Sheltering Arms Hospital was founded in 1889 in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

. From its inception, Sheltering Arms has been committed to rendering medical services to all regardless of their ability to pay. The early mission of the Hospital, to "succor . . . the sick, suffering poor," drew the affections, resources and energies of many concerned citizens, physicians, and nurses into the service of ailing, impoverished Virginians.

Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Hospital is one of the first inpatient rehabilitation hospitals of its kind in Central Virginia, currently serving from two in-patient locations. We also offer case management services to help you and your family address short- and long-term rehabilitation issues and access community-based resources. Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

In-patient facilities:

• NORTH: As part of the Memorial Regional Medical Center complex in the northern portion of the metropolitan Richmond area in Hanover County
  Hanover County, Virginia
  As of the census of 2000, there were 86,320 people, 31,121 households, and 24,461 families residing in the county. The population density was 183 people per square mile . There were 32,196 housing units at an average density of 68 per square mile...
  
  , the facility features 40 private rooms, modern therapy treatment rooms, courtyards, cafeteria, gift shop and convenient access from Interstate 295
  Interstate 295 (Virginia)
  Interstate 295 is an eastern and northern bypass of the cities of Richmond and Petersburg in the U.S. state of Virginia. The southern terminus is a junction with Interstate 95 southeast of Petersburg...
  
  , as well as I-95
  Interstate 95 in Virginia
  In the Commonwealth of Virginia, Interstate 95 runs through the state. It runs concurrently for with Interstate 64 in Richmond, and meets the northern terminus of Interstate 85 in Petersburg. Though Interstate 95 was originally planned to go straight through Washington, D.C., it was instead...
  
  , I-64, and U.S. Route 360
  U.S. Route 360
  U.S. Route 360 is a spur of US 60 in the U.S. state of Virginia. The U.S. Highway runs from US 58 Business, Virginia State Route 293, and SR 360 in Danville east to SR 644 in Reedville. US 360 connects Danville, South Boston, and Keysville in Southside Virginia with the state capital of...
  
   east of Richmond.

• SOUTH: In November, 2005, Sheltering Arms opened its second inpatient hospital site in the Richmond area. The 28-bed inpatient facility opened on the fourth floor of the new Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Office Building, near State Route 288 in Chesterfield County
  Chesterfield County, Virginia
  Chesterfield County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. In 2010, its population was estimated to be 316,236. Chesterfield County is now the fourth-largest municipality in Virginia . Its county seat is Chesterfield...
  
  . (Also convenient to U.S. Route 60
  U.S. Route 60
  U.S. Route 60 is an east–west United States highway, running from the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast in Virginia to western Arizona. Despite the final "0" in its number, indicating a transcontinental designation, the 1926 route formerly ended in Springfield, Missouri, at its intersection...
  
   West and U.S. Route 360
  U.S. Route 360
  U.S. Route 360 is a spur of US 60 in the U.S. state of Virginia. The U.S. Highway runs from US 58 Business, Virginia State Route 293, and SR 360 in Danville east to SR 644 in Reedville. US 360 connects Danville, South Boston, and Keysville in Southside Virginia with the state capital of...
  
   West) of Richmond.

In other parts of the United States, there have also been several other institutions known as Sheltering Arms Hospital.

• Sheltering Arms Hospital (West Virginia)
  Sheltering Arms Hospital (West Virginia)
  Sheltering Arms Hospital was located at Hansford in Kanawha County, West Virginia, east of Charleston on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway along Paint Creek. It was open from 1888 until 1923. The nursing school was added in 1902....
  
   was open in Kanawha County, West Virginia
  Kanawha County, West Virginia
  As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...
  
   from 1888 to 1923, when its work was assumed by county hospitals.

• In Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Minneapolis, Minnesota
  Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
  
  , the Sheltering Arms Foundation was founded in 1983 as the successor organization of the Sheltering Arms Orphanage, Hospital and School, which had served disadvantaged children for more than 100 years. http://www.mcf.org/mcf/whatsnew/archives/Oct2000/arms001024.htm