Advance Care Planning
National Healthcare Decisions Day Shines Light on Importance of Advance Care Planning
When Keosha Simmons makes a presentation about the importance of advance care planning, it’s far from an academic exercise. The Empath Health Community Partnership Specialist speaks from experience. Simmons was the...
Start End-of-Life Discussions with Your Goals
Having end-of-life conversations with your family, loved ones and healthcare providers can be uncomfortable. You may feel like your physicians are giving up hope for a cure or imposing unwanted treatment or...
Health Care Decisions Day in the Age of COVID-19
Talking with loved ones about the end of life is not a conversation most people want to have. It can be a difficult discussion, but it is one that is increasing in importance. A serious accident, injury or, as we are...
Suncoast Hospice Physician: Honoring Choices and Easing Journeys at the Care Centers
Here is part two of our Q&A with Mary Waechter, MD, a Suncoast Hospice physician at our Care Center Mid-Pinellas. She discusses care options, decisions and goals of patients and families, the comfort of volunteer...