Zafia’s Family House (Future) will serve families of
critically ill children and adults who are traveling 25 miles or more
for treatment at Kaiser Permanente or Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
The
majority of the long-term hospitalization stays are children in
Kaiser’s pediatric unit and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), the
neo-natal intensive care units (NICU) at both Kaiser and Sutter, and at
Sutter’s Rehabilitation Institute.
The average length of stay for PICU patients at
Kaiser is 5 days. Stays in the NICU can vary from several days to many
months. The average length of stay for patients at Sutter’s
Rehabilitation Institute is 13-14 days, however, brain and spinal cord
injuries can stay for over a month.
Zafia’s Family house when built will provide the families
of these patients with a temporary home away from home while their
loved one’s receive care. Once complete the House will be dedicated to
provide overnight and/or long term accommodations in a family-centered,
homelike, supportive environment to families with a family member
hospitalized at Kaiser, Sutter, or any other facility in the Roseville
region. The House will provide 14 private bedrooms, each with a
private bath. Common areas will include a kitchen with a fully stocked
pantry, dayroom, family room, office space,, backyard patio, laundry
facilities, and Internet.