Family Care Program

Benefits of the Family Care Program

We carefully match host families and clients who would have the most to offer one another. Those who have opened their homes include parents with young or grown children, single adults and retired individuals.

Benefits To Families

Support of the nurse/social worker team
Monthly stipend
24 hour on call assistance
Opportunity to make a difference in someone's life
Personal reward from establishing an extended family

Benefits to Participants

Warm, nurturing home
Involvement in host family activities
Private Room
Ability to maintain old relationships and develop new ones
Case management services by licensed social workers and registered nurses
Security of knowing someone cares and is there to help

Massachusetts General Hospital
Social Service Department
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
617-724-0759
www2.massgeneral.org/familycareprogram