GP Palliative Care Update 2019 Spiritual Care - Davina Radford

1. Spirituality
&
Spiritual Care
Davina Radford
Spiritual Care Lead

2. Session Aims
• What is Spirituality?
• What is Spiritual Care?

4. Spirituality is…
Relationships
Connectedness
Meaning and
purpose
Inner
peace
Belief
Unique and
Personal
Awe and wonder
Values
Comfort
Prayer
What makes
us tick
Religion
Wellbeing

5. What Makes Life Worth Living?
What gives you meaning
or a sense of purpose in
life?
1.
2.
3.
4.
How or where do you find
inspiration, hope, joy and
support to cope with life
and living?
1.
2.
3.
4.

6. What Makes Life Worth Living?
What gives you meaning
or a sense of purpose in
life?
1. Family
2. Work
3. Friends
4. Faith
How or where do you find
inspiration, hope, joy and
support to cope with life
and living?
1. With family
2. Friends/Colleagues
3. Holy Island
4. Red wine

7. Spirituality is about….
• hope and strength
• trust
• meaning and purpose
• forgiveness
• belief and faith in self, others, and for some this
includes a belief in a deity/higher power
• peoples’ values
• love and relationships
• morality
• creativity and self expression.
Royal College of Nursing ; “Spirituality in Nursing Care: A Pocket Guide” (2011)

8. Spirituality is…
… a feeling of being at one with oneself and the world.
A feeling of wholeness and hope. It is what makes us
what we are as individuals. It gives us inner strength
and direction. It is the core beliefs that enable us to
connect with ourselves, others and the world around
us.
St Oswald’s Hospice Nurses

9. Spiritual need is…
“The need to give and receive love; the need to
be understood; the need to be valued as a
human being; the need for forgiveness, hope
and trust; the need to explore beliefs and
values; the need to express feelings honestly;
the need to express faith or belief; the need to
find meaning and purpose in life.”
Narayanasamy (2010)

10. Spiritual Distress
anger
fear
unfinished
business
struggles
with faith
guilt
hopelessness
relationship
problems
remoteness
frustration
euthanasia

11. Living with a
life limiting
illness is like…

12. The practice of spiritual care is about meeting
people at the point of deepest need.
• It is about not just ‘doing to’ but ‘being with’
them.
• It is about our attitudes, behaviours and our
personal qualities i.e. how we are with people.
• It is about treating spiritual needs with the
same level of attention as physical needs.
Royal College of Nursing ; “Spirituality in Nursing Care: A Pocket Guide” (2011)

13. Hospice Stories
• Jim
• Gemma

14. • Why me? What have I done to deserve
this?
• What is life all about? What is the meaning
of life?
• What next?
The process of dying
Beyond death? - heaven, hell,
reincarnation, nothingness

15. Spiritual Care at SOH
• being listened to – telling the story
• talking about hopes & fears
• not talking about the heavy stuff all the time
• peer support
• complementary therapies
• music, art, creativity
• environment and atmosphere
• dignity and respect

16. Spiritual Care is..
• Spiritual Care is person centred care which
seeks to help people (re)discover hope,
resilience and inner strength in times of
illness, injury, transition and loss.
• Listening
• Affirming
• Protecting dignity, self worth and identity
• Something that involves us all
– the person’s life matters
– they’re a person, not an illness

19. Questions/Discussion