Fact Sheet: A Safe, Secure Facility Providing End-of-Life Care
About Joshua’s House Volunteer Hospice
- Joshua’s House Volunteer Hospice (JHVH) will provide comfort care to up to 15 terminally ill homeless people from the Sacramento area. It will be the first hospice for terminally ill homeless people in California on
Press Release: Joshua’s House Volunteer Hospice to Offer Comfort, Care and Dignity to Terminally Ill Homeless People in the Sacramento Area
Cutting-edge program takes a new approach to compassionate end-of-life care for one of society’s most vulnerable populations
SACRAMENTO – Joshua’s House Volunteer Hospice (Joshua’s House), the first program on the West Coast to create a hospice center for terminally ill …
Homeless Veterans to be Acknowledged and Celebrated
There are around 40,000 homeless veterans in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and more than 19,000 of them live in California. The state has seen a 17 percent rise in homeless vets since 2016.…
Meet the Board Part 5: Angela Strawn
Angela “Angie” Strawn, EdD, MSN, RN, has a solid history in nursing higher education including roles as faculty, administrator, dean and campus president and is currently a consultant for schools developing nursing programs at the baccalaureate or higher level, specializing …
Meet the Board Part 4: Christine Brennan
Christine Brennan has been part of the Joshua’s House Board almost since the project started and has agreed to oversee the Spiritual Care component to ensure that all residents of Joshua’s House will have access to whatever level of spiritual …
Coming Soon: Big Day of Giving!
Now that we are more than halfway through April, our push for a strong Big Day of Giving (BDOG) is fully underway! BDOG is an annual 24-hour, community-wide movement that unites the region’s nonprofit sector to help raise unrestricted funds …
Meet the Board Part 3: Barbara Fitzwater
Barbara Fitzwater was among the first group of people to become involved with Joshua’s House in 2017 after reading about it in a local newspaper. “I believed that my experience in volunteer program management and my compassion for those who …
Meet the Board Part 2: Sharon Jennings
A native Sacramentan, Ms. Sharon Jennings grew up in the military and is a proud U.S. Air Force brat. She retired from the California State Legislature after serving 31 years as a Senate staffer. With an eye toward the future, she …
Meet the Board Part 1: Randy Kanouse
We are pleased to introduce a new series in our e-newsletter, “Meet the Board,” highlighting members of the new Joshua’s House Volunteer Hospice Board of Directors. This ongoing series will give you the opportunity to get to know the incredible …
The Role of End-of-Life Doulas: Part 2
