- Description
- Provision of spiritual health care by clinically trained Spiritual Health Practitioners to patients and families across diverse spiritual, religious, cultural, and philosophical values, beliefs, and practices.
Spirituality is a dimension of health. A Spiritual Health Practitioner (SHP) is a member of the health care team that can help you understand your unique health journey in light of your personal beliefs, values, relationships and experiences. Spiritual healthcare is confidential, inclusive, compassionate, and respectful and SHPs are skilled in providing philosophical, spiritual, and religious patient care across beliefs, cultural perspectives, and practices. They address spiritual distress (experiences of loss of meaning and connection in relation to yourself, to others and to what you understand as greater) and promote spiritual well-being (connection in relation to yourself, to others and to what you understand as greater).
A SHP will listen compassionately and work with you to determine the support you want and need. Services may include the following:
- Counselling (supportive, problem focused or grief counselling), to help you:
- find strength to accept what is happening.
- find meaning and connection in the midst of illness, injury and trauma.
- cope better with pain and discomfort
- understand feelings of anxiety, depression, anger, and loneliness
- understand what's important to you and make decisions about your health.
- Support when facing ethical dilemma, moral distress, and the need to make difficult decisions.
- Being an advocate to support patients/families as they navigate the health care system in light of their spiritual, religious, philosophical and cultural beliefs, values, and practices.
- Connecting with religious and/or cultural supports and services.
- Providing Palliative and End of Life Spiritual Care.
Key Provider: Spiritual Health Practitioner - Eligibility
- N/A
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, Patients/families can ask their health care provider to see a Spiritual Health Practitioner.
Religious Community Visitors (RCVs) are AHS volunteers who represent a range of religious communities. They provide religious and spiritual support to patients/families of their respective religious affiliation. Patients/families can speak to their health care provider for how to give their consent to a visit from a Religious Community Visitor, where available.
Referral Process: N/A
Waiting Period: N/A,
- Telephone
- 825-412-4175
- Languages
- Interpreter/Translation services
- Fees
- Fee: N/A
Fee Reduction: N/A
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: Yes - Elevators, designated disabled parking, and washrooms.
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- July 29, 2024
- Address
- 11205 110 Street
Grande Prairie, AB, T8V 4B1This facility provides a range of healthcare services including a 24 / 7 emergency department. The Grande Prairie Cancer Centre is located within this facility.
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