Media Coverage
Sarasota student: Dealing with loss and finding community – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Spencer Cohen, a senior at Pine View School and a 2024 STRIVE Award recipient, has shown resilience after losing his father at a young age. Through our Blue Butterfly pediatric grief program, Spencer found a... Continue Reading
Understanding Hospice Care – Suncoast View – ABC7 WWSB
Empath Health CEO Jonathan Fleece spoke with Suncoast View on ABC7 about Empath Health and its hospice programs, what hospice care is and addressing some of its misconceptions. Continue Reading
Empath Health to sell properties throughout Tampa Bay – Tampa Bay Business Journal
Empath Health will list three properties located in Clearwater, Englewood and Longboat Key for sale as part of a reinvestment strategy. The proceeds from the sales will be reinvested in three areas: community... Continue Reading
Medicine that isn’t medicine: Music Therapy – Brighten Up Podcast
Tidewell Hospice Music Therapist Haley Verinder joined the Brighten Up Podcast to discuss the benefits of music therapy and how it is used as a treatment. Listen now! Continue Reading
‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience – Hospice News
Empath Health President and CEO Jonathan Fleece talks with Hospice News about how the new film, “Suncoast”, provides a window into what hospices actually do, as well as the experience of families whose loved ones are... Continue Reading
Suncoast Hospice helps family care for two loved ones at the end of life – The Weekly Challenger
In The Weekly Challenger Newspaper, Vickie Perkins, whose father, Robert Harris Jr., and brother, Curtis Perkins, were served as patients by Suncoast Hospice graciously answered a few questions about how Suncoast... Continue Reading
How do you live while your brother is dying? ‘Suncoast’ is a teen take on hospice – NPR
A new film streaming on Hulu considers a subject that’s sometimes in the news, but not often in entertainment: hospice end-of-life care. Suncoast is writer-director Laura Chinn’s fictional account of her life in the... Continue Reading
New Movie Features Local Hospice – 10 Tampa Bay
Watch Empath Health President and CEO Jonathan Fleece on 10 Tampa Bay discussing the new movie “Suncoast” and what it shows about hospice care. The award-winning film premiers today at the AMC Veterans 24 in Tampa... Continue Reading
Empath Health President and CEO Discusses New Suncoast Movie – Fox 13 Tampa Bay
Empath Health President and CEO Jonathan Fleece spoke with FOX 13 Tampa Bay about the new “Suncoast” movie, the conversations around hospice care the film is generating and Suncoast Hospice’s starring role. Continue Reading
Empath Health President and CEO Jonathan Fleece Discusses “Suncoast” – iHeartRadio
Empath Health President and CEO Jonathan Fleece joined The Ryan Gorman Show on iHeartRadio to discuss “Suncoast”, a new film about an end-of-life story set in Pinellas County in 2005 during one of the most complex... Continue Reading
Empath President & CEO Jonathan Fleece Discusses Upcoming “Suncoast” Movie – Great Day Live WTSP
Empath Health’s President and CEO Jonathan Fleece visited Great Day Live Tampa Bay to discuss hospice care and how Suncoast Hospice, a member of Empath Health, is showcased in the deeply moving new film “Suncoast”... Continue Reading
Empath Health Launches New PACE Center – Hospice News
Empath Health has opened a new PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) center in Tampa, Florida. The center will operate under the organization’s Empath LIFE (Living Independence for the Elderly) brand.... Continue Reading