Casa Acreditar homes exist in Lisbon, Coimbra, and Porto to accommodate 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, accompanied by their caregivers and other family members.
The houses in Coimbra and Porto can also accommodate families of children and young people with other medical conditions up to the age of 18.
Contact the Social Work Service at the hospital where your son or daughter is being treated and request accommodation at Casa Acreditar – Lisbon, Coimbra, or Porto.
You will find a welcoming, safe, and peaceful space where your family can organise life much like you do at home: enjoying your privacy, preparing your own meals, setting your own schedules and routines, doing your laundry, and taking care of the spaces. 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 have several shared spaces with the other families, where interaction and mutual support take place and serve as pillars of support for this experience:
The three Casa Acreditar homes 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 not included. Groceries are bought and prepared by the families themselves, who can cook the meals they like most.
Just like with meals, each family is also responsible for washing and drying their own clothes.
Clothing and personal hygiene items.
Families can stay in the house for the entire duration of their children’s treatment (monthly renewal is required, supported 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 your 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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