{"id":5076,"date":"2016-11-08T14:07:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=5076"},"modified":"2022-02-10T07:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:48:15","slug":"how-we-can-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/patients-visitors\/support-follow-up\/spiritual-care\/how-we-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"How we can help"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Spiritual\u200bity<\/h2>\n<p>Spirituality is a life force that promotes hope, encourages healing, helps us to embrace others and enables us to experience transcendence. Spirituality is an integrated process. It is expressed in the attitudes, beliefs and religious practices that influence people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bSpirituality is an integral component\u200bt of healing. It is a\u00a0source of strength in the presence of distress. It is at the heart of our well-being and enriches all aspects of our life: physical, mental, emotional and relational.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-70266 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A spiritual care practitioner talks to a patient\" width=\"440\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>We help patients and families who are faced with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\n<li>An illness or a new diagnosis<\/li>\n<li>Grief, loss, bereavement\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li>End-of-life\u00a0\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<li>Spiritual and emotional distress<\/li>\n<li>A crisis situation<\/li>\n<li>A lack of family sup\u200bport<\/li>\n<li>The need for spiritual psycho\u200btherapy or\u200b\u00a0counselling<\/li>\n<li>The desire for prayers an\u200b\u200bd rituals<\/li>\n<li>\u200bDistress due to transition process\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<li>\u200b\u200bLack of purpose that gives\u00a0meaning\u200b\u200b to life\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you find yourself asking these questions, consider contacting Spiritual Care Services:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do I want my spirituality or religious beliefs to be included in my health care?<\/li>\n<li>Would I like to receive a specific ritual, religious rite or sacred text?<\/li>\n<li>Do I feel lonely, sad or stressed and want to talk with someone?<\/li>\n<li>Am I afraid of dying or leaving my loved ones?<\/li>\n<li>Am I wrestling with a medical or ethical decision related to my values and beliefs?<\/li>\n<li>Am I looking for someone to listen to me in a safe and non-judgmental environment?<\/li>\n<li>Am I struggling with self-blame, guilt and forgiveness?<\/li>\n<li>Do I need help finding ways to cope with my situation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70268 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-how-we-can-help-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A spiritual care practitioner reads to a patient\" width=\"439\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-how-we-can-help-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-how-we-can-help-scaled-600x465.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-how-we-can-help-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-how-we-can-help-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-how-we-can-help-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-how-we-can-help-1536x1191.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/spiritual-care-toh-how-we-can-help-2048x1588.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have answered \u201cYes\u201d to one or more of these statements, and\u00a0 would like to discuss this with a Spiritual Care Practitioner,\u00a0please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/patients-visitors\/support-follow-up\/spiritual-care\/contact-us\/\">contac\u200b\u200bt us\u200b<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiritual\u200bity Spirituality is a life force that promotes hope, encourages healing, helps us to embrace others and enables us to experience transcendence. Spirituality is an integrated process. It is expressed in the attitudes, beliefs and religious practices that influence people\u2019s lives. \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bSpirituality is an integral component\u200bt of healing. 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