Spiritual care and support

An inpatient may feel the need to have support from a religious person as well as having the need to have a word with someone. There are spiritual care and volunteer services within the EOC facilities.

Spiritual care

Spiritual care

Patients can request spiritual care services from the chaplain or Catholic priest who cooperates with the EOC facilities and officiates celebrations at the prayer spaces there.

Of course, patients can also involve a religious of their free choice. Should patients wish to receive spiritual assistance from a specific representative of a religion or religious denomination, but do not have a contact name, they can directly contact the departmental staff, which has a list with the various contact information of the religious active in the area.

Below is information about the location of prayer spaces and times of religious services

Hospital location Location Hours of celebrations
Lugano Regional Hospital, Civic Floor -1 Mass is celebrated regularly, times are indicated at the entrance to the chapel.
Lugano Regional Hospital, Italian Floor 3, Building B All holidays and on Tuesdays Holy Mass is celebrated. Service times can be found inside the prayer space.
Bellinzona Regional Hospital, St. John's Floor 1, entrance N Holy Mass is celebrated regularly; times are posted at the entrance to the chapel.
Bellinzona Regional Hospital, Acquarossa Floor -1, corridor connecting hospital/elderly home Holy Mass is celebrated regularly, times are indicated at the entrance of the chapel.
Bellinzona Regional Hospital, Faido Ground floor Holy Mass is celebrated regularly, times are indicated at the entrance of the chapel.
Locarno Regional Hospital, La Carità Ground floor. There are no recurring celebrations. Religious staff is always available, upon request, for Holy Confession or Holy Communion inside the ecumenical chapel (or in the rooms).
Mendrisio Regional Hospital, Blessed Virgin Floor 2 Holy Mass is celebrated regularly, times are indicated at the entrance to the chapel.
Cardiocentro Ticino Institute Floor -1, Civic Hospital

Holy Mass is celebrated regularly, times are indicated at the entrance of the chapel.
EOC Rehabilitation Clinic, Faido Ground floor

Holy Mass is celebrated regularly, times are indicated at the entrance of the chapel.

Support

Volunteering

EOC facilities can also rely on the valuable resources of volunteers, who provide their services free of charge to offer help or keep company with patients who wish to do so. Volunteers wear a tunic and identification badge that distinguish them from the nursing staff and other service workers and qualify them as volunteers licensed by the hospital to come into contact with patients. Volunteers providing services to the EOC are coordinated by reference persons and act consistently with specific rules and modalities. These people are also subject to professional confidentiality and are required to respect and ensure the privacy of patients.

Do you have availability of free time? Do you wish to become a volunteer?
Make contact with the hospital of your choice. You will be summoned to an exploratory interview to learn about your motivation and assess your suitability: listening skills, sense of responsibility, balance, discretion, strong inclination to share social and institutional values. He may do a trial period, first alongside an already active volunteer and later accompanied by an experienced volunteer. After this introductory phase, he may join the group according to his time availability.

Reference contacts:

Self Help

EOC has joined Auto Aiuto Ticino and promotes the creation and dissemination of self-help groups.
These groups, which arise at the initiative of people confronted with the same health problem and wishing to share their experiences, support each other and organize moments of sharing and fun, which strengthen bonds and mutual support.

The groups are not therapeutic groups and the presence of specialists at them is not necessary.
Groups that are formed within EOC, however, can count on the support of our specialists.

Groups that collaborate with EOC
  • Senology - "Short-haired Anna": the group is dedicated to breast cancer patients before the age of 50.

The English version of this page was created with the aid of automatic translation tools and may contain errors and omissions.
The original version is the page in Italian.