Construction on an expansion of the Robert M. Fales Hospice Pavilion in Wilmington is complete.

The new six-bed wing of the Wilmington hospice care center at 1414 Physicians Drive is now accepting patients, spokeswoman Stacey Manning said recently.

The capital campaign to support the project, which includes renovation of the existing 12-bed facility now underway, also is wrapping up.

“We have finished the new wing of the Wilmington Hospice Care Center and are now serving patients in it. We are moving forward with the renovation of the old wing now and drawing near the end of the $3.1 million capital campaign for the project,” Manning said in an email.

Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter is a nonprofit agency that provides health care and comfort to people with advanced illnesses, along with support and counseling to families and education to the community.

The agency serves more than 600 hospice and palliative care patients in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow and Pender counties.

The Fales Hospice Pavilion in Wilmington opened in 1997. The Angel House Hospice Care Center opened in 2008 in Whiteville; and the hospice care center in Bolivia, SECU Hospice House of Brunswick, began serving patients in 2012.

The current expansion and renovation of the pavilion created the need for the capital projects program.