ABODE is home. We offer compassionate, interfaith and spiritual care in a contemplative community so those who are dying leave this world with dignity and grace. We teach the art of contemplative living and dying.
We live in a world where death is not feared, and we live fully until we die.
Our Values guide every aspect of our work and relationships, and are expressed and advanced through the practice of contemplative living and dying.
- Embrace and accept those who enter our door.
- Foster joy and honor the sacredness of living and dying.
- Serve and support others and ourselves through tenderness and compassion.
- Invite opportunities for listening and learning, for growth and healing.
- Awaken hope, trust and awareness.
- Attend to the dignity and spirit that permeate each moment.
- Inspire care and attention to words and actions.
ABODE provides a beautiful home and compassionate care for those at the end of life, at no charge. (We run completely on donations and grants.)
Guests who come to ABODE are under the care of hospice agencies. Our well-trained staff and volunteers partner with hospice to provide personal care, meals, and support for those in their final 3 months, weeks, and days of life.
Click here to learn about the admission process.
Life After Loss, our grief support group designed to help us better understand the process of grief and how to live through it in a way that is healing.
We’ll share experiences and support one another through a combination of teaching, discussion, and learning activities.
Together, we’ll cover:
- The physical, emotional, spiritual, and social implications of grief
- The process of grief
- Memories and how to use them to heal
- How to take care of ourselves while we grieve
- Holidays and anniversary dates
- Planning for the future
Click here for more information.
Sessions are 8 weeks long.
Classes are held in person at Abode.
Please email Jacqui Matthews, Grief Recovery Method Specialist for more details or to RSVP, please email [email protected]
Fee: $13 plus shipping for “The Grief Recovery Handbook, the Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses.”
Are you the caretaker of a family member, parent, friend or neighbor? Are you feeling overwhelmed or stretched thin?
Welcome to the club.
More than 53 million Americans provide care for adults and children who cannot care for themselves. Whether helping an aging parent, a terminally ill spouse or child or any special person in need, those giving care often do so at a great personal sacrifice of time, energy and income.
ABODE cares about caregivers because we, ourselves, are caregivers. We understand the many challenges associated with caring for those we love most. That’s why we’re offering the evidence-based Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes to help caregivers take better care of yourselves while caring for a friend or relative.
Join us and learn the tools and strategies that will help you better handle the unique caregiver challenges you face. This interactive workshop is designed to empower you to take care of yourself while caring for a relative or friend - especially if you’re caring for someone at home, in a nursing home or across the country.
Everyone will receive the newest edition of The Caregiver HelpBook, 292 pages filled with insights and resources on all sorts of topics we caregivers encounter every day.
Research shows that these classes improve self-care behavior, emotion management and self-confidence of caregivers and will connect you to more community resources.
Next session meets once a week for via Zoom for six weeks, 3:00 pm -4:30 pm, starting Wednesday, March 20.
To view available sessions, click here.
Interested in learning more? Please email Mary Thorsby.
The $35 course fee covers the cost of the The Caregiver HelpBook.
ABODE volunteers help with tasks needed to care for our Guests, run our household, raise funds and spread the good word about our sacred work. Your skills, compassion and insight are most appreciated.
Here are a few examples of how you might share your time and talent:
- Guest Services
- Meal and Meal Preparation
- Yard Work
- Laundry
- Cleaning
- Helping our End of Life Navigators
- Special Events
- Office/Administrative
All volunteers receive appropriate training about our mission, vision, values and contemplative end-of-life care.