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Q&A: LPN’s Life-Changing Care at Care Center
This week we celebrate National Nurses Week. From their skillful care to words of encouragement to comforting touch, nurses make an incredible difference in the lives of patients and families. Christina Wilkins, LPN (licensed practical nurse) entered the...
The Space Between Life and Death: Six Months with Suncoast Hospice
The Tampa Bay Times shared stories from hospice patients, their families and the care teams that took care of them.
The Beauty of Now
For much of our lives, we go through our days caught up in the experience of the moment. Enjoying a family gathering or worrying about a misunderstanding with a friend. Trying to get caught up with work, or looking forward to our plans for the weekend. Gathering up...
Healthy Living and Caregiving for Diabetics
New nutrition guidelines this year recommend less added sugar in our diets. Although many of us love to enjoy our sweets, too much sugar consumption can be quite harmful to our health. One way limiting sugar helps is the prevention of diabetes. “The American...
Looking Within
One of the inescapable realities of human existence is that our lives contain a mixture of triumphs and tragedies. Sometimes good things don’t last long enough and the difficult things last longer than we would like. Sometimes one area of our life is flourishing,...
Suncoast Hospice Volunteer Receives Volunteer Hero of the Year Award
Suncoast Hospice volunteer named Volunteer of the Year by Baynews 9.
Extending Kindness
Not too long ago, I had to make a run to CVS in the evening. The store was pretty empty, so when I came up to make my purchase, I asked the cashier how he was doing. He said, “All right, I guess. Tryin’ to make it.” He went on to explain that he had been diagnosed...
Celebrating Extraordinary Volunteer Service
Volunteers give so much to our community, our world. We salute and thank all our volunteers for devoting their energy, skills and hearts to our mission of life-changing health care. Recently we had the pleasure of honoring our Volunteer of the Year Award winners and...
The Gift of Advance Care Planning
A recent episode of NBC’s The Night Shift medical drama played out one of life’s most dramatic and agonizing struggles – what medical measures to take or not take for someone who’s incapacitated and unable to relay his or her wishes. This storyline featured a...
Finding Joy In Doing Good
“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product” ~Eleanor Roosevelt When I was a teenager, I used to go fishing off the coast of the island of Guam in a boat with my father. I remember seeing the horizon as we set out and thinking that it didn’t look all...