What is Spiritual Care?
Grace Medical Home is Christ-centered and recognizes the power of a strong spiritual life. Your spiritual health contributes to your overall health and well-being; it is as important to how you feel and how well you heal as your physical and mental health. Patients and families are often in need of spiritual or religious resources to help maintain a sense of well-being, hope and strength to deal with life’s challenges. Caring, experienced Spiritual Care providers are available at no cost to support and encourage you and your family through your challenging times as well as to celebrate your victories as you navigate life’s sometimes bumpy pathway.
Why is Spiritual Care important?
Spiritual Care providers are part of your health care team - a vital link in the chain of love and whole-patient care at Grace. Spiritual Care offers a deeper connection with your care team. Spiritual Care providers listen with compassion, meet individuals where they are in life, provide care for existing needs, and offer a safe place to communicate concerns with dignity, respect and love.
According to research by Harvard University, integrating spirituality into holistic care can improve individuals’ goal to reach complete well-being and attain their highest standard of health. An article in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), detailed evidence-based findings that Spiritual Care is important and frequently desired by patients with serious illness. The inclusion of Spiritual Care should be a standard procedure in health care. Doing so could improve the quality of life of patients and their families and may also influence medical decision-making to advance patient-centered care.
How can we help?
Spiritual Care providers listen with compassion, meet individuals where they are in life, provide care for existing needs, provide community or educational resources, pray with or for you, and offer a non-judgmental, safe place to communicate life’s challenges with dignity, respect and love. They are sensitive and respectful to all beliefs.
Spiritual care support may be helpful in the following situations:
· You are facing difficult decisions
· Spirituality or religion is important to you
· You are anxious or scared
· You have received bad or good news
· You are grieving a loss
· You are facing surgery or a difficult procedure
· Spirituality or religious questions arise
· You need prayer or other religious services
· You are struggling with the “why” questions"
· You feel as if God is far away
Other Spiritual Care Resources
Visit our Prayer Room
When you need a quiet space for prayer, reflection and/or meditation, we have a Prayer Room available in the Welcome Room. If the door is open, you are welcome to come on in.
Join us for Daily Devotion
Staff and volunteers start every day with a devotion at 8 AM in the Welcome Room. If you have an early morning appointment, you are welcome to join us. Or, if you need a little bit of inspiration, but aren’t physically here at Grace, you are welcome to join us virtually via Zoom: Meeting ID: 748 446 373; Passcode: 1215.
Additional Resources
We also have several Bibles and other encouraging resources for adults and children in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian available. Just ask!
Scripture Cards at Grace
The subjects below are examples of the many issues we deal with on a daily basis. Click on a link below for encouragement and to read how scripture addresses these topics. These scripture cards and others can also be found in patient examination rooms.
Would you like to speak with a Spiritual Care provider?
Anyone can request an appointment for spiritual care support Monday – Friday during office hours.
· Simply ask your doctor, nurse or a Grace staff member.
· Contact Pastor Omar Cardona at 407.936.2785, Ext. 2069 to schedule an appointment.
