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Empath Palliative Care a ‘Mysterious Gift’ to Family

Amy Klein described her mother, Linda Fine, as a perfectly healthy 74-year-old before a brain infection brought on a steep decline. Linda gradually got weaker and lost weight, shuttling back and forth between the...

Today is a Wonderful Adventure – Monday Message

The quality of our experience is often determined by how we engage the person or activity before us. When we start our day grudgingly putting one foot in front of the other in order to “just get through...

Former President Jimmy Carter Sparks Conversation About Hospice Care

Former President Jimmy Carter sparked a national conversation on Feb. 18 when his charity announced his decision to receive hospice care. The 98-year-old, who is the longest-living U.S. president but has endured...

Black Veterans Tell Their Stories During Empath Health’s Veterans History Project

Dave Mapp volunteered to join the U.S. Marine Corps as an 18-year-old just months after the end of the Vietnam War. Though he never saw combat during his two years of military service, he would later learn just what...

Finding Opportunity – Monday Message

A friend once told me, “I’m not sure where it comes from, but somewhere within me there is this assumption that everything should go smoothly all the time. That I should be happy and content, and that nothing...

Versatile Volunteer Adds Another Specialty to Repertoire

Christine Brown has put many of her skills and education to work during her 10 years as an Empath Health volunteer. A retired Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), she visits the Suncoast Hospice North Pinellas...

EPIC Celebrates National Condom Week

Sabrina Arancibia can’t say whether Empath Partners in Care (EPIC) is the largest source of free condoms in the Tampa Bay area. But if EPIC trails another community health organization, it’s not for lack of...

Simulation Lab Takes Hospice Nurse Training to Next Level

Apollo and Ares inhabit a room rife with healthcare hazards, both obvious and obscured. Cords and tubes snake across the floor. Cigarettes lie in close proximity to an oxygen supply. Prescription medication bottles...

We Have the Power – Monday Message

Krista Tippett, American journalist, author, entrepreneur, and recipient of the National Humanities Medal, once said, “What an incredible power we have, to walk through the world, making somebody’s day.” What I...