Hospice Care Team
As a patient of Suncoast Hospice, your medical concerns and preferences will guide your care with us. 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 House 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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Registered nurses
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Specialists in respiratory, occupational and physical therapy
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Nurse practitioners
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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
Hospice Care Team: Your Volunteer
Our volunteers know first hand how hospice care can add meaning and purpose to the lives of patients, families and caregivers. It’s these positive experiences that inspire them to offer their time and talents to our mission.
Volunteers are vital to the assistance and support we provide. They are the history and heart of our hospice care. 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
With each new volunteer who comes to us, we find more skills and talents that may be of use to our patients and families. These include:
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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
Our volunteers are easily accessible. 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.
If you need care or know someone who does, we are here to help.
Request services now or call us at (727) HOSPICE | 467-7423.