Spirit at Work presents   Thursday, November 19, 2009             12:00 - 1:30 p.m.     Spirit and Health Care: Inspiring hope and resiliency     with Rev. Don Hill,  Chaplain in Critical Care, St. Paul’s Hospital     Have you developed the art of healthy selfishness? From Florence Nightingale to Mother Teresa, selfless devotion to healing others has remained an ideal for quality health care. Swallow one's suffering. Give tirelessly. Make the patient's physical comfort supreme. But what about the spirit of a sick one: How well are our hospitals and institutions tending to that? And amidst today's hospital cutbacks and long patient waiting lists, caregiver burnout has become a serious concern. How well are we truly caring for ourselves, while we care for others? Join Don Hill as he shares surprising insights on how what he calls "healthy selfishness" - not selflessness - fuels compassionate caregiving. How does he help to inspire hope and resiliency in patients? What do holistic models in health care look like? What has helped patients cope when they’re hospitalized? Don will explore these questions, plus the history and major components of spiritual and religious care in hospitals/institutions.                                     click here to RSVP  -or-  phone: 604-685-6560 Date:           Thursday, November 19th, 2009  –  12:00 - 1:30 pm Location:    Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,                    1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver Cost:           Without lunch: $10                    With lunch:  non-members - $20;  members - $15 Lunch:        Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee                               __________________________ About our Speaker: Reverend Donald Hill, M.Div., M.Th, RMFT, is the chaplain in Critical Care at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. He is also a family therapist at the Vancouver Christian Counselling Centre and an interim minister at Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Burnaby. Previously, Don has held numerous positions in counseling, family therapy and spiritual care in Alberta and worked as a Health Services Manager in Spiritual and Religious Care for Capital Health in Halifax. He was also Director of Pastoral Care at the Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville, NS and Associate Director of Pastoral Care at Calgary’s Foothills Hospital. Don served as a sessional lecturer in Health Sciences and as adjunct faculty in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Lethbridge. He received his Master’s in Theology from the University of Alberta and a Master of Divinity from Acadia University in Nova Scotia.             click here to RSVP  -or-  phone: 604-685-6560 back to top