Joseph Richey Hospice

JRH Residential Care

Joseph Richey House opened in 1987 as Maryland's first freestanding hospice care facility. Situated in four beautifully restored row houses, each patient has a private room, access to wonderful public rooms, outside garden and decks. Bathrooms are convenient to each of the 20 rooms.

Richey House is staffed at a one to four professional nursing staff to patient ratio. An RN is on duty on a 24 hour basis and three nursing assistants provide supportive care.

Additional nurses, social workers, chaplains and volunteers visit throughout the day and evening. Meals are home cooked and laundry services are provided as well. Patients are admitted to the facility with a life expectancy of six months or less. Our mission is to provide hospice to those who have no one able to care for them at home or who have acute or chronic symptoms that require an inpatient level of care.

Respite and residential care are provided at Joseph Richey House for those whose symptoms are not acute. In 21 years of service Richey House has provided over 93,000 days of care to over 4500 individuals.

Home Care

Joseph Richey Hospice provides hospice home care to the greater Baltimore metropolitan area. Hospice home care helps the patient remain at home cared for by family and friends with support from the hospice team.

The hospice team trains the family caregivers to assist the patient. The hospice provides support, regular visits by the nurse and home health aide, social worker, chaplain and volunteer.

The hospice also provides all medicines and medical supplies related to the terminal illness, durable medical equipment and a 24 hour care link so the family may call at any hour day or night for advice or a visit.

Respite Care

Caring for a dying family member can be stressful. This is why Joseph Richey Hospice provides the opportunity for hospice respite care at Richey House, our 20-bed hospice facility.

We offer a five-day respite period to the patient and family as needed. Under respite, the patient transfers to Richey House for care while the family takes a break. Often families use this time to get away from town for a small vacation.

At the end of the respite the patient returns home and their family resumes care-giving. Our patients enjoy respite care. Often patients worry about the stress their illness places on their family. Taking the load off those they love makes them a true partner in caring.