Ryan House
Pediatric Respite, Palliative and End-of-Life Care · About this organization
What you get
Free overnight respite with nursing, therapeutic activities, and palliative and bereavement help for your family. Up to 28 nights a year, at most seven in a row.
How to start
Call the Ryan House Care Team at 602-530-6920 to discuss your child's care needs and request a respite review. Ask which admission orders your child's physician needs to complete.
Good to know
- The Care Team checks whether it can meet your child's care needs before arranging a stay.
- Your child's physician needs to sign and date the admission orders within 24 hours of each respite stay.
The details, as published
Your child, age 17 or younger, may receive free overnight respite in Phoenix if the Care Team can meet their needs. Palliative care, therapeutic activities, end-of-life care and bereavement help are also available to your family. Start by calling the Care Team, then arrange current physician-signed admission orders for each stay.
What help you may get
Lodging Near Treatment
Overnight pediatric respite
Short-term overnight respite at Ryan House gives you a break from round-the-clock care. Your child may receive up to 28 nights per year, with no more than seven consecutive nights, after the Care Team reviews their needs.
Noncash help · Recurring
Up to 28 nights per 12 months
Can cover
- Overnight room
- Nursing and interdisciplinary care
- Therapeutic activities
- Services are no cost to families.
- Each stay is limited to seven or fewer consecutive nights.
Peer And Emotional Support
Family palliative and emotional support
The palliative care team talks with you, your child and siblings about care goals, coping skills and family communication. It can also help you find community services.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Goal setting
- Coping strategies
- Family communication support
- Resource guidance
Does not cover
- The page does not describe this as psychotherapy.
Bereavement And Memorial Support
Grief and bereavement support
You can get anticipatory grief support, Bridges of Support, family counseling through several programs, an annual remembrance event and bereavement keepsake boxes.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Anticipatory grief support
- Family counseling pathways
- Annual remembrance event
- Bereavement keepsake box
Why this may help
Peer And Emotional Support: Family conversations help with coping and communication alongside respite care.
Bereavement And Memorial Support: Bereavement help continues the family support offered around end-of-life care.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child with B-ALL can meet the stated life-threatening-condition criterion, subject to individual Care Team review and suitability for overnight respite.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at service date.
Treatment status
Newly Diagnosed, Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Relapse Or Recurrence, Palliative Or Hospice, Bereavement
- The Care Team reviews every child individually for needs and qualification; hospice admissions can displace scheduled respite stays.
- Current admission orders signed by the primary physician or practitioner are required for respite admission.
- The Care Team individually evaluates whether Ryan House can provide the needed level of care.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- Site publishes no residence rule; service is delivered on site at Ryan House in Phoenix, AZ ("could benefit from an overnight short-term respite stay in Phoenix, AZ"). Checked 2026-09-26.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Ryan House — Overnight respite and on-site care are delivered at Ryan House in Phoenix; this destination is not recorded as a residence rule. — Phoenix, Arizona
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, Caregiver, Healthcare Team
- Call the Ryan House Care Team to discuss eligibility and request a respite referral review.
- Review the child's individual needs and determine whether Ryan House can provide the required level of care.
- Prepare the current admission-order packet and any condition-specific respiratory forms for the child's physician.
- Review, complete, sign, and date the required medical orders; do not ask the site to draft clinical judgments or signatures.
- Sign the guardian line, return the completed orders as directed by the Care Team, and confirm the stay.
Ways to apply or ask
- Phone · 602-530-6920 — Call to discuss eligibility or make a referral.
- Downloadable Form · Open form or page — Print and complete after speaking with the Care Team.
- Phone · 602-234-6700 — 2026 Booking Guidelines: "For questions or to book a stay, please call the Ryan House Care Team at (602) 234-6700 or email CNL@ryanhouse.org." Used for booking stays once your child qualifies.
- Email · CNL@ryanhouse.org — 2026 Booking Guidelines: "For questions or to book a stay, please call the Ryan House Care Team at (602) 234-6700 or email CNL@ryanhouse.org."
Documents to prepare
- Ryan House Respite Admission Orders, completed for the current stay
- Primary physician or practitioner signed medical orders, including medication list and any required respiratory order forms. The booking page requires the primary care physician to sign and date the orders within 24 hours of a respite stay.
- Guardian signature on the plan-of-care and resuscitation decision section
- The Care Team confirms qualification and schedules a tour and stay.
- Scheduled respite may be adjusted for hospice admissions.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Limited |
| Application window | Call First |
| Last checked | Sep 26, 2026 |
- Room availability and hospice admissions can affect scheduled respite stays.
- Book a Stay page (2026-09-26): "For more information about respite care or to make a referral for respite care, please call (602) 530-6920." No closed, paused or waitlist wording; the Care Team reviews each child individually.
- Current families may book up to six months ahead; stays with less than 30 days' notice depend on need and room availability.
- The Clinical Nurse Liaison contacts the family 1–2 weeks before a stay to review orders; signed admission orders must be current.
Limitations and things to confirm
- The Care Team determines qualification individually.
- Residence and treating-location limits are not published.
- Current signed physician orders are required for each respite admission.
- Scheduled respite can be adjusted for hospice admissions and room capacity.
- Confirm residence and treating-provider geography rules.
- GPT Pro run61 (2026-09-25): Are there residence or treating-provider restrictions beyond being able to use the Phoenix respite home?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Sep 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Respite Admission Orders · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Book a Stay · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Ryan House Booking Guidelines 2026 · checked Aug 27, 2026
- For Families · checked Aug 27, 2026