Hands-On Learning, Valuable Community Resource

AdventHealth University's Hope Clinic — located at 635 Campus Loop in Apopka, Florida — provides occupational therapy and physical therapy to uninsured or underinsured community members. Patients receive free, high-quality care while students receive priceless learning and life experiences.

Students earning a degree in nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy receive clinical training at Hope Clinic, supervised by faculty members and Hope Clinic clinicians.

Hope Clinic, opened in 2012, also offers Phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation for uninsured patients.

We currently have more than 100 additional patients interested in being cared for at Hope Clinic - but do not have resources to treat them all in a timely manner. Every $150 donated provides one care session for a patient in need and removes them from the waiting list.

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Hope, Empowerment and Value

There's a sense of hope, empowerment and value that you feel. For me, the Hope Clinic helped shape my journey for what I want to do in the future, and it's just such a good experience to be a part of our patients’ journeys.

Kathlyn Urdaz
2022 Graduate, Master’s Degree, Occupational Therapy

Hope, Empowerment and Value

There’s nothing like our clinic across the United States.

Chia Wei Fan, PhD, OTR/L
Chia-Wei Fan, PhD, OTR/L
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
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Stronger Together

In 2024, the Florida Coalition to End Homelessness honored Hope Clinic and Ability Housing with the Stronger Together award, honoring two organizations in different care systems that come together to serve individuals experiencing homelessness. The award recognized Ability Housing and AdventHealth University’s collaboration with the Wayne Densch Apartments, a multifamily development. Located in Eatonville, Florida, more than half of the apartments are rented to individuals and families that previously experienced homelessness. AdventHealth University faculty and students provide residents with a range of essential services, along with the hope and healing they offer through their caring support.

News and Updates About Hope Clinic

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Grant Funds Parkinson’s Therapy Program at AHU’s Hope Clinic

Since 2012, individuals who are underinsured or uninsured are able to receive free physical and occupational therapy at AdventHealth University’s Hope Clinic while students receive hands-on clinical...

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Hope Clinic: CommUNITY Champion

“It's such an honor. You do the work, you care about the patients and you never think, 'We're going to be nominated for something like this.’”

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Florida Coalition to End Homelessness Honors AHU

This award represents the compassionate care and contributions of hundreds of AHU faculty, staff and students.

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Generosity Heals

With half of Hope Clinic’s budget paid by AHU and the other half by donations, your generosity will truly make a difference in patients’ lives who don’t have the resources to receive these health care services otherwise. In 2024 alone, Hope Clinic provided 5,000+ patient visits, and you can take part in our mission to heal our community — one patient at a time.

For questions about giving, please contact AHU Chief Development Officer Erin Simmons at erin.simmons@ahu.edu or 407-303-9108.

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