Hospitality Houses
The challenge:
Traveling patients face substantial challenges accessing medical care including the financial burden of lodging and transportation, along with the physical strain of long-distance travel. Medical care can be expensive and difficult to navigate placing considerable stress on those with limited support and resources.
The solution:
The Family House and The Francis Cheney Family Place are Asante’s hospitality houses for out-of-town patients and their family members who are receiving care at Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass and Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford. These guest residences extend a culture of care outside the walls of the hospital by providing an affordable, supportive, home-like setting where healing can take place. Asante’s hospitality houses alleviate the financial burden that lodging and transportation can cause, and ease the physical and emotional strain of long-distance travel. Patients who are receiving medical treatment at any Asante facility can have a comfortable, temporary home at a minimal, affordable cost.
What’s next:
Asante has expanded its medical services through capital projects, which include the new six-story medical pavilion at Asante Rogue Regional, the Dick and Mary Heimann Cancer Center, the Helen K. Spears Cancer Center and the Asante Three Rivers Emergency Department, to meet the demands of the growing patient population.
Spears Cancer Center has recently received a second linear accelerator and a new robotics program to bolster surgical services at Asante Three Rivers. With these expansions and additions, there is a pressing need to expand The Family House from seven to 14 rooms ensuring fewer families are turned away who need affordable lodging during their medical care.
How you can help:
Charitable gifts of every size make a difference. Join our mission to ensure that our out-of-town patients have the necessary resources to receive care. Donate in support of the Francis Cheney Family Place or toward The Family House expansion.
For more information:
Contact Asante Foundation
(541) 789-5025 or send an email
A Hospitality House Story
When Monty was diagnosed with cancer for the second time, he and his wife, Debbie, considered their options carefully. Ultimately, they felt confident Asante would be the best place to receive treatment. They began to travel frequently to the Helen K. Spears Cancer Center at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass and were overjoyed to learn about The Family House, Asante’s hospitality house that gives patients an affordable lodging option during medical care.
