Many residents in America’s care centers never have visitors – not from family, friends, clergy or anyone from a church.
End of Life
Fear and dread about dying are widespread, even among Christians. Hospice is a port in the storm at the end of life.
How do you open a discussion with parents about a terminal diagnosis? Begin with preparation and prayer.
Many adult children find themselves facing tough decisions — and tough discussions — as they witness signs of their parents’ health failing.
End-of-life medical care is complicated and sometimes murky, often requiring quick decisions on matters of life and death. Having a plan in place can make all the difference.
Physician-assisted suicide is dangerous sign of the times, as doctors move from their longstanding oath of doing patients no harm to actually facilitating their death.
Sermons to help you understand more about the end of life.
More information about the end of life.
When Brittany Maynard committed suicide last November to avoid the prolonged pain of terminal brain cancer, leftist activists began using her story to push bills legalizing physician-assisted suicide. Meanwhile, other terminal cancer patients-like Kara Tippetts of Colorado-say a “dignified death” means living every moment of God-ordained life.
Many people think that the terms cardiac arrest and heart attack mean the same thing, when in fact they are quite different.
More folks are realizing it is a natural and necessary way of alleviating pain, misunderstandings and of bringing considerable peace of mind for the whole family.
When the soul is about to return to God, it is a moment of great awe. If you have the opportunity to be there when your elderly loved one takes that final breath, be there.
