• Chaplins available seven days a week
• Spiritual and emotional support to patients and families dealing with the challenges of illness, treatment decisions, and the process of healing
• Pastoral and sacramental ministry for patients and their families
• Notification of a patient's local pastor, rabbi, or religious representative upon request
• Educational resources to local faith communities in the areas of spiritual care, lay visitation, and bioethical decision-making
• A network of bereavement support services within the hospital and local community
• Spiritual Care Library that includes books, pamphlets, and videos

• Training for lay visitors within local congregations
• Spirituality and bioethics
• Hospital interfaith memorial services
• Services to commemorate religious holidays
• Bereavement support network
• Assistance with Advance Directives
• Organ and tissue donation
• Healing Touch: a non-invasive treatment that can be helpful in pain reduction, arthritis, pre/post surgical procedures, and wound healing, as well as decreasing chemo/radiation side effects, decreasing anxiety, and promoting general well-being.

 

Team members are available to provide these spiritual support services:

• Crisis intervention

• Grief and loss support

• Exploration of spiritual concerns/issues

• Requests for prayer

• 24-hour critical/emergency support (available through the PBX operator)

• Spiritual and scriptural reading material

• Meditation videos (available on the patient education channel)

• Requests for priest/sacramental ministries

• Assistance with Advance Directives Referrals for support may be made by physicians, nurses, the patient, family members, local clergy, and other members of the healthcare team.