Where To Relax Before And During Cancer Treatment At Premier Health
The cancer treatment journey can be challenging for patients and their loved ones. To make the process easier, Premier Health’s skilled and compassionate cancer care team offers you and your family these suggestions for relaxing in our cancer treatment
facilities.
Suggestions If You Are Receiving Treatment
We designed spaces throughout our facilities for your comfort and convenience:
Atrium Medical Center, The Compton Center
Before treatment:
- Read educational materials, watch TV, or use public Wi-Fi in the waiting area.
- Relax and enjoy fresh air in the courtyard by the cafeteria or on the paved walking trail on the Atrium campus.
- Visit the Wig Boutique at the Infusion Center. The boutique, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, offers wigs, hats, and scarves at no cost to patients.
During treatment:
- Rest in a comfortable recliner in one of 12 private treatment areas that include seating for family and friends and a flat-screen TV and DVD player
- Rest in a bed in one of five private rooms, also furnished with TVs, DVD players, and comfortable seating for family and friends.
- Enjoy a large selection of free movies.
Before treatment:
- Sit, relax, and enjoy the beautifully landscaped grounds outside the hospital entrance.
- Reflect and pray in the chapel.
- Relax on comfortable couches, read, and watch TV in waiting areas.
During treatment:
- Receive treatment in private cubicles of the hospital’s Advanced Treatment Area (ATA). You may be joined by a family member or friend. Family and friends may also wait in a waiting room next to the ATA.
- If your physician requests, you may receive treatment in a private inpatient room with a bed.
Miami Valley Hospital North, Cancer Center
Before treatment:
- Relax in waiting areas of the Cancer Center.
- Read cancer literature in the literature room off the main lobby.
- Find quiet time in the meditation room.
During treatment:
- Our infusion area features seven patient recliners, each with cable TV. One of the recliners is in a private room. Curtains provide privacy for the others, but many patients prefer the curtains pulled back so they can socialize with one another. The family room atmosphere also offers seating for family and friends.
- Family who prefer may wait in the nearby lobby.
- Enjoy light snacks and warm blankets.
- Take advantage of the retail pharmacy, which can fill prescriptions during your treatment.
Miami Valley Hospital South, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Before treatment:
- Visit the Cancer Resource Center on the first floor to read literature or use the computer.
- Walk through the Garden of Hope outside the infusion area or take the walking path through the wooded area of campus.
- Visit the Tree of Hope Room on the second floor. The room features an artistic, inspirational tree sculpture, offering a place to relax and meditate. The room’s windows offer a view of the campus grounds and woods.
During treatment:
- Medical oncology infused treatment spaces feature floor-to-ceiling windows, which offer restful views of the foliage, flowers, and sculptures of the Garden of Hope healing garden. The spaces accommodate family and friends.
- Enjoy healthy snacks offered by volunteers.
- Take part in other services offered in the infusion area, including massage therapy available four times a month, pet therapy dogs weekly, art therapy scheduled twice a month by We Care Arts, and chaplains on their rounds.
Upper Valley Medical Center, Cancer Care Center
Before treatment:
- Make an appointment to view a selection of wigs and scarves from the Expressions of Hope Boutique which comes once a month.
- Read educational materials, watch TV, or use public Wi-Fi in the waiting area.
- Relax and enjoy fresh air in the courtyard by the cafeteria, or the wellness garden.
During treatment:
- Receive treatment in one of 10 private rooms, furnished with seating for family members and friends and a TV and DVD player with a wide selection of movies.
- Ask about our discounted massages for patients currently under treatment.
- Use one of our Kindles for patient and family use in the treatment rooms. You can read newspapers, magazines, and books and connect to public Wi-Fi.
- Read one of our library’s hardbound books for entertainment and education, including cancer education resources.
Suggestions If You Are a Family Member Or Friend
In all cases, family and friends are welcome to stay with your loved one during treatment, for conversation and company. And you may do the following while waiting at these Premier Health cancer treatment facilities:
Atrium Medical Center, The Compton Center
- Read educational materials, watch TV, or use the public Wi-Fi in the waiting area by the infusion center.
- Visit the cafeteria, Hilltop Gift Shop, or Kobricks coffee shop.
- Relax outside in the courtyard by the cafeteria.
- Walk the nearly one-mile paved path on the Atrium campus.
- Enjoy movies with your loved one in the treatment center.
Miami Valley Hospital
- Relax in the beautifully landscaped area at the hospital entrance.
- Visit the Kobricks coffee shop or cafeteria.
- Find time to reflect and pray in the chapel.
- Watch TV, read, or use the public Wi-Fi in waiting areas.
Miami Valley Hospital North, Cancer Center
Before treatment:
- Relax in the waiting areas of the Cancer Center.
- Read cancer literature in the literature room off the main lobby.
- Find quiet time in the meditation room.
During treatment:
- Our infusion area features a family room atmosphere, with seating for family and friends age 18 and older.
- Enjoy light snacks offered by our volunteers.
Miami Valley Hospital South, Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Visit the Cancer Resource Center on the first floor to read literature or use the computer.
- Walk through the Garden of Hope outside the infusion area or take the walking path through the wooded area of campus.
- Visit the Tree of Hope Room on the second floor. The room features an artistic, inspirational tree sculpture, offering a place to relax and meditate. The room’s windows offer a view of the campus grounds and woods.
- Enjoy coffee and food at the Kobricks coffee shop.
Upper Valley Medical Center, Cancer Care Center
- Enjoy juice, tea, or coffee while you watch the large screen TV at the hospitality corner by the Cancer Care Center entrance.
- Sit in or walk around the healing garden, just outside the Cancer Care Center. The garden is furnished with benches, picnic tables and chairs.
- Enjoy movies with your loved one in his or her treatment room. Or read a book for entertainment or education from the Cancer Care Center library. Or borrow a Kindle in the cancer treatment area.
- Use public Wi-Fi anywhere in the building on your own device.
- Use rooms available for families to gather.
- Visit the Winans specialty coffee shop and cafeteria. Or you can enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee provided by a volunteer.
Visit the Winans specialty coffee shop and cafeteria. Or you can enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee provided by a volunteer.
Contact Us
Call the Premier Health cancer hotline at (844) 316-HOPE(844) 316-4673 (4673), Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to connect with a Premier Health cancer navigator.