Terminally ill patients take a new swing at end-of-life options

Cuddle bed appeal launched to help families spending final days together

Cuddle beds are large medical beds which are specially designed to allow families to lie close to their loved ones during their final moments.

Terminally ill patients take a new swing at end-of-life options

Lawmakers are proposing a bill that would "empower patients to make decisions about their own care at the end of life", according to End of Life Options Act supporters.

"I will go from the joy of living to the joy of dying": Bertrand Vigneron, a patient with Lou Gehrig's disease, a witness to hope. Faced with "the cruelest" of illnesses, Lou Gehrig's disease, Bertrand Vigneron has chosen not to rebel. A Christian since his youth, he shares his longing for Heaven. Published on 04/04/2025 at 10:52 Zen reading Bertrand Vigneron. - Photo © Benjamin Coste The final round is this year. After six years of struggle, Be…

California man invites BBC to witness his death as MPs debate assisted dying

(BBC) – Wayne sits in a reclining chair where he spends most of his days. Terminally ill, he is too weak to leave the house. He has invited BBC News to witness his death under California’s assisted dying laws – if MPs in London vote to legalise the practice in England and Wales, it will allow some terminally ill people here to die in a similar way. Warning: This article contains details and descriptions some readers may find disturbing (Read Mor…

This reflection on the urgency of the law that has waited for 28 years in Congress is even more felt because it carries the pain of a family experience The article Dying with dignity should be law, the urgency of the terminally ill was originally published in Las2orillas. Copyrights Las2orillas.co