How to Stay at RMHC Hawaii?

RMHC-HI provides temporary lodging for families with seriously ill children when they travel to Oahu to receive medical treatments not available where they live.

RMHC is not meant to provide permanent or long- term housing; the length of stay at RMHC is limited to 90 days. There will be a review every 30 days on every family’s stay at RMHC:

  1. Must be 21 years of age or younger.
  2. Must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.
  3. Must be receiving active medical treatment for a serious or life-threatening physical illness on Oahu. However, any child requiring skilled nursing care while at the house or is dependent on any form of life support (including ventilator support such as CPAP, pressure support, high flow supplemental oxygen or other form) is not eligible to stay.
  4. Must be referred by the treating hospital’s social worker, patient’s physician, or insurance company that can verify and confirm the patient’s medical condition.

RMHC will make a reasonable effort to accommodate referrals that comply with these guidelines. However, RMHC reserves the right to determine a family’s eligibility to stay at RMHC facilities, and reserves the right to determine the priority of placement.

Guests are assigned to the appropriate property based on availability, length of stay, special needs of patients, etc.

Referrals must be made by the physician’s office, medical social services, or other medical service providers able to verify patient status.