How to Stay
Ronald McDonald House New Orleans
Ronald McDonald House is a home-away-from-home that keeps families together. We provide housing for immediate family members of pediatric patients, from birth to age 21 who are being treated at medical facilities in the South Louisiana area.
When you and your family stay at our House, we want you to find the comfort and care of a home. Most importantly, we want you to find the support you need to focus on what matters most – helping your child heal.
How to Stay
- The family must reside 25 miles outside of New Orleans
- The patient receiving medical treatment must be 21 years old or younger
- All family members 18 years and older will need to pass a background check
Families who have never stayed at Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana:
- A referral must be completed by your child’s hospital social worker or another medical professional in the hospital or doctor’s office and submitted no more than 5 days prior to the date you need to stay at the Ronald McDonald House.
- Once a referral has been received and the background check has been passed, you will be placed on a waitlist and will be contacted when a room becomes available.
Returning Families who have stayed at Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana:
- You may complete the Returning Family Room Request no more than 5 days prior to the date you need to stay
- Once your room request has been received and the background check has been passed, you will be placed on a waitlist and will be contacted when a room becomes available.
Priority admission is on a first come, first serve basis. However, when the House reaches 75% capacity the following takes precedence:
- Patients receiving longer-term treatments
- Patients in ICUs
- Other non-ICU inpatients
- Outpatients