Non-profit concepts can be as great as for-profit concepts. Newly diagnosed and seriously ill patients who need spiritual support, but can’t travel for it, can now get free counseling via Skype or by phone from chaplains working with ChaplainsOnHand.org, ChaplainCareforVeterans.org and CantBelieveIHaveCancer.org.
The three websites also offer resources to assess spiritual distress, aids in defining personal spirituality and guides to end of life decisions.
“When people are faced with a crisis, somewhere in their minds and in their hearts, they ask questions about why this is happening to them,” said Rev. Eric Hall, President of the HealthCare Chaplaincy Network (HCCN), the New York-based nonprofit which launched the services in the past year. “We face our own frailty, and people want an answer and to be able to talk it out.
The initiative reflects a growing prevalence in tele-health, increased outpatient care delivery and shorter hospital stays, Hall says.
He calls this service one step among many that the field of chaplaincy must take to keep up with current modes in providing care.
Response has reflected demand. CantBelieveIHaveCancer.org attracted 200,000 unique visitors in its first four months online.
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