Housing for Duke transplant patients & caregivers

For lung transplant, Duke Health explains that once you’re listed you must be able to arrive at the hospital within two hours of the call, so most patients who live farther away relocate to the Durham area — and after surgery, Duke asks you to stay in the Durham area for three to six months for close monitoring and rehab (23 or more rehab sessions over about six weeks). Other organ programs have their own requirements — confirm yours with your transplant team.

About 2.5 miles — a 7–9 minute drive — from the West Village lofts in downtown Durham to the Duke medical campus on Erwin Road. Close enough for frequent clinic visits and rehab sessions, with rideshare an easy option when the patient can’t drive. Times are approximate. (Here for a shorter visit or a treatment stay rather than a transplant relocation? See our Duke University Hospital and Duke Cancer Center pages — the same lofts, framed for those stays.)

Yes — these are 2-bedroom lofts that sleep six, so the patient and the caregiver each get their own bedroom for the whole stay, with room left for family. Several lofts have two full baths — tell us it matters and we’ll point you to one. Durham’s Amtrak station is right in the West Village complex, so relatives can rotate in by train to spell the caregiver.

You extend — month-to-month, by talking to a real person. Transplant timelines move, and we’d rather adjust your dates than make a recovering patient move apartments. The same flexibility works in reverse if you get the call sooner than expected.

Durham’s nonprofit and church-run patient housing is a genuine blessing, and if cost is the deciding factor, ask your transplant social worker about those options first. They tend to be small, allocated by need, and often full or waitlisted. We’re a different kind of option: a private furnished apartment with no referral and no waitlist — for families who need their own kitchen, their own bathrooms, and their own front door for half a year.

No — Trifecta is an independently owned and operated furnished-apartment company, not affiliated with Duke University, Duke Health, or any transplant center, and we receive no referrals from them. Your medical and relocation requirements come from your care team; we just give you a comfortable place to live while you meet them.

Yes — we provide itemized invoices for your stay on request, which families use for nonprofit assistance grants, employer reimbursement, and other documentation. Booking direct also means a real person to talk to about billing, dates, and extensions — and no OTA service fee.