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 hospitality houses for out-of-town patients and family members receiving care at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center and Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. These guest residences extend a culture of care outside the walls of the hospital by providing and affordable, supportive, home-like setting where healing can take place. These 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 cost of $50 per night, or whatever the guests can afford.

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 will soon be receiving a second linear accelerator, and planning has begun to add robotics 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 less families are turned away that need affordable lodging.

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 towards The Family House expansion.

For more information:
Contact Fernando Ramirez-Barrett
(541) 789-2534 or send an email

A Hospitality House Story

When Monty was recently 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 a low-cost or free lodging option.

MONTY'S STORY