SARASOTA – A nonprofit on the Suncoast offering free healthcare services has set up shop in the Town of Longboat Key.
For the last three decades the Tidewell Foundation has grown and expanded their services across the state and here along the Suncoast…and now residents of the Town of Longboat Key have a one-stop “shop” for all their medical needs.
“8400 square feet that used to be a bank, and we’ve converted it to house a lot of community wellness and medical services in the same building,” Mason
Known for their hospice care and grieve counseling President of the Tidewell Foundation Debbie Mason says, the building serve as the home for The Paradise Center, Fitness Quest Longboat Key and array of other medical professions…essentially bringing the doctor directly to your front door.
“There’s a lot of great medical there and then there some wellness services that will be in the building as well.
From primary care physicians, allergy specialist, orthopedic, pediatrist and much more will be available under one roof…..but of course still providing the services that Tidewell is known for.
“Tidewell is a lot of things i in our community. In addition to providing hospice services to more than 1200 patients a day.” said Mason. We do so much for the community that folks that never even need hospice.”
Donor-funded programs offer compassion and comfort to those who need it most in our community and to even those visiting the Suncoast.
Mason says this new type of facility sustains the growth of the critically important programs and services their clients rely in epically in the grips of a global health pandemic.
