Halton Healthcare

Site: Milton District Hospital

Service: Spiritual Care

Record #: MHH0699
Last Full Update: 08 Apr 2024

Contact Information

Office Phone 905-878-2383 ext 7319
Toll Free Phone To avoid long distance charges to a Halton Healthcare hospital, just dial local hospital number and request to be transferred
TTY Phone 905-878-7202
Crisis Phone Call 911 in emergencies
E-Mail patientrelations@haltonhealthcare.com
Website www.haltonhealthcare.on.ca/services_/28763/t28678-spiritual-care
Primary Contact Mario Charpentier, Spiritual Care Practitioner

Site Information

Site Location Milton (Willmott)
Located In Community Milton
Address & Map
725 Bronte St S
Milton, ON L9T 9K1
Intersection Bronte St S and Derry Rd
Physical Access Fully Accessible

Agency Information

Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Established 1959
Funding Ontario Ministry of Health * Ministry of Long-Term Care * donations

Description and Service Details

Description (Service)

Spiritual care services are available to people of all faiths and spiritual perspectives, including:

  • compassionate listening and companionship
  • assessment of spiritual needs
  • support during crisis situations
  • connection to patient's faith tradition for religious rituals and support
  • meditation space and sacred texts
  • emotional and spiritual support for experiences of loss and grief, hope and healing
  • weekly Christian non-denominational worship (Thursdays 11 am on the 2 North Complex Transitional Care Unit)


Faith leader, rabbi, minister, imam or other religious leader can also attend to patient's needs while they are in hospital * Roman Catholics seeking sacramental care such as Sacrament of Reconciliation and Healing (anointing) or the Eucharist can ask hospital staff to have the hospital's Main Switchboard page the on-call priest * Eucharistic visits from the local parish can also be arranged

Hours

Ask the nurse to call or page

Areas Served Halton Region
Boundaries Halton Region
Eligibility Patients who need spiritual care
Application

Walk in for emergency department * medical referral and appointment required for most services

Languages English
Fees None

Categories and Classification

Service Categories Pastoral Care
Older Adult Main Categories RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
Older Adult Sub-Categories Non-Denominational

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