Family Rooms
Ronald McDonald Family Rooms
Ronald McDonald Family Room – National Children’s Hospital, Auckland
The Ronald McDonald Family Room in Auckland offers dedicated play areas for siblings, patients and family visitors to play quietly with activities and toys. Snacks, tea and coffee are provided throughout the day. There are also 13 short stay beds for caregivers of critically ill children when it‘s imperative they remain just moments away from their hospitalised child. These beds are allocated in consultation with hospital staff and are given on a greatest needs basis. We provide 3 meals a day for these families ensuring they can focus on the most important thing, their child in hospital.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 09 307 4949 ext 25262
Ronald McDonald Family Room – Wellington Children’s Hospital
The Ronald McDonald Family Room based in Wellington Children’s Hospital offers families a quiet space to relax in within the hospital. The space offers a quiet lounge area, play space, kitchenette, bathroom, laundry and somewhere for parents to take a nap.
The space has been designed so that parents are able to recharge while knowing they are only 30 seconds away from their hospitalised child
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 04 389 4523
Ronald McDonald Family Room – Southland Hospital, Invercargill
The Ronald McDonald Family Room, Southland Hospital is an extension of the hospital that is directly connected to the children’s and neonatal wards. When families walk in, they forget they’re in a hospital – this is a place to rest and regroup just moments away from their children.
Any family who has a child up to and including the age of 21 who has been admitted to the children’s or neonatal wards can use the Family Room’s communal facilities. There are also four overnight bedrooms which are allocated on a daily basis by the Family Room Supervisor in consultation with the hospital’s medical staff. Rooms are provided to families on a greatest need basis and each family’s individual situation is taken into consideration.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03 214 8910