell County, NC

Contact: Heidi Clemmer, Director of MarketingPhone: 866.466.9734 ext 889Email: hclemmer@fourseasonscfl.org March 12, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Four Seasons Hospice is applying for the Certificate of Read More »

A couple sits at a kitchen table, smiling and leaning their heads together while holding mugs, with breakfast items on the table—a comforting moment that embodies the support and warmth you’ll find when you ask, “Why choose Four Seasons Hospice?”.

Why Choose Four Seasons Hospice? Our Care Offers Comfort, Preserves Dignity, and Respects Your Priorities.

Four Seasons is an Accredited, Experienced, and Trusted Hospice Organization Four Seasons Hospice was the first hospice in the NC mountains, established in 1979 and Read More »

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My Hospice Team is My Second Family: Susan Petersen’s Story

Susan is a hospice patient with Four Seasons and shares her experience receiving our care. “My first experience with hospice was as a massage therapist Read More »

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