We know that hospitalization can be stressful. We care about you and want to accompany you when you or your loved ones have the need for support.
Our staff represents a diversity of spiritual backgrounds and identities and we are committed to supporting your well-being while in the hospital.
- Gentle, inclusive companionship, and a caring presence
- Support during emotional distress
- Guided meditation and relaxation for relief from emotional and physical pain
- Prayer
- Support with grief, loss, and bereavement for patients and their loved ones
- Spiritual and religious rituals or sacraments
- Contact and coordination with a patient’s spiritual or religious community
- Access to spiritual and religious resources
- Lifecycle events including:
- Memorial services and times of remembering
- Commitment ceremonies and weddings
- Baptisms and blessings
- Meditation Rooms at our hospital campuses for respite and renewal:
- Mission Bay: Rooms C1401 (Ground Floor Meditation Room and Garden) and A4481 (Adult Hospital)
- Mount Zion: Ground Floor, 1600 Divisadero
- Parnassus: Ground Floor, 505 Parnassus Ave (behind Information Desk)
For immediate response, day or night, contact your nurse and they will request a chaplain visit for you. For general requests, emails will be returned by the next business day: spiritualcareservices@ucsf.edu.
For our quarterly Grief Support Group, which is free to the public and offered on Zoom, please contact spiritualcareservices@ucsf.edu.
MID-DAY MINDFULNESS
Join us for Mid-Day Mindfulness: A Peaceful Pause – guided meditation – no experience necessary.
12:00-12:15 pm
Monday, Wednesday, Friday (except Medical Center holidays)