Amy Florence is a chaplain at Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice in Newton. Q. What does a hospice chaplain do? Do I have to be religious to receive counseling? A: Chaplains are available to family members and ...

There are many ways to die. Alone and spiritually bereft is among the most painful. As a hospice chaplain, I help people grow stronger in spirit as their bodies grow weaker. Our work is powerful and ...

FAIRBANKS — It took David Rumph Jr. more than five decades to learn that his calling in life is to help people die. Rumph is the chaplain at Hospice Services for Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. He’s a ...

A great way to stop a conversation cold with someone I am meeting for the first time is to let out that I was a hospice chaplain for seven years. It’s good to know that most readers of this blog would ...

PHOENIX — A Valley hospice chaplain for COVID-19 patients passed away on New Year's Day from COVID-19. Dr. Larry Smith, an ordained minister for First institutional Baptist Church, lost his battle ...

(FOX40.COM) — A Placer County man was arrested in relation to a sexual assault investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Arthur Apgar is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who ...

As a hospice chaplain, Jennifer Bradshaw is accustomed to meeting with patients and their families during their most difficult hours. These days, such meetings are more challenging than they have ever ...

This is one of the best books I have read all year: moving, inspiring, beautifully written. It offers a valuable look into the work of a hospice chaplain, but also, and perhaps more important, it will ...

INVESTIGATION. A FORMER HOSPICE CHAPLAIN CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AN UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN WAS SENTENCED TODAY. A JUDGE SENTENCED ARTHUR APGAR TO FIVE YEARS IN STATE PRISON. LAST OCTOBER, APGAR ...

Individuals with hematologic malignancies enroll in hospice care less than patients with other cancers, and lack of access to blood transfusions is likely a key reason why.New survey data indicate ...

(FOX40.COM) — A former hospice chaplain, Arthur Apgar — arrested after being caught on camera sexually assaulting a 76-year-old woman on her deathbed last August — has been sentenced to five years ...