Spiritual and Religious Care Awareness Week to be recognized at NHH
NHH will be recognizing Spiritual and Religious Care Awareness Week this month with a number of activities and awareness initiatives.
Sponsored by the Canadian Multifaith Federation, the theme for the national week in 2017, “Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World,” serves to re-enforce NHH’s commitment to support and value the services offered by spiritual and religious providers at the hospital and in the community at large.
Recognizing the role spiritual care can play in the total health and wellbeing of patients, NHH’s Spiritual Care Committee and on-call Spiritual Care Program work in collaboration with local faith communities to support interfaith care for patients, families and team members at NHH.
The individuals involved in NHH spiritual care are all volunteers. They include ministers, priests and lay people trained in counselling, social work, or other related fields. Rather than representing their respective faith groups, they work as a team on behalf of NHH. Their role is to provide a safe space for patients as well as hospital personnel to communicate their feelings and hopes and to receive the spiritual and emotional support they need.