Spiritual Care & Support | Language and Communication Services | Mail and Flowers | Newspapers and Books
Spiritual Care & Support
Our clinically trained, board-certified chaplains from the Spiritual Care and Support Department offer support to engage the spiritual dimension of people (their beliefs, faith, culture, values and religious practices) to foster healing, growth and wellbeing. When faced with times of stress, illness and crisis, people often draw closer to their spirituality. Support from the Chaplain can play a major role in the healing process and can help patients and their loved ones through challenges associated with illness or injury. NorthShore’s Chaplains offer support that is respectful of each patient’s spirituality, religious beliefs, privacy and dignity.
To reach a Chaplain or to request Spiritual Care and Support services at Highland Park Hospital, please call 847.480.2733. The Chaplain is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
Spiritual Support from the Chaplain
The goal of Spiritual Care services is to engage the spiritual dimension of people, their beliefs, faith, culture, values, and religious practices for healing, well-being and growth. When faced with times of stress, illness and crisis, people often draw closer to their spirituality. Support from the Chaplain can play a major role in the healing process and can help patients and their loved ones through challenges associated with illness or injury. NorthShore’s Chaplains offer support that is respectful of each patient’s spirituality, religious beliefs, privacy and dignity.
To reach a Chaplain or to request Spiritual Care services at Highland Park Hospital, please call 847.480.2733. Spiritual Care services from the Chaplain are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
Language and Communication Services
As patients and families you have the right to have effective communication regarding your care and treatment in a language and communication device that you understand.
In-person Language Interpreters and Sign Language Interpreters are provided free of charge for patients with limited English proficiency and those who are hearing impaired. Phone-based language interpretation is available at all times for all languages, as well as telecommunication devices for the hearing/sight impaired.
Please ask your nurse or caregiver to arrange for assistive communication services/aids should you need medical care at any of our NorthShore locations.
Mail and Flowers
A volunteer will deliver mail and flowers to patients Monday through Friday and will be happy to mail outgoing letters. Flowers, postcards and stationary are available for purchase in the Alcove Gift Shop on the first floor or at our online gift shop. Please note that the Hospital does not permit flowers in the Intensive Care Unit. Flowers will be returned to the florist. Flowers that arrive after patients leave the hospital will also be returned to the florist.
Newspapers and Books
Volunteers distribute complimentary copies of the Chicago Tribune to patient rooms Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. On weekends, contact Concierge Services for newspapers at 4-YOU (4968). These newspapers are also available weekdays and weekends in vending machines located on the lower level in the cafeteria. Volunteers are available to bring reading materials to patient rooms Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call the Volunteer Office at 847.432.3919.