VA Connecticut Fisher House to celebrate anniversary with open house
PRESS RELEASE
May 1, 2024
WEST HAVEN , CT — VA Connecticut Fisher House will be holding an open house this week on May 3rd and May 4th to celebrate their six-year anniversary.
Fisher House Connecticut is a "home away from home" for families and patients receiving inpatient treatment at the West Haven campus or Yale New Haven Hospital (at VA expense). This facility is available free of charge to families of Veterans being treated for long-term illnesses.
Fisher House provides high quality, temporary lodging to families and caregivers of active-duty service members and Veterans who are undergoing in-patient treatment or extended, episodic outpatient treatment through the VA either at the West Haven campus or at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH).
The Fisher House enables family members to be close to their loved one during hospitalization by providing comfortable, cost-free lodging, only a short walk away from the VA medical center or a shuttle ride to YNHH.
The Connecticut Fisher House has 16 private suites, a shared fully equipped gourmet kitchen, a spacious dining room, an inviting family room, modern laundry room, and outdoor patio. Each of the suites come furnished with telephones, televisions and DVD players. There is free Wi-Fi throughout the home.
The open house is Friday, May 3rd and Saturday May 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Please join us for a Fisher House tour, food, music and visit some of our VA program’s resource tables.
The address is:
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus
950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven, CT 06516
Russell Tippets, Public Affairs Officer
Phone: