Suncoast Hospice Regional Program Director Chip Cosper

Why choose hospice care?

This specialized care and support focuses on bringing relief to you and your family in the last six months of an illness. A team of expert staff and trained volunteers is available day and night to:

• Soothe pain and distress
• Deliver medications, equipment and supplies
• Educate about hands-on care
• Guide in making care decisions
• Link to resources
• Support emotional and spiritual well-being

Care with Compassion

In essence, hospice care helps restore comfort, dignity and quality of life. Suncoast Hospice has been the only nonprofit community-based hospice serving Pinellas County for more than 40 years. We’re here to help you when you need it.

“Our goal is to meet people where they are and come along beside them wherever they are in life’s journey. Patients and families are in charge of their plans of care,” explained Chip Cosper, regional program director of our Suncoast Hospice care teams in south Pinellas County.

Every person who works for us is essentially connected to care, says Cosper.

“Our work is sacred. We have one chance. No matter what job you do, you’re doing patient care – whether you’re in medical records, management, marketing or another area. What all of us do is important to patients at the bedside. Sometimes, it’s not the big gestures but the smallest things, like what our nurses may say to patients or just being there for them,” he said.

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Need help caring for your loved one?

Call (727) 467-7423 or contact us online to learn if Suncoast Hospice or Empath Health can help.