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Extraordinary Stories of Empath Health – April Perryman

Welcome to Extraordinary Stories of Empath Health. In this space we highlight our fantastic colleagues and the extraordinary work they do to make Empath Health’s Full Life Care a daily reality for the patients and...

Meet A Dynamic Duo of Empath Health Volunteers

Rita Giles and Madeleine “Maddy” Nason are a package deal. They have been best friends for 45 years. Thanks to their accidental matchmaking skills, they became stepsisters. Now they form a dynamic duo for Empath...

Grief Support for Alzheimer’s/Dementia Loss

Volunteers David Klain and Louise Gallagher suggested the Alzheimer’s Association create a grief support group to help those who have suffered the loss of someone to Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Klain...

Sense of Joy – Monday Message

Few emotions are more wonderful than joy. That incredible sense of well-being, happiness and contentment that sometimes surges through us in peak moments. It can leave us waiting and hoping for more! Author and...

The Journey Within – Monday Message

“I felt the need for a great pilgrimage. So, I sat still for three days.” – Kabir I love to travel. Going to a new place and immersing myself in the natural beauty of the landscape, the culture and...

Tidewell Hospice’s Patient’s Wish Granted to Reconnect with the Sea

It was as if the sea creatures at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium knew Francisco Colon Jr. and Tanya Silva were coming. Hugh and Buffett, the Mote’s resident manatees, ambled to the front of their tank to munch...

Perspective Adjustment – Monday Message

Sometimes our natural tendency is to greet Monday morning with a groan rather than a smile. The weekend is over, it’s back to work. We are busy people, so most of the time there is a lot of work to come back to....

Life is Imperfect – Monday Message

Author and teacher Kristi Nelson puts a new spin on the old wisdom. She writes, “Life is imperfect. People are imperfect. Love is the perfect response.” It is true that life has a way of throwing us curve balls...

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...