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Family Visits
Visiting the Family Room
Take a break and be together as a family at the Ronald McDonald Family Room at The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children in Canberra.
Our Ronald McDonald Family Room is a haven for you and your family while visiting or staying with a child or newborn infant in hospital. Step away from the ward and into our inviting Family Room where you can take time out with free beverages and refreshments, a TV, lounge, a quiet space for reading and relaxing and a bathroom with a shower for freshening up. Our Family Room provides convenient on-site laundry facilities, as well as a library of children’s games and activities.
Our Team
Our Ronald McDonald Family Room is run by a dedicated team of volunteers.
Eligibility
We want to make sure families have a home-away-from-home inside the Hospital, away from the clinical environment of the ward. That’s why our Family Room is free and open to all families whose children are undergoing inpatient or outpatient treatment at The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, including families with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care and Special Care Nursery units.
Fees
Ronald McDonald Family Rooms are free of charge. Thanks to generous donations, families have a haven away from the wards to recoup and simply be together.
For information about the Ronald McDonald Family Room at The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children in Canberra, see RMHC ACT & South East NSW's website: www.rmhcact.org.au
Come and visit
The Centenary Hospital
Paediatric Ward on Level 1
E: familyroom.canberra@rmhc.org.au
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday – 12:00pm to 8:00pm
Saturday to Sunday – 12:00pm to 6:00pm
RMHC ACT & South East NSW website: www.rmhcact.org.au
Hospital Family Room Location
Ronald McDonald Family Room is located in The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, inside the Paediatric Ward on Level 1. You will find our entrance directly opposite the Medical Ward.
Find Us
Level 1, Centenary Hospital for Women and Children
Hospital Road, Garran, Canberra ACT 2605
RMHC ACT & South East NSW website: www.rmhcact.org.au
Family Room Facilities
Our Ronald McDonald Family Room is a refuge for you and your family while visiting or staying with a child in hospital. Step away from the ward and into our inviting Family Room where there is a kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities. For the comfort of our families, we have a cosy lounge area as well as space for the kids to play.
Kitchenette
We’ve made our Family Room as homely as possible. That’s why you’ll find a kitchenette with a microwave and a supply of tea, coffee and basic essentials, a fridge for storing your own food and a microwave for heating up meals.
Bathroom and Laundry facilities
Our bathroom includes a shower and toiletries for freshening up as well as a fully-equipped laundry with complimentary laundry powder.
Play area
We hope our library of games and activities to help keep the children occupied will assist to make your family’s time in hospital that little bit easier.
Weekly meals program
On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings our volunteers provide a light dinner free to any families present. Please contact us if you’d like to know approximately when meals will be served.
Family Room Programs
Ronald McDonald Family Rooms rely on the work of our volunteers and the financial support of individual and corporate donations.
There are many ways you can contribute to our Ronald McDonald Family Room located in Canberra Hospital.
Get Involved
Discuss how you, your organisation, school or business can help and become involved.
Call us:
(02) 6281 5894
Email us:
familyroom.canberra@rmhc.org.au
RMHC ACT & South East NSW website: www.rmhcact.org.au
Make a donation
As an individual, a group or corporate sponsor, you can assist through regular or one-off donations of money, goods or services, by sponsoring a room, or by organising or attending a fundraising event.
Volunteering
A rewarding and enriching experience, as a volunteer, you will witness the amazing difference you can make first-hand by assisting with day-to-day tasks, helping to run activities, or even something as simple as offering a welcoming smile and a listening ear to a family member in need.
Host a fundraiser
Fundraising is an easy, meaningful and fun way to raise money. From sausage sizzles and trivia nights, to raising money on personal celebration days in lieu of gifts, you can give the gift of togetherness to families with seriously ill children.
Email us at reception.canberra@rmhc.org.au to find out more.
Other ways to help
There are many other ways to support our Programs and families.