Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from Serenity House, 110 Centre Church Road, Mooresville, NC.
http://www.carolinacomfortcoalition.org In the tradition of Mother Teresa, the Carolina Comfort Coalition is an organization of interested professional and lay people dedicated to serving the needs of people at the end of life.
07/29/2022
I wanted to let you know that the Serenity House board of directors has voted to permanently cease operations at the end of July.
The board thoughtfully considered whether we could fulfill our mission of providing care and support to our residents and their families and decided we could not. Our inability to hire the staff we needed after a two-year effort was what has determined our course.
We are immensely grateful for the 15-year partnership we have had with Centre Presbyterian Church, area hospice organizations, faith communities, civic groups and donors who allowed us to care for over 450 local families. Of course, we have had the most amazing volunteers who treated each of our residents like their own family.
I am also tremendously appreciative for the wisdom and encouragement provided by our board of directors as we have faced these challenges.
Our legacy will continue through the comfort care homes that our guidance has helped to establish in South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and two future homes in North Carolina.
Pastor Howard of Centre Presbyterian Church has offered to allow anyone who has a memorial brick(s) in our walkway to remove them. The brick will remain in the sidewalk if you choose not to or are unable to take it at this time.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you need anything in the future, or just to say hello and catch-up. Call me at 704-402-3059 if you have any questions about the house.
With Gratitude,
Rochelle
05/23/2022
05/12/2022
03/23/2022
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: LEAD STAFF NURSE
1.The Lead Staff Nurse is responsible for overall nursing management of Serenity House.
2.Screening referrals for admission to our comfort care home.
3.Communicating with residents, family members and the community about the care component of Serenity House.
4.The Lead Staff Nurse or their designee will be the first contact for problem solving and collaborating with onsite staff, hospice providers and at the bedside.
Basic function and duties of the Lead Staff Nurse include the following responsibilities:
1. Maintains and organizes resident’s documents - admission application, admission agreement and other related documentation.
2. Recruits, interviews, and hires other staff as directed by the Executive Director, i.e., volunteer coordinator, staff nurses, nursing assistant.
3. Completes performance evaluations in a timely fashion.
4. Works with the volunteer coordinator regarding volunteer related items.
5. Ensure that funds are properly handled with a timely response to donations and for proper security of any donations received per standard accounting measures.
6. Ensure that payroll is accurate by reviewing time sheets.
7. Create bi-weekly nurse schedule and coordinate with the other staff members to ensure all shift are adequately covered.
Requirements for the position:
1. Ability to assume responsibility for job components and work independently.
2. Must have the ability to work a flexible schedule if needed to meet the needs of Serenity House.
3. Ability to maintain confidentiality of our residents, volunteers and operations.
4. Ability to maintain professional, yet caring work relationships with staff and volunteers.
5. Ability to keep staff informed of issues or needs in a timely fashion.
6. Good human relations skills and desire to work with people.
7. Commitment of time, interest, energy, and sensitivity to meet the needs of our residents and their families.
8. Willingness to receive guidance and direction.
9. Ability to work as part of a team.
10. Sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, and religious differences.
11. Maintains personal professional liability insurance.
Qualifications:
1. Registered nurse licensed in North Carolina. Additional related training and/or end-of-life experience preferred.
2. Required knowledge: basic understanding of the operations management of a group home type facility, including Microsoft Office and Google.
3. At least three years of experience preferred in a similar management role.
4. Skills and abilities: excellent communication and public relations skills; ability to assistant and support others; strong computer applications skills; well organized.
11/10/2021
Serenity House was quite lively this weekend. Our friends from Davidson College Presbyterian Church and Davidson College students filled our home and warmed a very chilly Saturday morning! The leaves were blown (as more fell) and every inch of the house was cleaned. So appreciative for the assistance and happy to have such enjoyable company.
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Serenity House posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
The mission of the Carolina Comfort Coalition is to work with local communities who have a heart for end-of life-care. With this community partnership, we have established comfort care homes that serve local residents during the final days of life in a home setting - all without charge. We value the preciousness of life, the sacredness of the final moments of life in this world, and the provision of a peaceful journey into eternal life.
In 2007, the Carolina Comfort Coalition successfully established the first comfort care home in North Carolina, Serenity House of Mooresville. With the visionary seed money of St. Peters Catholic Church in Charlotte, The Foundation for the Carolinas/Iredell, and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, the community joined together to provide a home and shelter for those dying and unable to stay safely at home. After over a decade of service to the community where over 280 terminally ill hospice patients found peace and dignity in their hour of their death, we now operate a second comfort care home for the Huntersville community. The heartfelt reason for the expansion was the 900 families from the Lake Norman area who needed care but were turned away for lack of an open bed at Serenity House.
Before the existence of Serenity House, terminally ill patients that found themselves unable to safely reside at their homes were forced to turn to expensive hospitals or inappropriate nursing homes instead of a residential facility that could bring quality comfort care services to them 24-hours a day, seven days a week. This inappropriate care costs more and provides an unsatisfactory environment for dying persons.
For those patients with adequate support systems and living arrangements, hospice home care services are ideal. However, more and more people are finding that receiving hospice care in their homes is not possible because they lack either a sufficient care support network, or because their homes are not safe for the end of life transition. These situations are increasing as older parents find their children moving away for educational or economic opportunities, and as more and more people live in assisted living or senior housing.
Without the appropriate residential facility, the patients’ alternative option is to accept admittance into a long-term care nursing home. Most nursing home facilities are not hospice focused, but are designed to expect months or years’ worth of care, instead of helping a patient and their family adjust to, and accept the end-stages of life. From a practical standpoint, nursing homes are expensive, not conducive to a quality experience, and our experience shows that hospice patients want to avoid going into a nursing home at virtually all costs. Serenity House offers the much needed alternative to institutional care in the final days, weeks, or months of life without cost.
At Serenity House, we believe that no one should have to die alone or lonely. In striving toward that goal, Carolina Comfort Coalition partners with Hospice to fill a gap found in end-of-life care by establishing comfort care homes as an alternative to death in a hospital or nursing home.
