Dorothy House Spiritual Support training

At Dorothy House, we provide exceptional  personalised care to people in our community  who are approaching death. That means  we’re here for our patients and their loved  ones, as much or as little as they need us.

Our Dorothy House standard of care reaches  deep into our community, it helps people  prepare for the end of their lives and equips  more people to provide the care each of us  deserves. And our community supports us  - we are funded by the people living in the  communities we serve.

Together, we can support everyone’s  right to live a meaningful life and have a peaceful death.

All health and social care professionals can  provide spiritual support but some patients  want extra support from specialists, such  as specific faith leaders, and the Spiritual  Support Team can offer this. They have a  special insight into patients’ and families’  spiritual needs at the end of life. Spiritual  support provided by the Hospice is seen as  a valuable and integral part of the holistic  provision by Dorothy House.

The Spiritual Support team offers free  training to anyone supporting patients,  carers, families and community members  at the end of life. The training aims to:

• explore what spirituality means to  different people

• provide advice and training materials  for end of life spiritual support work  with patients and their families

• share experiences of providing  spiritual support in different ways  within the community

To learn more about our end of life  spiritual support training, contact our  Spiritual Support Lead: 0345 0130 555 or email SpiritualSupport@dorothyhouse-hospice.org.uk