A Great Call Leads to The Best Results

Compassionate Community Care (CCC) provides advice, help, and support related to euthanasia and assisted suicide prevention, as well as end-of-life treatment concerns. Our helpline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

During the holiday season, CCC often sees an increase in crisis and helpline calls. Recently, we received a call concerning a 95-year-old man who had been diagnosed with throat cancer just days earlier. Shortly after his diagnosis and hospital admission, he chose MAiD, with the procedure scheduled for a Tuesday morning—within five days.

His daughter-in-law reached out to CCC. Over the course of several phone calls, emails, and text messages throughout the day, we shared information, articles, and an overview of our resources. She passed this information on to her family, including her husband and his sister, who are both their father’s powers of attorney.

Soon after, she let us know that her father-in-law had changed his mind. He was confused and expressed greater concern about what comes after death. She later shared:

“I had given my husband information about Compassionate Community Care—a brochure or flyer—a week ago. He passed that on to his sister, and apparently she had been looking at the site on her own yesterday. She was pretty well prepared for today.”

What deeply unsettled the family was that, after he changed his mind, his doctors wanted to assess his mental competency. Thankfully, their father-in-law is now back in his residence, receiving palliative care, safe at home for the holidays and the New Year.

Because of CCC—along with his family’s presence, advocacy, and love—this man is alive today.

The family has expressed deep gratitude that CCC exists and is ready to help when it matters most.