Your medical concerns and preferences will guide your care
As a patient of Suncoast Hospice, you control the type of care you wish to receive. Our assembled teams of professionals and volunteers follow your health care wishes and will do everything possible to enhance your quality of life.
Your Suncoast Hospice patient and family care team provides hospice services wherever you are – your home, your hospital, your nursing home or assisted living facility, a Suncoast Hospice Care Center or any place you may call home.
According to your personalized needs, members of your care team may include:
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Board-certified hospice and palliative medicine physicians
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Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs)
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Registered nurses
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Specialists in respiratory, occupational and physical therapy
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Durable medical equipment and supplies staff
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Home health aides
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Licensed counseling therapist
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Chaplains
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Volunteer support
Your hospice care team volunteer
Volunteers are vital to the assistance and support we provide. Suncoast Hospice volunteers are highly trained, motivated, caring individuals committed to your well being, your privacy and your wishes.
How Suncoast Hospice volunteers serve you:
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Companionship
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Caregiver respite
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Transportation
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Letter-writing or journaling/video messages
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Assistance with hobbies or crafts
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Help with organizing paperwork, paying bills or balancing a checkbook
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Grocery shopping
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Light housekeeping and help with small household jobs
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Meal preparation
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Pet care
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Playing games
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Celebrating special occasions
Tell us what would bring peace, comfort or joy to your life, and we’ll find a volunteer or group of volunteers best suited to carry out your wishes.
What happens when you call?
When you call Suncoast Hospice, there’s always someone available to
speak with you. Our professional hospice staff and trained volunteers
have the expertise and knowledge to address your questions or concerns.
Stories
Hear stories from those we serve every day and the lives that have been touched and healed by Suncoast Hospice programs.
The Servo family wished to give their sweet-loving baby boy Owen the best care and quality of life at home. Owen suffered from a rare, terminal genetic condition, and they brought him home from the hospital but needed help.