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Family Housing

We know families may be apprehensive about sending their loved one far from home for treatment after a traumatic injury.

That’s why Shepherd Center works hard to ensure that families can stay close by and provide patients with much-needed support, without the added financial burden of hotel costs.

Shepherd Center provides temporary housing at no cost for families of newly-injured rehabilitation patients who live more than 60 miles from Atlanta. Families may use one apartment for up to 30 days. This time period can be used all at once or occasionally, as needed.

The 30 days of housing is to help you make the transition from your acute care hospital in another city to rehabilitation in Atlanta.

Please refer to our list of nearby hotels or apartments that offer a special rate for Shepherd Center patients/families if you determine that your loved one’s stay will last more than 30 days and you wish to stay in Atlanta throughout his or her stay at Shepherd Center. You can also discuss this with your case manager.

If you will need housing while your loved one is at Shepherd Center, please notify the admissions liaison who is handling your admission to Shepherd Center, or contact Randy Padgett, housing coordinator, at 404-350-7557 or email Randy.

Day Program Housing

Patients and their family members in the Spinal Cord Injury Day Program or the Brain Injury Day Program at Shepherd Pathways may use one apartment at no cost for the duration of the patient’s rehabilitation program.

About the Irene and George Woodruff Family Residence Center

The Woodruff Family Residence Center is located on the campus of Shepherd Center.
84 wheelchair-accessible, furnished suites. Each suite includes a bedroom, living space, kitchenette, pull-out sofa with queen mattress and bathroom.
Apartments are limited to four people. Internet connection, flat-screen television and DVD player are included in each suite.
Kitchens include a range/oven, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, cookware (pots & pans) and tableware.
Towels and sheets are provided.
Maid service is not provided. Families are responsible for cleaning the apartment during their stay and upon departure.
The Residence Center features a family lounge, a large meeting room and a conference space.
A laundry facility with washers and dryers is located on each floor of the Residence Center.
Food is not provided, but there are grocery stores nearby.
Parking lot is limited to one space per unit.