The Johns Hopkins Home Hospice Johns Hopkins Home Hospice is a home-based hospice which serves terminally ill patients of all ages in the Central MD area.
Volunteers are an integral part of the hospice team, providing three types of service.
Direct service volunteers provide companionship and respite care for patients and families. Bereavement care volunteers provide follow-up care to families after a patient has died. Elizabeth Keene Reder Coordinator of Vol. The opportunities for volunteers include day time positions within the radiation and chemo-therapy outpatient departments, pharmacy assistants, nutrition department aides as well as diversionary volunteers for the patients who must stay in the Center for their treatments. Under the direction of the Child Life Department, volunteers assist in play areas,at the bedside, work in arts and crafts, and go on field trips.