Empath Health News and Blog
Learning To Read Six Decades Later
Pat Snyder grew up in Pittsburgh and moved to Florida as a 16-year-old. As a child, her grandmother wouldn’t allow her to attend school. A series of seizures proved to be too big of a concern at the time. Now, over six decades later, she is finally learning to read...
How Alzheimer’s is Growing and Affecting Hispanic Families
What do you do when someone you love starts to confuse who you are and how to perform day-to-day activities? Could it be Alzheimer’s disease? What is Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. It’s increasing rapidly nationwide, taking a heavy toll...
Meet Our Volunteer of the Year Specialized Volunteer Service Award Winner
It was National Volunteer Week April 15 to 21 and we are posting this a little late but we wish to give a big shout-out to all volunteers who are making a difference in your communities. Special thanks to the many volunteers supporting our Empath Health network! After...
The Value of Friendship
One of the insights that we frequently hear from those in our care is the importance of friends in our lives. I remember one 90-year-old woman who once told me, “You want to learn something worthwhile? Learn how to be a good friend!” Our friends are there to celebrate...
Volunteers Provide Loving Presence For End of Life Patients
Our transitions volunteers provide a loving presence to people who do not have family and friends to be by the bedside as they approach the end of life. These dedicated volunteers are assigned shifts so the patient isn't left alone and receives companionship and...
Support Your Local Suncoast Hospice Foundation This Give Day!
How can you make a difference where you live? Join Give Day Tampa Bay May 1 and make your donation to Suncoast Hospice Foundation! Give Day Tampa Bay is a 24-hour online giving challenge in its fifth year helping raise vital funds for participating local nonprofit...
Spring Morning Inspiration
A nineteenth-century spiritual leader of the Lakota Sioux Indians, Chief Yellow Lark, wrote these inspiring words: "O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me. I am small and weak. I need your strength and...
City of Gulfport Support Dining Out For Life Tampa Bay
The 13th annual Dining Out For Life Tampa Bay that combines dining out with the fight against HIV/AIDS will once again include nearly 100 percent of Gulfport’s eateries for breakfast, lunch or dinner, said Councilmember Paul Ray. This year the event is being held on...
Pass It On For the Love of Your Family
Each year the Clark family gathers for a special backyard barbecue. Dad, a law enforcement officer, and mom host at their house. Everyone dresses in black and enjoys great food, black balloon decorations and a Kick-the-Bucket cake. The couple recognizes that life is...
Dining Out for Life Returns to Tampa Bay for 13th Year
Actress Pam Grier talks to Watermark about why you should get involved in Dining Out For Life Tampa Bay and the tremendous support it provides those living with HIV/AIDS. Read article.
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