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40th Anniversary Reflections Q&A: Volunteer-Turned-Volunteer Services Leader to Retire
This is part six of our 40th Anniversary Reflections series celebrating our 40 years of life-changing care through Suncoast Hospice and Empath Health. Our longtime volunteer services director of more than two decades is set to retire. Here, she looks back at her...
read moreEvery Day Is A Second Chance
Every day is a second chance. A new opportunity opening to us like a blossom. The chance to be patient in the face of frustration. To be kind to someone having a bad day. To bring our very best effort to the work that is before us. We don’t have to be...
read moreGrieving the Death of Your Beloved: A Bereavement Counselor Helps Spouses Find Healing Q&A
When your husband or wife dies, it can feel like losing a piece of yourself. You’ll mourn, grieve and forever change. There’s help to find peace and meaning in your life again. Suncoast Hospice, a member of Empath Health, offers many support groups to help spouses and...
read moreThe Practice of Keeping an ‘Open Mind’
One of our core values at Empath Health is having “Open Minds.” But what does that look like in everyday practice? My father used to have a cute old saying, “Everyone is a little strange except for me and you. And sometimes I wonder about you.” If we aren’t careful,...
read moreA Lifelong Mission: Early Suncoast Hospice Social Work Leader Has Shaped Care and Education
Here’s part five of our 40th Anniversary Reflections series celebrating our 40 years of life-changing care through Suncoast Hospice and Empath Health. It’s our honor to support and uplift patients and families in their journeys. Q&A: Susan Bruno, MSW, ACSW, LCSW...
read moreSimple Little Phrases Of Truth And Wisdom
Sometimes people say these simple phrases which are packed with so much truth and wisdom. Little “zingers” which are easy to remember and help us reorient our perspective. Here is one from David Steindl-Rast: Happiness is not what makes us grateful. It is gratefulness...
read moreEPIC Counselor Talks HIV Testing, Education and Support
Have you thought about getting tested for HIV? Did you know you can get tested for free? Today’s National HIV Testing Day and we join in encouraging individuals to get tested for HIV and other STDs (sexually-transmitted diseases). “More than 1.1 million people in the...
read moreNew Dementia Living Will Extension Helps Dementia Sufferers Plan
Tracy Christner executive director of Empath Choices for Care talks about the new living will extension designed to help people plan for their care should they develop dementia in this Tampa Bay Times...
read moreWhat We Are Made Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us of the stuff of which we are made and the inner wealth of resources we can draw upon. He writes, “Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One.” May we face this day with the assurance that...
read moreNursing Assistants Week Q&A: Suncoast Hospice CNA Brings Comfort Care and Dignity
This week we’re celebrating the 40th Annual Nursing Assistants Week – Nursing Assistants: Specialists in the Art of Caring. These caregivers focus on personal care, daily living assistance and the safety and well-being of patients. LaToya Reedy is a home health...
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