Spiritual & Religious Care

Members of the Pastoral Care team are available to provide a listening and supportive presence. The purpose is to help patients and their families identify and connect with sources of hope, strength and inspiration. Pastoral Care is available to those who experience the stress that come with illness or injury and is offered 24 hours a day at times of death, trauma or other crises.

Patient Centred

Headwaters Health Care Centre affirms the right of all patients to care that considers their physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional needs. The Pastoral Care Program of Headwaters Health Care Centre renders spiritual care to the patients, families and staff, by way of spiritual assessment, visits, consultation, counselling, pastoral crisis intervention and arranging provision for religious needs. Volunteer Lay Chaplains are trained to help sort through questions that arise with illness. They respect each person’s faith and spirituality and make every effort to accommodate various religious needs.

The Pastoral Care Program works to facilitate the partnership between Headwaters Health Care Centre and the faith communities, of its catchment area, in meeting the diverse spiritual needs of patients, families, staff and volunteers. Patients and their families have a fundamental right to considerate care that safeguards their personal dignity and respects their cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual values. Referrals to Community Clergy will be made at the request and/or agreement of the patient or family.