Acreditar houses exist in Lisbon, Coimbra, and Porto to accommodate the families of children and young people with cancer who have to leave their hometowns to undergo treatment in one of these cities.
If this is your case, here you will find comfort and security. And a second family!
Children and young people diagnosed with cancer up to the age of 25 who live far from the hospital where their treatment is carried out. If you are under 18, you must always be accompanied by your mother, father, or another caregiver. If you are over 18, you can come alone or even bring your boyfriend or girlfriend.
The houses in Coimbra and Porto can also accommodate children and young people with other medical conditions up to the age of 18, receiving treatment at the Coimbra Pediatric Hospital and at Hospital São João, respectively.
You need to speak with the Social Work Service at the hospital where you are being treated and request accommodation at Acreditar House – Lisbon, Coimbra, or Porto. If you are under 18, your mother, father, or another caregiver must make the request.
You will find a welcoming, safe, and peaceful space where you can, on your own or with your family, organise your life much like you do at home: with privacy, preparing your own meals, setting your own schedules and routines, playing PlayStation or using the computer. The houses have internet access.
You will have a private room, fully equipped with bed linen and towels, and with a private bathroom.
You will also find several shared spaces with the other families, where interaction and sharing take place and serve as pillars of support for this experience:
The three Acreditar Houses are located very close to the hospitals where treatments take place, allowing you to walk there and back in just a few minutes.
No, food is bought and prepared by the young people or families themselves, who can cook the meals they like most.
As with meals, each young person or family is also responsible for washing and drying their own clothes.
Clothing and personal hygiene items.
You can stay for the entire duration of your treatment (monthly renewal is required and must be justified by the hospital’s social services, but this process is handled by Acreditar and those services).
It depends from house to house and also on the rooms available at the time, but the houses have rooms that accommodate between 2 and 4 people.
Of course, yes. You can receive as many visits as you like from friends and family.
No, staying at Acreditar Houses is free for all families.
Inaugurated in 2003, it has 12 rooms.
Opened in 2010, it has 20 rooms.
Opened in 2017, it has 16 rooms.
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