Hope Lodge - MN - Rochester
Our mission and purpose of Hope Lodge is to provide a temporary home-like residence without charge to the cancer patient. Hope Lodge facilitates the cancer treatment process by providing an emotional supportive environment, while reducing the financial burden of necessary multiple night stays
Description:
The Sandra J. Schulze American Cancer Society Hope Lodge serves as a 24 hour, temporary, cost-free residential facility that provides a comfortable, nurturing environment and unprecedented access to quality care and support, greatly improving the quality of patients lives when traveling more than forty miles away from home for treatment.
Among the American Cancer Society’s goals for the year 2015 is to measurably improve the quality of life of cancer patients and survivors, with Hope Lodge as a key influence in meeting this goal. The quality of life experienced by cancer patients and their families is directly connected to their ability to receive quality care, information, resources, emotional support and services.
Hope Lodge provides comfortable housing designed specifically to meet cancer patient’s unique needs. Each Hope Lodge has private rooms or suites with twin or double beds, a private bath and furnished sitting area. In common areas, patients have access to an equipped kitchen with pantry and refrigerator space for each patient, dining room for shared meals with other patients and their families, laundry facilities, conference rooms, music room, a library, and exercise, game and meditation rooms. The Lodges also provides patients with transportation to and from treatment.
Hope Lodge is more than just a home; it is a comprehensive cancer program. In addition to comfortably meeting patient housing needs, Hope Lodges provide residents convenient access to the full range of patient support services offered by the American Cancer Society, allowing the organization to reach people with the greatest need at precisely the time they most need help. Each Lodge has a patient service center equipped with educational information and resources on cancer treatment and care. Hope Lodge is improving patient outcomes.
History:
The community of Rochester is extremely fortunate to have the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in its own backyard. Cancer patients travel from all over the world to receive their treatment at this facility and often face lengthy treatment, emotional distress and financial hardships while away from home, family and friends.
The Rochester Hope Lodge opened in 1999 as a 30 room facility instantly maintaining a waiting list of 30 or more patients each week, with an average wait of 12 days.
In May 2007 the Rochester Hope Lodge expanded its current location to 60 guestrooms, making it the Sandra J. Schulze American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, the largest in the country.
The American Cancer Society goal is to maintain the occupancy level at 85% with patient/guest satisfaction level at 100%. Reviewing the first ten years in operation, 2,778 cancer patients utilized the Hope Lodge facility, averaging 24 night’s per/patient/guest for a total of 66,672 lodging nights. Value/cost to the room is estimated at $45 per night.
At Hope Lodge, cancer patients and their loved ones are armed with the vital information to help them make informed decisions. Guests at The Sandra J. Schulze Family American Cancer Society Hope Lodge are primarily residents of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Other guests reside in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Hope Lodge has an economic impact for patients as the lodging is free, and a more salutary “quality of life” impact for patients and families as staff and volunteers lend support, information and other palliative services. In our survey of patients and families who stay with us we have learned that a significant proportion could not afford to seek their prescribed treatment if Hope Lodge did not exist.
Contact people:
Main office number:
(507) 529-4673Office fax number: (507) 529-4666
Address:
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411 2nd Street NWRochester, MN 55901 (See a map) |
Web Site: http://www.cancermw.org/HopeLodgerochester/
Directions:
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If you are going north on Broadway go to 2nd Street N. W and turn west. Go to 4th Avenue and we are located on the corner of 4th Avenue and 2nd Street N. W.
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Brentwood Motel,
Walk distance (in minutes): 5 |
| Last updated on November 10, 2009 |
