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Caregivers to Caregivers: Support Group for Alzheimer’s
November marks Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and Family Caregivers Month. We wish to acknowledge the many families who are taking care of loved ones with Alzheimer’s or other dementia in our community. Alzheimer’s is a complex and incurable disease that can last for...
Keeping the Faith: Volunteers are the Heart of Care
It’s National Hospice and Palliative Care Month in November and we wish to give special thanks to our volunteers! More than 41 years ago, a group of compassionate volunteers established Suncoast Hospice and its mission of care in Pinellas County. Today, we are nearly...
EPIC Generations coalition forms to support aging LGBTQ community
EPIC Generations was formed to educate the community and to respond to the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ elders. Thank you Watermark for helping us spread the word about this new program. Read the full story.
Ask the Doctor: Answers about Health, Care and Decisions
We plan for many major life events – births and birthdays, weddings and anniversaries, education and graduations, vacations and retirement, and much more. But what about circumstances that we tend to dread, like when health declines with you or your family? What kinds...
Comforting the Suffering of Grief
At some points in our lives, we will walk in this world with loss and grief. But we are not alone. We can come together as a community to find hope and healing. Several local deaths this year have struck the Jewish community especially hard. “The community has had a...
Advance Practice Registered Nurse Assesses and Supports Patients and Families
Once working to find solutions in computer science, Laura Bradshaw now works to support the care needs and comfort for people facing advanced or chronic illnesses and their families. Bradshaw joined as an advance practice registered nurse (APRN) at Empath Health last...
Korean War Photographer Receives Lost Medal from Army for Veterans Day
Korean War Veteran Russ Scannell receives a long-lost Meritorious Service Medal just in time for Veterans Day while in hospice care.
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