— Michael Heaton, The Plain Dealer Magazine, 1988
“At Malachi House, a home for the homeless terminally ill, no one works for the money. They do it for people like the 29-year-old man who had said his parents died 10 years earlier. On the day he died, he confessed that his mother and father were alive and begged to see them. The staff tracked his parents down and stood by his bedside as the young man’s mother cradled him in her arms and sang him a final lullaby.” — Clare Ansberry, Wall Street Journal, 1992
“…O’Neill has spent countless hours in the community educating people on the importance of a facility like Malachi House and the need for the homeless and impoverished to die with dignity. It is clear that Malachi House would not have become a reality without her fundraising talents, her spirit and motivation, her efforts in formulating this unique program and her ongoing concern for the proper treatment of the terminally ill.” — David Fox, Medical Digest, 1993
WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT HER?
“’Home’ is the key word for Malachi House. Although technically not a hospice, it offers hospice care. Those staying at Malachi House are not patients, but residents. The reasons for these distinctions become clear to a visitor. The atmosphere is a family one, from the lively banter in the kitchen to the personal attention residents get.”
“The goal of Malachi House is simply to ease the last days of those who ‘literally fall through the cracks’ of the nation’s social service system, said Catherine A. (Kaki) O’Neill.” — Jennifer Stoffel, The New York Times, 1989
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