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49 Ways to Provide Spiritual Care When There is No Chaplain

Primary Author: Donald Koepke, Center for Spirituality and Aging

List of activity ideas, particularly helpful for use in long-term care communities.

Date Last Modified 12/31/2002 On-the-job tool, Other

Complementary Spiritual Practices in Professional Chaplaincy

Primary Author: Association of Professional Chaplains (APC)

A resource for chaplains seeking to learn more about complementary pastoral resources, practices, and interventions. This pdf document contains a list of practices across the mind/body/spirit continuum that a chaplain could do in his or her ministry. For each practice the purported benefits are listed along with references to research about the practice.

This is a work in progress and suggestions are requested.

Date Last Modified 06/01/2009 Manual/guide, On-the-job tool

FACT Spiritual History - Spanish

Primary Author: Mark LaRoccaPitts, Athens Regional Medical Center

A one-page Spanish language handout of the FACT spiritual history tool and questions. Translated from English by Cecilia Santibanez.

Date Last Modified 12/31/2007 On-the-job tool

FICA Spiritual History Tool

Primary Author: Christina M. Puchalski, GWish: The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health

The FICA Spiritual History Tool was developed by Dr. Puchalski and a group of primary care physicians to help physicians and other healthcare professionals address spiritual issues with patients. Spiritual histories are taken as part of the regular history during an annual exam or new patient visit, but can also be taken as part of follow-up visits, as appropriate. The FICA tool serves as a guide for conversations in the clinical setting.

Small (2"x4") plastic FICA pocket cards for healthcare providers to use when conducting spiritual assessments are available.

Date Last Modified 08/25/2009 On-the-job tool

Meyer Spiritual Suffering Scale

Primary Author: Bonnie J Meyer, Hospice of the Bluegrass

The Meyer Spiritual Suffering Scale is a basic tool for rating the level of emotional distress arising from religious and spiritual factors. This tool can be used in conjunction with other spiritual assessment instruments. It is useful for clinical assessment, for interdisciplinary communication, and for research.

Date Last Modified 03/10/2010 On-the-job tool