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Spiritual care

Spiritual care

We focus on the spiritual needs of patients, families and carers.

About us

Spiritual Care is an essential part of the hospital care team. We provide physical, emotional and spiritual care for patients and families. We are committed to the care of the whole person.

We focus on the spiritual needs of patients, families and carers. It is a collaborative and respectful partnership between the person and their health care provider and is an integral component of person-centred care.

We are concerned with three main existential areas: meaning, purpose and connection. For most people, their spirituality includes significant relationships and this may be expressed in family, community, the sacred, religion, nature, art and music.

We provide spiritual care through assessment, counselling, support and ritual in matters of a person’s beliefs, traditions, values and practices enabling the person to access their own spiritual resources.

Program highlights

Topic

Description
Updates in the modern understanding of obesity and its treatment
  • Modern definition and diagnosis of obesity
  • Evidence-based understanding of: aetiology, pathophysiology, preventability
  • Evidence on outcomes for various treatment modalities
  • Identifying and dispelling prevailing myths in obesity care
Equity and access
  • Lived experience of obesity care
  • Current issues in access to and provision of evidence-based obesity care
  • Equity and access to education and training in obesity care
  • The impact of weight stigma and bias
  • Patient and disease-centered care
  • Panel discussion - the way forward
Practical obesity care
  • Decision-making and goal setting in obesity care
  • Choosing and applying evidence-based dietary interventions
  • Psychological aspects of obesity care
  • Promoting adherence and appropriate goal setting in exercise
  • Practical use of anti-obesity medications
  • Determining suitability for surgery
  • Combined and adjuvant therapy
  • The multidisciplinary team
Obesity specialty 'shark tank' Short presentations in the value of obesity care for specific disciplines

Referrals

You can access this service when you are staying in hospital. Ask a member of your care team to contact us.

Contact us

Spiritual Care

Phone: (03) 9496 5000 (Switchboard) and ask for Spiritual Care

Spiritual care is available during business hours, Monday to Friday and on call over the weekend. 

Patients can ask nursing staff or dial 90 from any internal telephone and ask for the on call Spiritual Care Worker to be paged on 6006.