Our Services
Since 1977, Friends of Caroline has been a trusted source of compassionate care and support in the Lowcountry and the surrounding communities. We provide a full spectrum of services designed to meet the needs of patients and families facing advanced illness, end-of-life care, and grief. Our team delivers personalized hospice and palliative care, ensuring comfort, dignity, and quality of life, while also offering counseling, bereavement support, and caregiver education.
At Friends of Caroline, our mission goes beyond medical care—we take care of you where ever you are.
Palliative Care
- Any age and any stage of an illness
- Pain and Symptom Management Education
- Emotional/Spiritual support
- Assistance in accessing available resources
- Collaboration with current treatment and doctors
- Some people “graduate” from palliative care, others begin hospice care.
Hospice Care
All services of palliative care plus:
- Medications paid for and ordered. Delivered to home.
- Medical equipment ie hospital bed, bedside commode, etc.
- Supplies ie underpads, briefs, creams
- CNA services
- Volunteer Services
- More frequent visits
- Use of cottage for respite visits for caregiver relief, symptom or medication management
Grief Support
- Support patients / families / employees emotionally on both the palliative and hospice care programs
- Connect patients / families to community resources
- Assist with insurance
- Medicaid, Medicare, preauthorization's
- Assist with placement
- Respite (Cottage), assisted living, skilled nursing
- Assist transportation to the Cottage
- Communicate with patients’ congregations
- Provide pastoral care
- Emotional support
- Connect patients / families to community resources
- Communicate with patients’ congregations
- Provide pastoral care
- Support Groups for Parents, Spouses / Partners, Everyone
- Helpful Hints for Handling the Holidays Workshop
- Release & Remember Community Butterfly in honor of loved ones
