TIDEWELL HOSPICE INC

TIDEWELL PROVIDE A FULL SPECTRUM OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING WITH ADVANCED ILLNESS. FROM MEDICAL TO PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL SERVICES, TIDEWELL CARES FOR THE WHOLE PERSON. TIDEWELL ALSO GOES BEYOND TYPICAL HOSPICE SERVICES BY PROVIDING A LARGE VARIETY OF ALTERNATIVE SERVICES - PET, HORTICULTURE, ART, MUSIC, AROMATHERAPIES, REIKI, THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE AND MORE. TIDEWELL PROVIDED 433,839 PATIENT DAYS OF HOSPICE CARE TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT SARASOTA, MANATEE, CHARLOTTE, AND DESOTO COUNTIES. DURING FY24, TIDEWELL HOSPICE PROVIDED OVER $3,511,635 IN UNREIMBURSED SERVICES AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS, FULFILLING A KEY PART OF TIDEWELL'S MISSION TO SERVE ALL THOSE IN NEED, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. RATHER THAN A PLACE, HOSPICE IS A PHILOSOPHY - A PROGRAM OF CARE AND SUPPORT WHEREVER PATIENTS NEED US. TIDEWELL'S SERVICES EXTEND TO ANY LOCATION - A HOME, THE HOSPITAL, AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY (ALF), A NURSING HOME OR ANY OF TIDEWELL'S SEVEN HOSPICE HOUSES. PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OR LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL NEVER BE ALONE AS TIDEWELL HOSPICE REACHES OUT TO ANY SETTING TO PROVIDE FULL SUPPORT.

HOSPICE HOUSES SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, TIDEWELL'S HOSPICE HOUSES HAVE BEEN THE SITE OF RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR THOSE AT THE END OF LIFE WHO HAVE NO CAREGIVER OR WHOSE CAREGIVER IS NO LONGER ABLE TO CARE FOR THEM AT HOME. TIDEWELL'S SEVEN HOSPICE HOUSES ARE ALSO LICENSED AS INPATIENT CARE FACILITIES, ALLOWING FOR THE SKILLED NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WHOSE NEEDS PREVIOUSLY COULD ONLY BE MET IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING. PATIENTS IN NEED OF CONTINUOUS SYMPTOM CONTROL CAN BE ADMITTED FOR AROUND-THE-CLOCK CARE WHILE THEIR CONDITION IS STABILIZED. TIDEWELL PROVIDED 21,511 PATIENT DAYS OF HOSPICE HOUSE CARE TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN FY24.