Caring House sits on many wooded acres off of Pickett Road in central Durham. The location is convenient to Duke Hospital, shopping, restaurants, and Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU). Caring House features a variety of spaces for guest use during their stay.
If you would like more information about staying here during your treatment at Duke Cancer Institute, please review our Guest FAQs.
A guest’s bedroom is their private space at Caring House. Our home has eighteen bedrooms, each with a private bathroom. Fourteen bedrooms are downstairs and four are upstairs. Nine bedrooms have two twin beds and nine have a double bed and a twin bed. Each room has a telephone, a television with basic cable, two chairs and a radio/alarm clock.
Caring House has a fully equipped community kitchen with stoves, refrigerators, microwaves, and dishwashers. The kitchen also includes small appliances, dishes, flatware, and pots and pans. There is a pantry with a lockable cabinet for each guest room to store nonperishable food items. Guests are responsible for providing their own meals. Individual volunteers or local organizations occasionally provide evening meals.
The great room is the social center of Caring House. Guests often use the room to spend time together or to entertain visitors. There is a stereo and television as well as cards, board games, and jigsaw puzzles for guest use. The great room is also a music room, with a grand piano for musical guests and for concerts by visiting musicians.
Guests may borrow books during their stay to read in a cozy corner of the house or to bring to their treatment sessions. Often, guests will use this quiet spot to work remotely or make phone calls to loved ones. The library is also used by volunteers who provide complimentary professional healing arts services such as massage, yoga and healing touch.
The laundry room has three washers and three dryers. Laundry detergent is provided, and guests may wash and dry bed linens and towels, as well as their clothing, between the hours of 9 AM and 9 PM. There are also irons and an ironing board for guest use in the laundry room. The deep sink may be used for hand-washing or soaking items.
Our beautiful water garden is a peaceful, serene spot to relax and reflect at Caring House. The pond is filled with colorful Koi fish. If you would like to feed the Koi, let us know and we’ll be happy to equip you with whatever you need to enjoy the outdoor spaces!
The Healing Garden commemorated our 10th Anniversary and was dedicated in honor of our six founding angels Barbara Booth, Frankie DuBose, Susie Leaming Huffines, Pat Joklik, Bunny Kerns, and Martha Erwin Uzzle. Guests are welcome to sit outside in the garden and listen to birds chirping on a sunny day at Caring House.
