While many of our families stay at the Ronald McDonald House, there are others who prefer an apartment setting. Your social worker can assist you with either of these options. During your child's hospitalization, you may be faced with any number of difficult or stressful situations. If at any time during or after your child's transplant hospitalization, you are experiencing financial or emotional problems, please feel free to contact your social worker. During the school year, approximately September to June, school-age patients are tutored on the bone marrow unit in a classroom.
Volunteers are usually in attendance to assist the certified teacher with the students.
Students continue to attend tutoring sessions, even as outpatients, until they are discharged to their hometown. Preschool is also available if there are younger children on the unit. Stimulates mental activity. Serves as one part of a multidisciplinary recovery plan. The Child Life Theapist provides developmentally appropriate play activities for children.