Misdiagnosed And Overdosed, Grandmother Rescued From Hospice
Family members often feel powerless and hopeless when they realize that a loved one in hospice care has been put on the pathway to a speedy death. This is a story of one family’s...
Author: Julie Grimstad
Hastened Death in Hospice Facility
3/10/2016 To Whom It May Concern, Today is my mother’s Birthday! Our family is not able to celebrate with her, however we are blessed to know she is in Heaven. Uncomfortable as it is...
Organ Donation Q & A
Organ donation refusal may save your life The human body, alive or dead, may never be treated as property or a commodity. This moral principle applies equally to persons who donate organs and to...
Tips on bedside care
Learning how to care for your loved one without straining is important. There are many challenges to come in caring for your loved one. Mobilizing all the assistance you can get will be very...
It’s just common sense: Treat the sick and infirm
Patients who want treatment should not be denied it even when there is only a faint hope of curing or extending life. Many people feel overwhelmed or frightened by medical decision-making when they or...
Persistent Vegetative State
A person’s inability to satisfy our longing for response does not justify abandonment or imposed death Human beings are not “vegetables.” The dehumanizing term “persistent vegetative state” (PVS), crafted in 1972, became more...
Patient advocates put compassion into action
A patient may need someone he trusts by the bedside in order to feel secure enough to go to sleep. Visiting the sick is a work of mercy. Mercy is similar to compassion, which...
Patient advocates help provide essential care to patients
Who are near death, seriously or chronically ill, profoundly injured or disabled A seriously ill or profoundly physically or mentally impaired person should never be left alone in a hospital or nursing home setting....
Principles for making moral medical decisions
1. No matter what life-sustaining procedure/medical treatment is in question, when in doubt, err on the side of life. You can always try an intervention with the option of stopping it if it proves...
Creating a home instead of a hospice
LORETO ON THE PLAINS: The Home that Faith Built “We know what we have here and want to share it with others.” – Ed Weber Hartley, population 400, sits smack dab in the heart...