ABODE Blog
Ta-Dah! A New Website!
Welcome to our new and improved website! Here’s where we’ll share insights into how we offer compassionate, interfaith and spiritual care in a contemplative community so those who are dying leave this world with dignity and grace.We’ll also use this site to help teach...
Retrained Staff, Refreshed House and Revised Procedures: We’re Ready to Welcome Guests
Summer 2020 is upon us – and as the number of Coronavirus cases continues to rise in Texas, the uncertainty surrounding just about everything remains. Despite the uncertainty, we at ABODE are eager to do what we do best – offer compassionate, interfaith and spiritual...
Big Fun at Our Virtual Wine Tasting
ABODE staff, volunteers and board members gathered with Scout & Cellar wine consultant Judy Tierney late yesterday afternoon via Zoom for our first Virtual Wine Tasting! Such a nice way to "see" and visit with one another, learn about and taste Scout & Cellar...
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Local nonprofit provides comfort, free place to stay for terminally ill people
KSATSAN ANTONIO – A recent study shows that many Baby Boomers don’t have support systems and will die alone, but one local nonprofit is working to fix that problem. Jack Hall, 64, has terminal cancer. He could die at any time, but he's OK with that. “I'm a believer....
Many Aging Baby Boomers Don’t Have Support Systems. End-Of-Life Programs Want To Help
Texas Public Radio Texas Standard"This is a little walk I take every morning, just to spend time with God." Jack Hall is meandering along a path around the backyard of a modest home on the Northeast Side of San Antonio. "The wind chimes, when the wind is blowing,...
San Antonio Non-Medical Hospice Facility Gives Patients Peace In Final Days
Rivard ReportNestled into a residential neighborhood on the city’s Northeast side, Abode Contemplative Care for the Dying is a three-bedroom home that serves as a safe and comfortable space for people to die. Abode is one of two non-medical end-of-life facilities in...
Big Give is a big help for hundreds of Alamo City nonprofits
KENS-TVSAN ANTONIO — The Big Give is now in full swing until midnight Thursday. It is the time for more than 500 local nonprofit organizations to make a big push for donations of all sizes. At Abode – which offers a loving, safe space to the dying – it was a normal...