Our Vision
The Josh Cares vision is to ensure that no seriously ill child feels alone and afraid while hospitalized.
Our Mission
The Josh Cares mission is to provide companionship and comfort to children hospitalized in critical and chronic care units in children’s hospitals. Professionally trained Josh Cares Child Life Specialists serve as a consistent presence of support for the children and the family who would be by their children’s side, if they could.
Child Life Overview
The Child Life Department at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center helps children and families have a positive experience during an outpatient visit or hospital stay. As members of the healthcare team, Child Life Specialists work directly with patients and families to reduce anxiety and stress during medical procedures or a hospitalization. Child Life is an integral component of Cincinnati Children’s Family Centered Care philosophy. Josh Cares is a unique program within the hospital’s larger Division of Child Life and Integrative Care.
Click below to view a narrated slide show where Senior Josh Cares Child Life Specialist Amy McGrory explains the role of a Josh Cares Child Life Specialist.
