Helping Families During Trying Times
In 2021, Kathy’s House opened a new facility with the capacity to serve more guests and the intentional design to serve them better than ever.
The vision for the national model in hospital guest housing was the basis for the creation of our newly constructed, 38-room home, footsteps from Froedtert Hospital on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center Campus.
As we continue to grow in our new facility, the data on this page is a testament to the impact we are having on families who need to travel to Milwaukee for medical treatment.
The Family Program for Patients & Caregivers
The Family Program for Patients and Caregivers ensures that every family facing a medical crisis, including those in financial hardship, can access needed healthcare and stay together during medical treatments.
The actual cost of a one-night stay at Kathy’s House is $90. We ask our guests to contribute a minimum of $50 per night toward the cost of their stays (and only $30 per night after 30 days). It is our goal, however, not to turn anyone away due to the inability to pay. Only through donations to our Family Program for Patients and Caregivers is this outcome possible as 75% of the families we serve cannot pay the actual cost of their stays. In fact, 10% of families cannot contribute anything toward the cost of their stays at Kathy’s House.
Our Impact in Real Time
This section is updated regularly and measures our impact in real time.
In Our Guests’ Words
Penny Morgan & Larry Campbell
Before arriving at Kathy’s House, Penny Morgan wondered whether she and her husband could adjust to community living. “It’s been just the two of us for a really long time,” she says of her husband of 48 years, Larry Campbell, who is facing a diagnosis of acute leukemia. The retired school counselor, whose warm, funny, and engaging demeanor belies her self-description as a “persnickety” and a “recluse” says that, of late, her social interaction lately has been limited. She spends more time “talking to the birds, chipmunks, and rabbits” who visit her flower garden than the teenagers who used to…
Ray & Linda Ward
Six degrees of separation brought us to Milwaukee,” says Linda Ward, who is caring for her husband Ray during his cancer treatments. Although Ray was first treated in the couple’s home state of Florida, Linda says her “guardian angel (a.k.a new friend, Patti Younce) kept pushing” her to call Dr. Evans at Froedtert Hospital. Staying in Milwaukee seemed daunting – until she received a referral to Kathy’s House. “I made one phone call, and I spoke to Robin, who was so caring, on a Monday. By Wednesday, we were in,” Linda recalls. Linda says that staying at Kathy’s House has…
Kayla Fraley & Nancy May
Kayla Fraley is already contemplating the day one year from now that she may, with mutual agreement, learn the name of her bone marrow donor. “How do you say thank you for giving me life? Thank you for giving me a second chance,” Kayla wonders aloud. It’s not surprising that Kayla is feeling contemplative, just a week shy of leaving Kathy’s House following a four-month stay. Although Kayla and her mother/caregiver Nancy May are eager to return home, they will miss the care they received and the connections they made at Kathy’s House. “It’s very homey,” Kayla says. “The staff…
Key Stats
View Our Impact Reports
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