BROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL

Spiritual Care Department

  

The Quiet Room at the Charles Street Site features beautiful stained-glass windows.

 Mission

In keeping with the Mission Statement of the Hospital,
the Spiritual Care Team
commits itself to
holistic spiritual ministry.
We will strive to provide
spiritual and emotional support
to each person entrusted to our care,
while respecting
the diversity of the individual’s faith connection
for the enhancement of their
quality of life.   

Patient Care

The Spiritual Care Team participates in:                                 

•         One-on-one individual ministry

•         Ongoing support for patients, families and friends

•         Ongoing support for staff

•         Coordinating local clergy to lead worship

•         Church services for patients, families and friends

•         Ongoing spiritual assessment.

•         Contacting patients’ own clergy

 Monthly Church Services – Garden Street Site

•         St. Lawrence Parish Ecumenical Communion Services

•         Gospel Reflections

•         Seasonal Prayers

•         Roman Catholic Mass

•         Praying the Rosary

•         Individual Ministry

 Monthly Church Services – Charles Street Site

•         Ecumenical Service

•         Praying the Rosary

 Spiritual Care Team

This team consists of:

•         Spiritual Care Coordinator  

•         Spiritual Care Trained Volunteers and Chaplains

                        Providing one-on-one pastoral ministry to those in need.

Assisting with portering of residents and patients to programs and services.

•         Staff Chaplain

                        Providing pastoral visiting services on both sites.

•         Community Clergy

                        Visiting their own parishioners and leading ecumenical services.

 Individual Support

•         Trained team volunteers visit residents and patients. Individual visits are scheduled to meet the needs of the person being visited.

 End of Life

The Spiritual Care team:

•         Offers support, comfort, and prayer ministry, prior to, at the time of, and following the death.

•         Journeys with anyone who may be involved with the dying patient.

•         Contacts and is in liaison with the patients own Clergy, when applicable.

 Bereavement Follow-Up

•         Follows up with the bereaved family by attending wakes or funerals, whenever possible or by sending on-line condolences.

•         Sends a letter of concern, 6 months after the death then an invitation to the Palliative Care “Annual Celebration of Life” service, to all the Complex Care residents’ bereaved families.

•         Offers “Time to Exhale” Sessions for staff dealing with the stressors of multiple losses.