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Provides housing for families with children who are receiving treatment for a life-threatening or chronic illness.

Patient and Family Support

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- Stays are limited to 90 days

• Offers cardiology, orthopedics, vascular medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, and virology 
• Conducts free screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, pregnancy, and glaucoma 
• Helps with post-hospital planning and coordination of community service referrals

Provides palliative programs, care packages, and support for critically ill children and their families.

Patient and Family Support

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- Birthday Blast provides a surprise birthday gift each year
- Kami's Jammies provides new sleepwear
- Hammy's Heart offers gift cards for groceries
- Caring Connection offers themed parties for families to meet and socialize
- Better Together offers support to families after the loss of a child
- Family Festivities offers outings to the movies, sporting events, and more

• Evaluates hearing and balance disorders and diagnoses heart problems and vascular disease 
• Offers support groups and educational programs for various health conditions
• Provides resources for neck and spinal problems 
• Personal emergency response systems are available for those who need help at home 
• Case management services provided

Offers temporary housing for families traveling to the Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment.

Temporary Housing

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-Priority is given to urgent need, particularly those being treated for catastrophic illnesses.
-Children must currently be undergoing treatment. 

Arranges flights for cancer patients to sites within 100 miles of a treatment center for second opinions, clinical trial, and remission checkups.

Transportation

Offers outreach and short-term care coordination 

Case Management

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- Includes in-home health, education on health benefits, ombudsman services, and referrals
- Provides portable cribs and information on safe sleep practices
- Advocacy and outreach services available to individuals being released from incarceration

Provides assistance to patients during hospitalization and in their transition home after discharge.

Case Management

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- Refers patients to counseling, post-hospital placement, home health, and hospice services
- Helps with preparing living wills and medical power of attorney

• Includes social work, physical therapy, nutrition counseling, chronic pain management, vocational rehabilitation evaluation, case management, home based hospital care, nursing home care, and domiciliary care

• Offers services for breast cancer, diabetes, lung diseases, wound management, sleep disorders, and digestive disorders 
• Specializes in routine eye exams, eye emergencies, laser surgery, low vision, and pediatric ophthalmology 
• Locations at GBMC, Baltimore, Lutherville/Towson, and surrounding areas

• A medical social worker is available to counsel patients and families 
• Inpatient care includes cancer care, gynecology, medicine, voice and swallowing therapy, obstetrics, speech and language therapy, and pediatrics

Grants the wishes of children who have critical medical conditions.

Patient and Family Support

• Includes inpatient and outpatient care in medicine, orthopedics, pediatrics, and obstetrics 
• Offers COVID-19 testing, vascular procedures, and treatment for diabetes and related disorders 
• Helps inpatients with post-hospital planning, housing issues, and referrals to community services 
• Telemedicine services available for some services

• Includes medical and nursing care, social work, dietary guidance, lab work, and medication 
• Occupational, speech and physical therapies available 
• Referrals provided for X-rays, medical equipment, nutrition services, and more

Provides support services for individuals with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Aging and Disability Services

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- Offers a medical equipment loan closet, transportation, respite, and assistive technology.

- Support groups and service coordination available.

• Includes a community kitchen, dining room, laundry room, and a room for recreation 
• Patients can bring one caregiver, but no children are allowed 
• Must stay a minimum of 3 nights per week

• Includes palliative care, home health aides, and case management 
• Offers bereavement, spiritual care, and grief recovery services and support groups

• Includes cancer care, gerontology, neurology, obstetrics, pediatrics, anesthesiology, dentistry, dermatology, radiology, family medicine, organ transplantation, advanced orthopedic procedures, and palliative care

• Advocacy can involve speaking, media, writing to Congress, panels, and sharing literature

Helps coordinate healthcare plans for children in foster care.

Protective Services

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- Caregivers receive education about disease management, prevention, and wellness as appropriate

• Inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient care available 
• Includes counseling, service coordination, transitional care, discharge planning 
• Offers pharmacotherapy, electroconvulsive and occupational therapy, and medication management

• Operates specialized centers for orthopedics, kidney disease, rheumatology, and renal dialysis 
• Offers emergency services, case management, support groups, and education
• Some free and low-cost preventive care and health screenings available

• Includes physical therapy, counseling, outpatient surgery, and wellness programs
• Screenings for breast cancer, cholesterol, cancer, blood pressure, and arthritis available 
• Offers groups focused on alcoholism, arthritis, pulmonary disease, coronary disease, and diabetes