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Anne Jessee and her dog Frankie B

Meet Anne Jessee and Frankie B

Anne Jessee and her American Kennel Club therapy bulldog, Franklin, have been volunteering with Homeland Hospice for nearly a year. Therapy dogs (like Franklin) go with their handlers (like Anne)

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Joe Merlina and his mother, Frances

Celebrating 105 years ‘young’!

Homeland’s oldest resident Frances Merlina going strong as she celebrates her 105th birthday Living on her own at the time, Frances Merlina had fallen and broken her ankle. On the way to the hospital, the EMTs asked when she had last

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hospice volunteer Claudia Diane Brown working at a desk

Volunteers, a Key Part of Homeland Hospice

Hospice care in America was founded by volunteers and remains a core part of the strength, support, services and comfort that hospice continues to provide to patients and their loved ones. Indeed, Medicare regulations require that hospices have trained volunteers

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homeland musician Cass Jendzurski with a harp

Music offers Healing and Comfort

Homeland Hospice offers patients music for healing and comfort Human beings don’t simply enjoy music. Our minds and bodies need and thrive on it. Sound and vibration stimulate every region of the brain. Music can heal and comfort. It can

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Bereavement Six Week Support Group

March 3, 2026 - April 7, 2026
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Homeland Hospice Office, Suite 265B, 2300 Vartan Way, Harrisburg

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Grief Art

April 18, 2026
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Giant Foods Community Room, 3301 Trindle Road, Camp Hill

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