Information for Your Stay

Thank you for choosing Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation. We would like to provide you with some information to help your stay with us be as comfortable as possible.

Parking
Parking lot #28, adjacent to the hospital on Gaston Avenue, is designated for the family members of inpatients and for outpatients and participants in our community exercise and aquatic classes. So that we can have adequate parking space for these persons, please ask friends and other visitors to park in lot #9, on the corner of Gaston and Hall.

Family members of patient will be given parking tokens so that parking lots may be exited at no cost. Parking tokens can be picked up from the nursing stations on each patient care floor.

Your guests and visitors may park in lot 9, which they can enter on Gaston Avenue. This will allow for more parking spaces to be available in lot 28 for your family members and outpatients needing to access our hospital services. The parking lot fee in lot 9 is $2.00 to $3.50, depending on length of time in the lot.

Parking is not allowed in the front and side driveways that are designated for patient transportation drop-off and pick-up. Please ask your family members and visitors to honor this request.

Hospital Hours and Access
The lobby entrance on Gaston Avenue and the Floyd Street entrance, near the Aquatics Center will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The west entrance, near the Gift Shop, will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Persons can exit all doors at any hour, but will not be able to re-enter the hospital after locking until 6 a.m.

Laundry
As a convenience to our patients and their family members, a laundry room is provided on the first floor of the hospital. The room includes washers, dryers and supplies that may be used for patient laundry. There is no charge to use the equipment. Washing detergent can be brought in or individual boxes may be purchased in the laundry room.

Patients who are not able to do laundry and who have no family members available can make special arrangements through the nursing department.

Dining Options
The Truett Cafeteria is located on the Baylor Medical Center Campus on the basement level of Truett Hospital. Family members and visitors can take the rear elevators to the basement level and follow the signs in the tunnel that lead to the cafeteria and bake shop. Daily food selections are provided by calling 2-MENU, inside the hospital or 214-820-MENU, outside the hospital. Hours of operation are 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. seven days a week.

The Atrium Market is located in the lobby of Roberts Hospital on the Baylor University Medical Center Campus. It provides "grab and go" food and is open from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. daily. Choices include a single serving size or family size meal that is hot and ready to eat or pre-packaged for heating later.

The Gift Shop is located on the first floor of our hospital near the west entrance. It is open from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Items for sale include soft drinks, bottled water, fruit juice, candy and snack food. Cards, small gifts, magazines and sundries are also available for purchase.

Nourishment Centers are located on all patient floors. They are stocked with coffee and tea for family members and visitors. Snacks are available for patients on request from the nursing staff. Perishable food must be labeled and can be stored in the refrigerator on the floor. Food is thrown out each day at midnight. Foods that do not need refrigeration may be kept in patient rooms in a non-breakable container with an airtight lid.

Food and beverage vending machines are located on the basement level of the hospital. Soft drink machines are also located on the third and fourth floor patient dining rooms and the second floor occupational therapy gym.

Chaplain and Worship Service
Our Chaplain is available to meet with patients and family members to provide support and spiritual counseling. The Chaplain can be reached at 214-820-9550 during daytime hours. Chaplain services are provided on a 24-hour basis and can be arranged through the nursing staff.
A worship service is held each Sunday beginning at 11:10 a.m. in the Chapel located on the first floor of the hospital off of the left side of the lobby entrance from Gaston Avenue. The Chapel also provides devotional material and prayer requests. Dial-A-Prayer is another service available to patients and family members by calling 214-820-2333.