Mercy House

The type of care they give is intimate—bathing, hand-holding, talking for hours, praying, painting nails, back rubs. The relationship can become close, but then, a few weeks or months later, the resident dies.

A year ago, Mercy House in Endicott opened its doors to terminally ill patients of the Southern Tier. Since the former St. Casimir’s Church was converted…

Cheers came as the ribbon was cut and people filed into the newly opened Mercy House in Endicott.Mercy House now inhabits the old St. Casimir’s Church. It…