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January 2021
Tidewell Hospice - Newsletter for Volunteers
Stratum, Empath boards
formally approve merger
Stratum Health System and Empath Health announced recently that “We humbly come together to commit to combining our
their boards of directors have formally approved the merger of the organizations in a thoughtful and meaningful way which will create
two organizations, pending regulatory approval. The merger will positive impact across the communities we serve, the business
create the country’s largest not-for-profit health system delivering partners we engage and the larger industry as a whole. As the saying
non-acute care and services through its skilled, significant medical goes, bigger does not automatically make you better. It is what we
and holistic programs to individuals with chronic, advanced and do with that opportunity that will allow us to create meaningful
terminal illnesses. change while continuing to excel at doing what we do best …
providing compassionate care to our patients and their families,” said
The combined organization will serve more than 6,000 patients a day, Rafael Sciullo, president and CEO of Empath Health.
creating a bridge between chronic, advanced and terminal care and
providing seamless integration based on patient needs. In addition, it Jonathan Fleece, president and CEO of Stratum Health System added:
will provide a variety of community-based programs that reflect their “We are excited for this opportunity. We both have strong, passionate
commitment to the preservation of their charitable missions. teams that are ready to engage in building the new organization.
Our colleagues are the heart and soul of our organizations and it is
This announcement comes at the end of an unprecedented year for an honor to work beside them every day. As we finalize our plans to
both organizations, as they have responded to the global pandemic. bring the two organizations together we are committed to improving
During 2020, they worked collaboratively to obtain personal all aspects of our business by listening not only to our colleagues but
protective equipment (PPE), share best practices, and strengthen their to our patients, their families, our business partners and the larger
overall processes to support their patients and families. Together, they communities we call home.”
will continue that momentum as they lead change both internally
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and within the industry at the state and national level.
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JAN
BULLETIN BOARD | EVENTS AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Tidewell volunteers are invited to join us for the upcoming webinars on Zoom. Your volunteer
coordinator will be emailing you the links to register the week before the event is to occur. It is a great
way to stay engaged and earn volunteer service time! We will credit the time to your account for each
2021 webinar you “attend.” Contact your volunteer coordinator if you have any questions.. Thank you!
Earn service time through Shower hospice patients
volunteer webinars with love and linens
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN A PANDEMIC, 11 a.m. Jan. 5 – In partnership with Leadership Sarasota and the Junior League
Join Patricia Vitaletti, Tidewell Care Navigation Specialist, for a webinar Sustainers and others, the Tidewell Foundation will host a community
to say goodbye to 2020 and look forward to 2021. We can say all I Linen Drive from Jan. 15-Feb. 14 to create a linen closet for patients
ever needed to know I learned in a pandemic. Kick off the new year needs. This will give our nurses and social workers clean, new linens
reflecting on the important lessons we learned about ourselves to take to patients living in their own homes and those living in an
during the pandemic, set some priorities for yourself for the new assisted-living facility under hospice care. As a volunteer, you know
year and direct your focus on the tools you have learned to help you first-hand the many unique needs of hospice patients. We hope you
adapt to change. This interactive webinar will give us a chance to can support the linen drive by donating new twin XL sheet sets and
share our experiences and realize we aren’t alone. towel sets. You can drop off your donations at any of the Tidewell
Hospice admin offices Jan. 15-Feb. 14.
VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER TOWN HALLS, 4 p.m. Jan 12 and 10 a.m. Jan. 14
Please plan to attend one of our Virtual Volunteer Town Hall meetings Visit www.Tidewellfoundation.org for links to the online choices
with Stratum and Tidewell President and CEO Jonathan Fleece. This on Bealls and Amazon, too!
is an opportunity to hear updates and share your thoughts. Links to
register will be sent at a later date.
JEWISH CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES, 11 a.m. Jan. 19 Join Rabbi David
Weizman as he gives an overview on Jewish customs and practices
including: annual holidays, death and dying, burial customs, and
mourning practices. He will give you practical suggestions on how
best to work with Jewish patients.
‘WHAT IS AN END-OF-LIFE DOULA?’, 11 a.m. Jan. 29 There are so many
ways we can help and understand our patients, and becoming a
doula is one of them! Learn about what an EOL doula does, what
resources you can use when
working with patients, and
how you can become an
EOL doula, too.
Locations
Administration Bradenton Englewood Port Charlotte Venice
Sarasota-Rand 3355 26th St. W. 12034 North Access Road 1144 Veronica St. 220 Wexford Blvd.
5955 Rand Blvd. Bradenton, FL 34205 Port Charlotte, FL 33981 Port Charlotte, FL 33952 Venice, FL 34293
Sarasota, FL 34238 941-782-4900 941-548-2300 941-979-4300 941-441-2000
941-552-7500
Ellenton Lakewood Ranch Sarasota-Southgate
Arcadia 4151 37th St. E. 6310 Capital Drive, Ste. 100 3550 S. Tamiami Trail
917 North Arcadia Ave. Palmetto, FL 34221 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 Sarasota, FL 34239
Arcadia, FL 34266 941-845-3000 941-552-5900 941-487-3100
863-231-3300
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Longtime Tidewell board member
Father Art Schute dies at age 78
The Stratum Health System and Tidewell Fr. Art enjoyed an incredible life of helping
Hospice family is mourning the death of others in peril after surviving his own battle
Father Art Schute, a friend, trustee and with polio at age 12 in his native New Jersey.
spiritual presence in our organization for He recovered after a harrowing six months
more than 14 years. Fr. Art died under in the hospital and was determined to make
Tidewell’s care Dec. 5 in Port Charlotte at up for lost time, becoming a self-proclaimed
age 78. Type A personality and devoting himself to his
studies.
