Housing

Free housing is available for many families traveling to St. Jude for treatment. If your child’s treatment requires an overnight stay and you live more than 35 miles away, you may be assigned to 1 of the following housing options:

• Short-term lodging: Tri Delta Place
• Long-term lodging: Target House
• Both short-term and long-term lodging: The Domino’s Village and Ronald McDonald House 

Caregiver requirement and waiver process

No matter your age, if you are a St. Jude patient getting treatment and staying in St. Jude-sponsored housing, you must have an adult caregiver staying with you. The exception to this rule is if you are an adult patient who is only at St. Jude for a check-up, and you are not getting treatment. 

Older patients who get sedation or anesthesia can only be discharged when another adult is present to accept responsibility for the discharged patient.

In rare cases, an adult patient can get a waiver of this policy if no caregiver is available. A waiver must be approved before the patient can be left alone. The request process takes about 3 days and must be approved by the attending physician, the housing case manager, and the clinical director. 

To apply for a waiver or for more information call the St. Jude housing case manager at 901-595-2426.

Learn more

Contact Patient Services for assistance with lodging concerns. They are located in Family Commons and are open:

• Sunday: 5–9 p.m. 
• Monday–Thursday: 7 a.m.–9 p.m.
• Friday: 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
• Closed on Saturdays and holidays

Phone: 901-595-4501

Toll-free: 1-866-278-5833, ext. 4501

The staff at Tri Delta Place can help with lodging when Patient Services is closed.