Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Love Bus

Bedside In-Hospital Integrative Therapy · About this organization

What you get

Free bedside integrative therapies arranged with your oncology or child-life team.

How to start

Ask your hospital team how to arrange this help.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

Free bedside integrative therapies coordinated with oncology or child-life teams at Massachusetts General, Baystate, UMass Memorial, and Hasbro Children's Hospital.

What help you may get

Medical And Insurance Costs

Bedside In-Hospital Integrative Therapy — medical and insurance costs

Free bedside integrative therapies coordinated with oncology or child-life teams at Massachusetts General, Baystate, UMass Memorial, and Hasbro Children's Hospital.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • Free bedside integrative therapies coordinated with oncology or child-life teams at Massachusetts General, Baystate, UMass Memorial, and Hasbro Children's Hospital.
  • No amount is published.
  • Frequency is not published.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The offering includes a population that can include pediatric B-ALL.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • No numeric age rule is published.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
  • Hospital-caseworker referral is required.
  • No numerical income rule is published on the reviewed official page.
  • The official page describes referrals for families in severe financial distress.

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 in: Published treatment-location area.

Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Connecticut — Connecticut — Connecticut
  • Massachusetts — Massachusetts — Massachusetts
  • Maine — Maine — Maine
  • New Hampshire — New Hampshire — New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island — Rhode Island — Rhode Island
  • Vermont — Vermont — Vermont

How to get started

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.

Who can start: Parent Or Guardian

  1. Ask the partner hospital's child-life or pediatric oncology team whether Love Bus bedside therapy is available during the admission.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Hospital Workflow

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • Current official source reviewed.

Limitations and things to confirm

No additional limitations are published.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program