Fr. Art joined the Tidewell Board of Trustees
in August 2006, serving his first six-year After graduating from Seton Hall, he attended
term. He rejoined the board in May 2013, Gregorian University in Rome and Princeton
serving his second six-year term. He also Theological Seminary and was ordained a
served on numerous committees and the Catholic priest in 1967. Fr. Art served 24 years
Approved Home Health board. He joined in hospital pastoral care in Kentucky, New
the Stratum Board of Trustees in October Jersey and Florida before retiring in 2012
2019. The Empath-Stratum NewCo entity from the Bon Secours Health System in Port
recently voted Fr. Art to serve as Board Charlotte. He spent the first 15 years of his
Emeritus. career in parish work.
In addition to being a valued board member, Fr. Art was a Fr. Art was no stranger to hospice when he joined the Tidewell
Port Charlotte clinical volunteer. He donated a documented board. In New Jersey, he served on the board of The Hospice,
170 hours of his time since 2015. He volunteered at the Port Inc., as a representative of Clara Maass Medical Center. Both of his
Charlotte Hospice House and spent time volunteering in our pet parents passed away under Tidewell’s care. Fr. Art made it a priority
therapy program with his dearly departed dog, Pixie, whom he to make sure chaplains are a vital part of Tidewell’s care teams.
occasionally brought to board committee meetings.
Here is Fr. Art’s obituary with details regarding a service and his
He was also a quiet but mighty donor to Tidewell with an memorial wishes. In Fr. Art form, he requests that gifts be made to
endowment fund now at the Tidewell Foundation. Fr. Art also gave the Tidewell Foundation.
time and treasures to other charities.
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/port-
charlotte-fl/arthur-schute-9933570
“We will miss you Fr. Art,” said
Stratum President & CEO
Jonathan Fleece. “Your legacy
will be a part of Stratum and
our family of companies for
many years to come.”
Fr. Art Schute, center, receives an award from Stratum President and
CEO Jonathan Fleece, left, and then-Tidewell Board of Trustees Chair
Jan Miller during the 2019 board retreat.
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A message for Complementary Stratum, Empath boards
Services volunteers approve merger
Following is a message for Complementary Services volunteers from ... Continued from page 1
Shirley Perdisatt, Professional Services Coordinator:
Empath Health’s integrated care network supports patients
Happy New Year! Just a quick message with chronic, advanced and terminal illness in greater Tampa
this month to remind everyone Bay. Its family of services includes Suncoast Hospice.
interested in crafts or sewing to give me
a call at 941-552-5914. Stratum Health System is focused on managing the continuum
of care through hospice and home-based care throughout
We welcome your thoughts and ideas
Southwest Florida. Tidewell Hospice is Stratum’s most
for sewing and craft projects that can be
recognized brand.
useful to patients and staff. Thank you so
much for all you do. We appreciate your
Key highlights of the merger include:
dedication and support.
Kind regards, • Rafael Sciullo, president and CEO of Empath Health, and
Shirley Jonathan Fleece, president and CEO of Stratum Health
System, will come together and align under the newly
formed entity. Sciullo will serve as the CEO and Fleece
Thank you for your spirit of giving will serve as the president of the as yet unnamed new
organization.
Happy New Year, friends! What a breath of fresh air 2021 is for us.
Thanks to so many of you for your support for the Turkey Trot on • Sciullo has announced his plans for retirement in January
Nov. 21 and Giving Tuesday on Dec. 1st! Many of you participated 2023. At that time, Fleece will become the president and
in the Challenge Match from the Quent and Helen Evans Charitable CEO of the new organization.
Fund at the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, raising $40,000 in
December. We so appreciate you! We are so blessed to have such
dedicated and passionate supporters who believe in our goal of
providing support for the Tidewell mission.
Debbie Mason, CFRE, APR, CPRC, FELLOW PRSA
President, Tidewell Foundation
VP of Specialized Services: Coordinator: Port Charlotte/DeSoto
Stacy Groff Gloria Overholt County:
CONTACT INFORMATION
941-894-1753 941-552-5944 Tonja Brooks
sgroff@tidewell.org goverholt@tidewell.org 941-979-4324
tbrooks@tidewell.org
Volunteer Services Complementary Services:
North Manager: Shirley Perdisatt Sarasota/Southgate:
Lakewood Ranch 941-552-5914 Marion Stenz
Maria Paliotta sperdisatt@tidewell.org 941-487-3156
941-894-1770 mstenz@tidewell.org
mpaliotta@tidewell.org Bradenton:
Linda Anderson Lindsey Schroeder
Volunteer Services 941-782-4903 941-487-3184
South Manager: landerson@tidewell.org lschroeder@tidewell.org
Tami Caruso
941-552-7653 Ellenton: Venice:
tcaruso@tidewell.org Jessica Simmons Linda Pierce
941-845-3002 941-441-2003
Onboarding Specialist: jsimmons@tidewell.org lpierce@tidewell.org
Sue Forbes
941-441-2061 Englewood:
sforbes@tidewell.org Pamela Maren
941-548-2336
pmaren@tidewell.org
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