Kathy's House
Long-Term Care Isolation Suite · About this organization
What you get
You pay $60 per night, with no tax or added fee, for a two-room suite with a kitchenette and house amenities for a long stay with greater isolation.
How to start
Your doctor sends the referral explaining why you need the suite for severe immune suppression. Staff then check room availability.
Good to know
- The suite is for severe immune suppression and a long-term stay; the referring provider identifies the need.
- Only a limited number of suites are available.
The details, as published
Kathy's House has a limited two-room suite with a kitchenette for a patient whom the referring provider identifies as severely immunocompromised and needing a long-term Milwaukee-area stay. The published rate is $60 per night with no tax or added fee, and the suite permits fuller isolation while retaining house amenities. The same distance, medical-need, provider-referral, caregiver, background, conduct, and self-care rules apply, and availability or waitlist placement must be confirmed.
What help you may get
Lodging Near Treatment
Long-Term Care Isolation Suite — lodging near treatment
Kathy's House has a limited two-room suite with a kitchenette for a patient whom the referring provider identifies as severely immunocompromised and needing a long-term Milwaukee-area stay. The published rate is $60 per night with no tax or added fee, and the suite permits fuller isolation while retaining house amenities. The same distance, medical-need, provider-referral, caregiver, background, conduct, and self-care rules apply, and availability or waitlist placement must be confirmed.
Amount not published
Meals And Food
Long-Term Care Isolation Suite — meals and food
Kathy's House has a limited two-room suite with a kitchenette for a patient whom the referring provider identifies as severely immunocompromised and needing a long-term Milwaukee-area stay. The published rate is $60 per night with no tax or added fee, and the suite permits fuller isolation while retaining house amenities. The same distance, medical-need, provider-referral, caregiver, background, conduct, and self-care rules apply, and availability or waitlist placement must be confirmed.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
Long-Term Care Isolation Suite — practical items and home help
Kathy's House has a limited two-room suite with a kitchenette for a patient whom the referring provider identifies as severely immunocompromised and needing a long-term Milwaukee-area stay. The published rate is $60 per night with no tax or added fee, and the suite permits fuller isolation while retaining house amenities. The same distance, medical-need, provider-referral, caregiver, background, conduct, and self-care rules apply, and availability or waitlist placement must be confirmed.
Amount not published
Travel And Transportation
Long-Term Care Isolation Suite — travel and transportation
Kathy's House has a limited two-room suite with a kitchenette for a patient whom the referring provider identifies as severely immunocompromised and needing a long-term Milwaukee-area stay. The published rate is $60 per night with no tax or added fee, and the suite permits fuller isolation while retaining house amenities. The same distance, medical-need, provider-referral, caregiver, background, conduct, and self-care rules apply, and availability or waitlist placement must be confirmed.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Meals And Food: The suite's kitchenette lets you prepare food during a long stay, with access to the house's other amenities.
Travel And Transportation: The suite includes the house amenities; ask about using its weekday hospital shuttle during your stay.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A severely immunocompromised pediatric B-ALL patient may fit when all medical, distance, referral, caregiver, and safety rules are met.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: Accredited Milwaukee-area hospital care; Permanent address at least 50 miles from Milwaukee.
- Accredited Milwaukee-area hospital care
- Permanent address at least 50 miles from Milwaukee
How to get started
Set up the ask for my social worker
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
Who can start: Healthcare Team, Social Worker
- Ask the treating provider to identify the need for a severely immunocompromised long-term suite and submit the referral.
- Wait for staff to confirm eligibility and suite availability or waitlist placement.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow
- Online Portal · Open form or page — Only a healthcare provider may submit this referral form.
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Referral does not guarantee accommodation; staff may add an eligible guest to a waitlist.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Suite availability is expressly limited.
- The maximum stay, reduced-rate criteria, and relationship between the $60 suite rate and the impact page's $30 rate after 30 days are not published.
- How many suites exist and how does the long-stay rate change after 30 days?
- What medical documentation and infection-control rules apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Long-Term Care Isolation Suite · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Long-Term Care Isolation Suite · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Long-Term Care Isolation Suite · checked Aug 24, 2026