Good Shepherd Hospice is seeking compassionate people to volunteer with the organization. Volunteers are needed for a variety of duties including visiting with patients, supplying office help and helping with events. ...more

September 23, 2009

Every day you make hundreds of decisions. What to wear? What TV show to watch? What to eat for lunch? But what about those hard decisions — like, what kind of care do you want in a medical crisis, and who will speak for you if you are unable? ...more

April 16, 2009

Sometimes, a great idea takes just the right people to pull it off. When the staff at Florida Home Health and Dr. T. C. Lackey II, D.O., decided we wanted to host a tennis tournament to help raise money for the Good Shepherd Hospice House, we never imagined the outpouring of support we would receive. We would like to take a moment to thank the individuals who gave their monies, time, effort and goodwill to make our first tournament a success. ...more

March 24, 2009

Experience paid off for the duo of Grant Rowe and Terry Loughlin in the Snowbird Flyaway Tennis Tournament on Sunday at the Thakkar Tennis Center at the Country Club of Sebring. ...more

March 17, 2009

Becky McIntyre, regional director for Good Shepherd Hospice, said Wednesday she was delighted that the Sebring City Council approved building an inpatient hospice facility on Tuesday night. It will be the first of its kind in Highlands County. ...more

January 22, 2009

Becky McIntyre, regional director for Good Shepherd Hospice, said Wednesday she was delighted that the Sebring City Council approved building an inpatient hospice facility on Tuesday night; the first of its kind in Highlands County. ...more

January 21, 2009

The Sebring City Council will hear a proposal tonight by HPC Healthcare Inc., to build a 24,000 square-foot, 16-bed, inpatient facility on 6.3 acres of land located at 1110 Hammock Road. ...more

January 20, 2009

The state of Florida is facing an unprecedented budget crisis. Our lawmakers will be meeting in special session in early January, where they will need to make difficult decisions to address the pressing needs of our state. One area of the budget under consideration is the Medicaid hospice benefit. Because of that, I am writing on behalf of some of our most vulnerable citizens, the terminally ill and their families that receive dedicated end of life care from hospice organizations across the state. The demographics of hospice patients might surprise you. Along with our aging population and cancer patients, hospice organizations also care for children, teens, young and middle-aged adults, heart disease patients, Alzheimer's patients and kidney disease patients. Anyone of any age diagnosed with a terminal illness is able to receive hospice care, where healthcare professionals and trained volunteers address all medical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. ...more

December 30, 2008

On behalf of the McGirr family, I want to thank the Good Shepherd Hospice for the wonderful care they gave Bill Jr. in April and Bill Sr. for over a year; we could not have made it without them. Among others we thank Mimi, Amena, Mr. Sanchez, Eddie, John and the Chaplins, from the bottom of our hearts. ...more

December 20, 2008

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Whisper Lake Community and The First Assembly of God Church on Kenilworth Drive, Sebring, for their generous donations and good wishes for the Sebring Good Shepherd Hospice, a few local nursing homes and for 100 children sick in Charlotte, N.C., and some of their families who are staying in one of the Ronald McDonald houses. ...more

December 6, 2008