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Why the need for facility chaplain care?
Facilities offer support for elderly communities on so many different levels. They provide community through lunches, friendships between staff and residents, and activities. They provide for physical dimension of individuals by offering caregivers, nurses, dieticians, and therapists. They provide social workers to help with various problems. At times facilities expect the individual's pastors to continue support but unfortunately this is often not the case. Still other pastors visit but don't offer the spiritual care the resident is desiring. Facilities often times have churches that come in and provide worship services but that is the extent of their spiritual care. However, a chaplain can pick up where the church left off.
We are clinically trained to sit with individuals regardless of their faith background and provide support. Along with this training, we have experiences of working in various facilities and places and understand some of the needs of individuals in retirement communities. Chaplains help provide that listening ear to all who are in need, without judgment or pushing their own agenda.
Staff Care
A healthy staff has better patient care and there is a higher morale in the work place. Often times in serving others, the staff is forgotten about. A staff member may need support for many different reasons such as when a resident dies, becomes terminally ill, or leaves, when the staff member has something happen to a loved one, when the staff member is experiencing their own personal problems, or when there is a conflict between several staff members. We also build relationships with staff members, so that when an staff member has a need there is a caring relationship already established. A chaplain can help take care of the staff in order that they take care of others more efficiently. We are also able to give seminars to your organization such as religious and cultural awareness, suicide prevention training, self-care, and other seminar briefings to help equip your staff.
How does it work?
Chaplains will visit the facility on a regular basis dependent upon the needs and requests of the facility. Usually in the start of care, the chaplain will check in with the staff to see how they are doing and see if there is any resident that may need special attention because of events happening in their life. Then the chaplain also goes to the different rooms and groups and interacts with the residents, getting to know them, listening to their story, and encouraging them in their faith. Some chaplains will eat lunch with the residents, and can perform Bible study and worship experiences for the facility. The chaplain is also available to any staff that may want to talk about their concerns.
What are the benefits of facility chaplain care?
There are many benefits on having a facility chaplain using Fulfilled Life: - Resident support - residents have a chaplain who regularly visits and shows interest in them, helping them feel more connected to the spiritual community, feeling a sense of purpose, and receiving comfort and support - Staff care - chaplains help provide the staff with support showing that their company cares about them creating higher morale, less turn-over, a sense of belonging, and better resident care - Spiritual care - Fulfilled life offers a variety of spiritual care services from prayer and Bible study, to listening and encouraging, to religious rites and memorial services - Marketing - once a facility enters into a contract with a chaplain, the facility can rightly add to their services that they offer spiritual support along beside the list of the many services that they offer - Affordability - because a facility can contract with a chaplain for certain amount of time, the facility can save money by not having to worry about benefits (salary, medical benefits, retirement plans) of the chaplain while still receiving the benefits of spiritual care - Confidentiality - a chaplain is a safe place to share providing confidentiality
Who do you serve?
We are happy to work with with skill nursing centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, or any other facility that serves others. We seek to provide support for the residents, families, and the staff. Facilities may feel free to contact a local chaplain to find out more information or to work out a contract to meet their needs.
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