Thousands of patients travel to Morgantown each year to obtain the specialized and extended medical care offered at WVU Medicine’s Morgantown Campus. In fact, in 2023, the Family House provided lodging for 2,186 families from the United States and beyond. Since opening in 1999, the Rosenbaum Family House has provided lodging for 31,175 families.
We believe that healing involves great medical care and the love and support of family and loved ones. Rosenbaum Family House provides a place for adult patients and their families or caregivers to stay while receiving medical care at WVU Medicine. Our founding donor Hilda Rosenbaum’s vision for the house was to create a “home away from home” for families facing a medical crisis.
Family House offers programs designed to support WVU Medicine outpatients and patient families. For many families facing a medical crisis, this is as important as having an affordable place to stay. Programs include fully-equipped kitchen spaces, laundry facilities, step-in showers, wi-fi, computers, parking, on-campus transportation, meals, and other services. When available, our staff and volunteers provide dinner for our guests. On average, we serve approximately 10,000 meals per year to our guests.
We’re proud to be there for families, helping them in their time of need.
Meals, support groups, and other activities make Rosenbaum Family House feel like a home away from home. The facility and its mission reflect the power of love, the strength of the human spirit, and the belief in family. The generosity and support of individuals, businesses, and numerous volunteer and community organizations is what makes it all possible.
Rosenbaum Family House is a member of the Healthcare Hospitality Network, Inc. (HHN). HHN is a caring association of more than 100 nonprofit organizations located throughout the United States that provide family-centered lodging and support services to families and their loved ones who are receiving medical treatment far from their home communities.
Family House was a dream turned into a reality for Morgantown businesswoman Hilda Rosenbaum. She learned first hand the hardship of out-of-town hospital stays, which led to her vision of Family House.
More than 40 years ago, Hilda Rosenbaum and her husband lost their daughter, Nancy, at the age of 6 to cystic fibrosis. At that time, WVU Medicine did not exist, so the Rosenbaums traveled around the country in search of treatment for their daughter. They spent many nights sleeping on cots or in chairs in her hospital room.
Sadly, shortly after their daughter’s death, the Rosenbaum’s son, Richard, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. By then, WVU had built its first hospital and Richard was able to receive care close to home until his death at age 36.
Mrs. Rosenbaum vowed to make a difference for others facing similar medical crises, she made a financial commitment to help build Family House. We are here today because of that commitment. Her legacy of helping others in need lives on through the Family House.