About
This service is available for people from all religious and cultural backgrounds.
Available supports
During your time at Women's, you may experience times of joy and celebration, or times of disappointment, distress and grief.It may raise many intense emotions and often painful questions.
Our spiritual health practitioners offer the following supports:
- Work as part of the health-care team to ensure patients' and families’ spiritual needs are met
- Support patients and families in communicating their spiritual needs to their health-care team
- Offer comfort and compassion
- Listen to individuals and families as they share their health-care journey
- Help with ethical dilemmas families may be facing
- Offer spiritual support and prayer, upon request
- Help families to plan special services
- Contact a local faith leader or spiritual leader to offer additional support
Speak to your health-care team if you want support from a spiritual care practitioner.
Practitioners make in-person visits across the hospital, or you are welcome to attend the spiritual care office in person.
Hours of service
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Emergency on-call support: Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
While you are visiting our hospital, you are welcome to spend some time in our on-site Sacred Space. It is open to people of all faiths and traditions.
Location: Room 2N30, 2nd floor of the Shaughnessy building in BC Women's Hospital.
Virtual Spiritual Health pilot program: Weaving Webs of Connection
Weaving Webs of Connection is a virtual (via telephone or video conference) pilot service being funded by the Ministry of Health in partnership with PHSA and provided by the spiritual care team. The intention behind the service is to make available virtual psychosocial-spiritual support for people with little access to other supports, e.g. due to rural/remote location, limited mobility or ability to travel.
At this time, the pilot is prioritizing patients/clients residing in BC or the Yukon who have advanced illness, and their loved ones. Support is offered one-to-one and in groups (currently in English only).
Anyone connected with BC Women’s Hospital who has advanced illness, or a loved one, can access this free service.
Please use this fillable intake form or for more information, contact our team by phone at 778-676-1135 or email at virtualspiritualhealth@phsa.ca.
