Reconciliation and the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. They are both used for different purposes. Reconciliation is for healing of the soul while anointing is for healing the body and the soul.
It is a sacrament of Healing.
No, confirmation is a sacrament of initiation.
Sacrament of Vocation, Sacrament of Healing, Sacrament of Initiation
The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is today as it always has been: a Sacrament to give a person spiritual and physical healing, although physical healing does not always occur. The only difference is that the Vatican has allowed it to be given to a person at any time they are terribly ill, or before surgery, instead of just Last Rites.
If you can manage it, as you are dying.
Reconciliation
The sacrament of anointing of the sick celebrates gods healing.
It is called reconciliation. You receive this sacrament when you go to Confession at Church.
an ordained minister or lay person
no
Because the priest or the bishop thinks that you are, is when you are ready to celebrate your Confirmation.