Detroit Receiving Hospital’s Spiritual Care department offers support and assistance to patients and visitors coping with illness, trauma or the loss of a loved one. Our Spiritual Care team understands that regardless of culture or religious affiliation, it is often necessary to expand the personal support system during a health crisis. Our team is here to help provide that support.

As part of an integrated health care team focused on healing the entire person, our professional chaplains are theologically and clinically trained, and committed to providing spiritual care with compassion and respect for all patients, as well as their families and friends. We honor the religious, spiritual and cultural preferences of our patients, with the greatest dignity. In addition to providing support to Detroit Receiving patients, we work to partner with the patients’ clergy, in an effort to extend the network of support for patients and families. These partnerships help ensure a continuity of support beyond Detroit Receiving’s walls.

The Spiritual Care team provides spiritual support to patients and families, consulting in patient rooms or other locations within the hospital. These consultations, which may include discussion or prayer, are available upon request and can offer great comfort and guidance.

Services provided by Detroit Receiving’s Spiritual Care team include:

• Spiritual support for patients coping with illness or injury
• Life transition rituals, such as sacraments, last rites and memorial services
• Spiritual wellness groups for our psychiatric and geriatric patients
• Collaboration with local clergy to enhance patient care and clergy visitation
• Patient/family referrals to local churches, synagogues and houses of worship
• Collaboration with Detroit Receiving team members to enhance staff awareness of patients’ spiritual needs

Interfaith Meditation Room
Detroit Receiving’s interfaith meditation room offers patients and families a quiet space for spiritual reflection and thoughtful solitude. To respect the needs of all those using the meditation room, we ask that any conversation be maintained at a low volume. The room is available 24-hours a day.