Free, temporary accommodations for cancer patients and their caregivers who are travelling more than 40 miles from home to receive treatment in Boston.
This state-of-the-art facility serves as a "home away from home" for patients traveling more than 40 miles to their outpatient treatments. There is no charge to stay at Hope Lodge, for either the patient or his or her caregivers.
The AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center in Boston allows patients to focus on their recovery by providing:
- 40 private patient suites, each with a sitting room, bathroom, and bedroom with two beds
- Common areas including a library, courtyards, and a meal preparation and dining area
- transportation to treatment
- the on-site resources of an American Cancer Society Quality of Life Center
In comfortable surroundings abutting Boston's famed Emerald Necklace network of parks, patients and caregivers can discuss their experiences, share stories, eat meals together, and draw strength from one another.
For many, treatment at medical centers in Boston offers the greatest hope of beating their cancer. However, we know that the cost of traveling far from home and then facing the expense of hotels, meals, and transportation, can make that option prohibitive for many
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
