Hospitality Homes provides temporary housing in volunteer host homes and other donated accommodations for families and friends of patients seeking care at Boston-area medical centers. With over 130 hosts in the Boston area, Hospitality Homes provides not only a comfortable bed but more importantly, a compassionate presence in an unfamiliar city and a welcoming home to return to at the end of a long day. It also offers an affordable alternative to lengthy and expensive hotel stays, which can often preclude patients from receiving the expert care they need. Hospitality Homes seeks to enable patients' families to focus their energy and resources on the recovery of their loved ones. Since inception in 1983, Hospitality Homes has provided over 130,000 nights of housing to over 11,000 families from around the country and across the world.