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TIDEWELL FOUNDATION

Spirit of Giving - December 2022

THE TIDEWELL FOUNDATION brightens the lives of patients, families, and communities served by Tidewell Hospice and the not-for-profit affiliates of Empath Health by increasing funds, engagement, and advocacy to sustain and expand the exceptional programs and services offered. Hospice care honors human dignity and personal choice of those with advanced illness in recognition that death is a human experience that deserves to be surrounded with love, attention, and care. Many in our community, however, cannot pay for hospice care. Some services aren’t covered through Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. People may lose their insurance when they can no longer work. Generous donors to Tidewell Foundation help ensure all who need the world-class care of Tidewell Hospice can receive it, regardless of their ability to pay. Together, Tidewell Foundation and Tidewell Hospice provided nearly $2 million in charity hospice care last year for patients and families in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties. Further, the Tidewell Foundation’s Humanitarian Fund provides critical one-time support such as a wheelchair ramp, rent payment, and even warm clothing at critical junctions in patient and family lives. Each year, more patients need our help, and the cost to serve them grows. Donations ensure we can help our community’s most vulnerable when they need it most.

Our Wishlist:

Expand unique services for veterans through the Tidewell Honors Veterans program.

Provide free grief services to anyone in need, regardless of whether they had a hospice experience, with Tidewell's Blue Butterfly program, Adult Grief Services, and Tidewell Family Grief Centers.

Ensure the region has highly trained, dedicated hospice nurses through Tidewell's Nurse Residency Program for new nursing graduates.

Support patients and their families through Wishes (a program that fulfills a last wish for patients and their families) and the Humanitarian Fund.

Guarantee hospice charity care for all those in our region who cannot afford it.

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