Community Hospice & Palliative Care
163 SW Stonegate Terrace, Suite 105,
Lake City, FL 32024
Phone: 866-253-6681
Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
The Columbia County Office is Community Hospice & Palliative Care’s home base for hospice and palliative care services in Lake City, FL and across Columbia County. This office coordinates home-based hospice and palliative care for families throughout the area as part of Community Hospice’s Lake City hospice services. Someone answers every call, at any hour. To speak with a care coordinator, call 866-253-6681.
The Columbia County Office does not admit patients for inpatient care. Families referred here by a hospital, case manager, or discharge planner should know this before they arrive, because it changes what to expect.
Community Hospice & Palliative Care operates 9 Centers for Caring across the region: inpatient facilities built for around-the-clock symptom management and family presence. Community Hospice does not operate a Center for Caring in Lake City. The nearest Centers for Caring for Columbia County families are in Jacksonville, approximately 64 miles east. Full details on each Center, including directions and what to expect, are on the Jacksonville hospice locations page.
What the Columbia County Office does instead is coordinate home-based hospice and palliative care. Community Hospice’s clinical team travels to your loved one, wherever they live in Columbia County or the surrounding North Central Florida region. Home can be a private residence, an assisted living community, or a nursing facility room. The patient stays in familiar surroundings. The clinical team comes to them.
For patients who need intensive nursing support but cannot or do not want to travel to Jacksonville, Community Hospice can often arrange Continuous Home Care. This higher level of bedside nursing is available during a medical crisis and does not require an inpatient admission.
Community Hospice & Palliative Care has served families in North Central Florida for 47 years, since 1979. An administrative office in Lake City is not a gap in the service model. It is the right structure for a region where most care happens in the home.
The Columbia County Office coordinates home-based hospice care and palliative care for families across Columbia County and the broader North Central Florida region. Care is delivered by an interdisciplinary team that includes physicians, registered nurses, home health aides, medical social workers, chaplains, and bereavement counselors. This team meets regularly to review and adjust each patient’s individualized plan of care.
Bereavement support through Community Hospice is available to anyone in the Lake City community, not only to families currently receiving hospice care. Bereavement counselors provide grief counseling and bereavement services at no cost for up to 13 months after the loss of a loved one.
Community Hospice holds the Level 5 designation from We Honor Veterans, the highest tier in that national program. For veterans in Columbia County, this matters in a concrete way: the Lake City VA Medical Center is approximately 3.5 miles southeast at 619 S Marion Avenue, and the Lake City VA Clinic is approximately 1.2 miles east at 484 SW Commerce Drive. Community Hospice’s care coordinators are experienced in coordinating VA benefits alongside Medicare under the VA Community Care program, so veterans and their families receive the full support they have earned without benefits falling through the cracks.
Community Hospice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. No one is ever denied services through Community Hospice, regardless of their ability to pay.
The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care generates philanthropic and community support for patient care services, family needs and community programs.
The Columbia County Office is at 163 SW Stonegate Terrace, Suite 105, in the West US Highway 90 commercial corridor west of Lake City. Most visitors arrive via I-75 Exit 427, which is the primary navigation anchor for this address.
Take I-75 to Exit 427 (US Highway 90 / SR-10). The Chick-fil-A and Cracker Barrel cluster at Exit 427 is a recognizable landmark; Stonegate Terrace is approximately 0.5 miles west of that cluster on US-90.
Northbound from Gainesville, Ocala, or Tampa: at the bottom of the ramp, turn left (west) onto W US Highway 90. Continue approximately 0.5 miles and turn right onto SW Stonegate Terrace. Suite 105 is in the building on your right.
Southbound from Valdosta or the I-10 junction: at the bottom of the ramp, turn right (west) onto W US Highway 90. Continue approximately 0.5 miles and turn right onto SW Stonegate Terrace. Suite 105 is in the building on your right.
Heading west on US Highway 90 through the commercial district, pass under the I-75 overpass. Continue approximately 0.5 miles past the interchange. Turn left onto SW Stonegate Terrace. Suite 105 is in the building on your right.
Head north on US-441/US-41 to Lake City. At the junction with US-90 in Lake City, turn left (west) onto US-90. Continue west past the I-75 interchange approximately 0.5 miles. Turn right onto SW Stonegate Terrace.
From the west (Tallahassee): Take I-10 East to I-75 South (Exit 283, Lake City). Merge onto I-75 South to Exit 427 (US-90). Turn right (west) onto W US Highway 90, continue approximately 0.5 miles, and turn right onto SW Stonegate Terrace.
From the east (Jacksonville): Take I-10 West toward Lake City to I-75 South. Take Exit 427 (US-90). Turn right (west) onto W US Highway 90, continue approximately 0.5 miles, and turn right onto SW Stonegate Terrace.
The building has a paved surface lot on-site. Entry is ground level with no stairs. ADA-compliant parking is available in the lot.
Parking arrangements are managed by the building and may change. We recommend confirming current parking details with our team at 866-253-6681 before your visit.
No fixed-route bus service operates in the SW Stonegate Terrace corridor. Lake City does not have a municipal fixed-route transit system.
Suwannee Valley Transit Authority (SVTA) operates demand-response paratransit for Columbia County residents. Trips must be booked at least 3 business days in advance by calling (386) 362-5332 or 1-800-258-7267. Service is Monday through Friday. More information is available at ridesvta.com.
The Columbia County Office is inside a professional suite building in a multi-tenant commercial complex, not a standalone Community Hospice facility. When you arrive, look for the building at 163 SW Stonegate Terrace and follow the interior signs to Suite 105.
The building is a single-story structure with ground-level entry. There are no stairs and no elevator required. The entrance is wheelchair accessible.
When you call the Columbia County Office, a Community Hospice care coordinator will answer. That first conversation is not a commitment to anything. It is a chance to ask questions, describe your situation, and understand what home-based hospice and palliative care options are available for your loved one in Lake City or elsewhere in Columbia County. If your family is ready to begin the intake process, the care coordinator can walk you through eligibility, explain how home-based hospice care works, and arrange the next steps.
Someone is always available by phone at 866-253-6681, at any hour.
No. The Columbia County Office coordinates home-based hospice and palliative care for families in Lake City, FL and across Columbia County. It is an administrative and care-coordination location, not an inpatient facility. Community Hospice’s inpatient Centers for Caring are in Jacksonville, approximately 64 miles east. For home-based hospice care in Lake City and Columbia County, call 866-253-6681.
Community Hospice serves families throughout Columbia County and the surrounding North Central Florida region from this office. Care is delivered at the patient’s home, whether that is a private residence, an assisted living community, or a nursing facility. The Columbia County Office coordinates that care.
There is no cost to call. A Community Hospice care coordinator will answer and can explain options, walk through eligibility, and describe how home-based hospice care works for your situation. Community Hospice is a nonprofit, and no one is ever denied services, regardless of their ability to pay.
Community Hospice serves families across Columbia County and the broader 16-county North Central Florida region. For an overview of all services available to Lake City families, visit the Lake City hospice page.
For patients who need inpatient hospice care, Community Hospice’s Centers for Caring are in Jacksonville, approximately 64 miles east. The Jacksonville hospice locations page lists all 9 Centers.
The Community Hospice care team is available around the clock.
Call any time: 866-253-6681
Columbia County Office 163 SW Stonegate Terrace, Suite 105 Lake City, FL 32024
