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Announcing the new experiential learning program leading to the Certificate in Skills Enhancement for Spiritual Caregivers
• For volunteers in hospitals, hospices, and rehabilitation and skilled nursing care facilities
• Who provide emotional, spiritual and religious support and comfort to patients and families under the supervision of a professional chaplain

To learn more and apply, click here.

For chaplains and other clergy: learn cultural and religious sensitivity in dementia care – meeting the needs of family caregivers.

Free 5^th Annual Interfaith Workshop sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter and HealthCare Chaplaincy. Click here for more information.

Now Available: Call for Proposals to grow the field of chaplaincy research in palliative care. These grants are made possible through the vision and generosity of the John Templeton Foundation. Click here for comprehensive information.

Read Annual Report 2011.

Read "Bigger Roles for Chaplains on Patient Medical Teams" and "Informed Patient: Bringing Spirituality to Medicine."

For help meeting clinical and financial goals, more administrators at hospitals, medical centers, rehabilitation/nursing homes and home health care facilities find they can rely on our Board Certified Chaplains. Learn more here.

Register Now for Spring/Summer Spiritual Education Classes
Become a better caregiver by expanding your skills in an interfaith and interdisciplinary setting: Our Center for Continuing and Professional Education is now accepting applications for our 2012 Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Spring and Summer Programs. Click here to learn more.

See and hear highlights from our
plus 11 Wholeness of Life Award Patient Care Honorees from the partner institutions where HealthCare Chaplaincy manages, staffs and operates professional multifaith chaplaincy services

Spiritual Care in the Aftermath of Disasters

Read riveting stories from chaplains who lived through the Joplin tornado and provided spiritual care in Japan after the tsunami.

Read PlainViews special issues on Disaster Spiritual Response and the 10^th anniversary of 9/11.

At our 50^th Anniversary Convocation on May 10^th, Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD, received the first Pioneer Medal for Outstanding Leadership in Health Care and delivered the keynote address “Palliative Care: Science and Spirit Together Again."

Watch video. Download slides.

Hear what CNN’s Anderson Cooper says about our 50th anniversary and plans to build America’s first palliative care campus. Watch.

Online Learning Center

Sharpen your skills with webinars taught by experts. June: on cultural competency and spiritual screening, history taking and assessment within the palliative care team. September: The role of clergy and chaplains in the palliative care team.

To register, click here.

Good. Better. Best.
What kind of chaplain do you want to be?

Find resources for Best chaplains here.

Read from The Huffington Post “End Of Life Spiritual Care: A Pathway to Growth and Peace” by President and CEO Father Smith.

Discover "The Soul of Bioethics" e-newsletter edited by Dr. Harry (Rick) Moody, AARP's director of academic affairs.

Read our latest annual report online here.

Click for our one page fact sheet and fact sheets for our service lines.

Click for what our clients say about us.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has created the “Medicaid Redesign Team” to assess the reform possibilities in the NYState Medicaid system. Read our recommendations and testimony.

says, "Palliative care is one of the fastest-growing fields in medicine."

Learn why, find answers to common questions, and useful links.

The NY Daily News profiles how our chaplains provide comfort and meaning for diverse patients, loved ones and staff at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Lenox Hill Hospital.

Finding Meaning - Bringing Comfort

Our professional chaplains help hospital patients and families in difficult situations find meaning and comfort regardless of religion or beliefs. Learn how they contribute as members of the health care team. Read powerful stories of healing.

Sources of comfort and meaning

Find multifaith reflections, prayers and stories that may help you cope with illness and loss.

Subscribe today to PlainViews^®, the professional online journal endorsed by national professional chaplaincy organizations.

Read special issues on Disaster Spiritual Response and the 10^th anniversary of 9/11.

Meet the “Spiritual Bodybuilder.”

At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sister Elaine Goodell helps "hundreds of patients annually of all faiths – and nonbelievers, too." Read a profile and a conversation.

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Clinical Pastoral Education The Center for Continuing and Professional Education is accepting applications for CPE Spring & Summer 2012 programs in and around metropolitan New York. “Unlike most clinical pastoral education programs that are housed in one institution, HealthCare Chaplaincy has created a model of education and pastoral/ spiritual care that brings several unrelated institutions under one umbrella. This is the kind of innovation that is its hallmark.”– The Rev. Dr. Teresa Snorton, Executive Director of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education **"HealthCare Chaplaincy's professional chaplains are an important part of our health care team. I'm convinced that they help improve outcomes in difficult medical situations.** They bridge cultural gaps, and bring comfort and support to patients, families and staff who are dealing with great stress." – Jim Foy, Recent President and CEO, St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY “Palliative care helps the whole person –body, mind, and spirit. Understanding and satisfying the patient’s spiritual needs is vital to effective palliative care, and I view HealthCare Chaplaincy to be expert in this field.”– R. Sean Morrison, MD, Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director, National Palliative Care Research Center **“HealthCare Chaplaincy remains the gold standard of research and advocacy on behalf of professional chaplaincy.** It continues to initiate and sustain dialogues and projects on critical professional issues. We highly value its leadership.” – David A. Lichter, D.Min., Executive Director, National Association of Catholic Chaplains “HealthCare Chaplaincy’s professional staff serve as members and officers of our board of directors and participate within its governance structure at the local, state, and national level.” – The Rev. Sue Wintz, Past President, Association of Professional Chaplains Newsroom Time Magazine cover story Annual report FY 2011 From latest e-newsletter: “Just Healing the Body is Not Enough,” says HealthCare Chaplaincy in Top Magazine Modern Healthcare Hanukkah Celebration at Lawrence Hospital Learn How to Help Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Caregivers Annual Report 2011 is Now Available Online Meet Extraordinary Patient Care Honoree Sava Cucu Read or subscribe to free e-newsletter HealthCare Chaplaincy Today Read The Beacon bulletin Cultural competency leads to better patient care. Find excellent tools to strengthen professional expertise from the Joint Commission, HealthCare Chaplaincy, and City of Hope, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. Get the newly updated version of "A Dictionary of Patients’ Spiritual & Cultural Values for Health Care Professionals.” Read the first handbook on Best Practices for the Provision of Spiritual Care to Persons with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury, produced by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and co-authored by HealthCare Chaplaincy. Read Psychological First Aid – a Field Operations Guide for Community Religious Professionals to learn to minister safely and effectively to survivors of disaster events. HealthCare Chaplaincy contributed to content. Video Oral History View the personal stories of visionaries and change-makers for spiritually centered health care.