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VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York - VISN 2
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Chaplain Services
What Services are Available?
- Pastoral visitation of each admission within twenty-four hours.
- Spiritual needs assessments which are documented in the patient's progress notes.
- Ongoing pastoral presence for veterans with acute or chronic illness.
- Pastoral presence with veterans and family members diagnosed with advanced illness.
- Provides opportunities for public worship to hospitalized veterans throughout the Medical Center.
- Provides expertise to the institution and staff relative to matters of religion, theology, ethics, philosophy, bereavement, and pastoral care.
- Supports and respects the pluralism of religious traditions espoused by veterans.
Programs and Services
The Chaplain represents the religious community. By virtue of training and experience as a health care specialist, chaplains are aware of the spiritual and moral dilemmas which often arise from the anxieties, problems and fears which accompany illness and disabilities. The Chaplain provides the kind of religious ministry and pastoral care that seeks to meet the needs of the whole person in his or her struggle for health and peace of mind. The chaplain is sensitive to the variety of religious and cultural background of patients to whom ministry is provided.
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| Reviewed/Updated Date: October 16, 2006 |
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