Fairview Hospital, a faith-based, not-for-profit hospital, emphasizes a ministry to the whole person.  We believe that your spiritual well-being contributes to your physical health.  We encourage you to share important spiritual and/or cultural beliefs or traditions with us as part of your health care.

Pastoral Care offers caring listeners who have been trained to help with your special needs as a hospital patient and those of your family.  Professionally trained chaplains are available to address your spiritual needs and concerns.  Our pastoral care staff is committed to respecting each person's faith, cultural beliefs and traditions.

A chaplain is usually in the hospital weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. At other times a chaplain is on-call. For patients identified as Catholic on the census report, a volunteer eucharistic minister will visit the patient daily. Protestant patients may also request communion, which will be provided by a Protestant Chaplain.

 

 

How to request a Chaplain:

A chaplain is available 24 hours a day and may be requested by:

• Asking your nurse
• Dialing 27067 (Pastoral Care) or 216.476.7067.
• Dialing “0” for the hospital operator and asking for the on-call chaplain to be paged.

Anyone may request a chaplain’s visit---you, a family member, your clergy, your doctor, or a member of the hospital staff.

We respond promptly to specific requests.  Regular visits are made to patient’s rooms as our time permits. 

If you wish a visit from clergy of a particular faith or from your own pastor, priest or rabbi, our office will assist you.

 

 

Where you can find us:
The Pastoral Care offices and the hospital chapel are located on the first floor near the Main Information Desk.

 

 

Call a Chaplain when:

• You would like someone to pray with you.
• You are struggling with “why” questions.
• You are coping with stress or pain.
• You have concerns about meaning or values.
• You are feeling alone.
• You are celebrating good news.
• You are coping with grief or life-threatening illnesses.
• You have family issues which you would like to discuss.
• You are considering treatment options.
• You desire sacraments.
• You need assistance with bio-ethical issues.
• You have questions regarding Advance Directives (Living Will/Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care).
• You need assistance in contacting your clergy or church.
• You would like scriptures or other spiritual literature.

Additional Services:

• The Cleveland Diocese provides a Priest who meets the sacramental needs of our Roman Catholic patients. 
  An On-call priest is available 24 hours a day for emergencies.

• 35 Volunteer Eucharistic Ministers are available to visit patients who desire daily communion.

• 26 Trained and Commissioned Volunteer Stephen Ministers make visits to patients in both critical and non-critical areas of the hospital as well as the Moll Cancer Pavilion.

• Religious literature and scriptures are available in the chapel and Pastoral Care office.

• A Bible is provided in each patient care room.  Large print Bibles are available upon request for those with vision difficulty.  If there is no Bible in your room, you may call the Pastoral Care office and one will be provided.