L'Escale Préma-Québec

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L'Escale Préma-Québec can accommodate up to 3 families. There are 3 bedrooms and shared common areas: kitchen, dining room, bathroom and laundry. Access to the apartment and bedrooms is via unique code locks - different codes for each occupant, valid only for the duration of the stay. 

Parents can stay at L'Escale Préma-Québec from a few days to a few months (3 nights minimum). They can book a maximum of 7 nights at a time but can extend their stay as long as their premature baby is hospitalized in the neonatal unit, as long as there is availability.

• Cost per night | $10 per family
• Psychosocial counsellor | Monday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to noon
• Préma-Québec support person | Friday, noon to 2 p.m.

To benefit from the L'Escale Préma-Québec accommodation service, you must:

• have a premature baby hospitalized at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital 
• live further than 55 km away from the Maisonneuve-Rosemont neonatal unit

* Exceptions are possible, depending on the case and availability. Parents may request a review of their file if their application for admission is refused.

The Ronald McDonald House remains the local accommodation service for parents of premature babies hospitalized in other neonatal intensive care units in Montreal, namely at the CHU Sainte-Justine, the Jewish General Hospital and the Montreal Children's Hospital.

To stay at L'Escale Préma-Québec, parents must apply for admission. It only takes a few minutes to complete the online form and receive a reply unless a particular situation requires our team to contact the family.

If the family situation meets the eligibility criteria, an admission confirmation is sent by e-mail. All you have to do is click the link in the e-mail to check accommodation availability and book overnight stays (3 nights minimum; 7 nights maximum).

No availability on the calendar? Check again in the next few days to see if a room becomes available.

Once settled in at L'Escale Préma-Québec, parents can extend their stay, subject to availability, for as long as necessary to remain at their baby's bedside.