Empath Health News and Blog
Meet Our Volunteer of the Year Outstanding Young Leader Award Winner
What draws a young person to hospice volunteering? It’s in the family for Priya Adhikari. Her older sister led the way volunteering for Suncoast Hospice while attending Palm Harbor University High. Priya apprehensively followed, starting her Suncoast Hospice volunteer...
The Gift of Presence – Monday Message
I remember hiking in the mountains in Ireland with my family. We had all become so accustomed to being in densely populated areas that the sensation of being the only people for miles in any direction was strange but exhilarating. Then, we rounded a corner and came...
National Condom Month – Be Safe: Wear and Store Condoms Properly
Lots of love is in the air. Many sweethearts are out scrambling to buy those last-minute Valentine’s Day cards, chocolates and roses. It’s also always important to pick up protection to keep safe during sex. In recognition of National Condom Month in February, we want...
A Commitment To Change
Sometimes the problems in our world can seem insurmountable. It may seem like there is nothing we can do. But one wise soul made this observation, “What you are, the world is. And without your transformation there can be no transformation of the world.” Real change...
Inaugural Employee Catalyst Award Winners Honored for Service Excellence
At Empath Health, it is our privilege to provide expert and compassionate care and support to our community – whether they need comfort for a chronic or advanced illness, peace of mind planning for any future medical emergencies or healing after a loved one’s death....
What We Can Learn From The Dying
I remember sitting at the bedside of patients as they expressed their regrets. So many people looking back on their lives and seeing in retrospect what was so sorely missing. “I wish I had been more patient with my kids." "I wish I had taken better care of myself.” "I...
Suncoast Hospice Offers Mental Health Resources To Hurricane Maria, Irma Evacuees
Our community counseling program offers free services and support to evacuees of Hurricane Maria and Irma. Read the full story from Channel10 WTSP.
The Comforts of Music for Patients with Dementia
Music can take us to another place, back to the sounds and times of our lives. The songs of the past can even resonate with people living with Alzheimer’s or other dementia. At Empath Health, including Suncoast Hospice, it’s always our goal to be well in tune with...
Artist Nuclear Sky Paints Mural For Francis House In Seminole Heights
Our EPIC Francis House campus has been honored to serve the Seminole Heights community for more than 25 years. Watch how one local artist is bringing hope, art and inspiration to this healing community. Watch the story: ABC Action News.
A Change Of Perspective – Monday Message
Life can be complicated and difficult. Things go wrong. In our relationships, in our places of worship, in the workplace; in all of these places there are good people working hard and struggling with the reality that sometimes in spite of our best intentions...
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