Community Care

Everyone who stays in an institution for more than 72 hours is entitled to spiritual care, but what about people who are not admitted and stay at home longer? For this new, ever-growing group, there is also a new form of spiritual care available: primary care. This is a relatively new field of work in which much still needs to be tried out and structured. Click here for more information about the subsidy scheme. In addition, there are new initiatives that can provide a different view of what a spiritual caregiver is and does. For example, Martin Walton is involved in an initiative for spiritual care in the earthquake zone. National disasters and other major events can raise life questions in which spiritual caregivers could be of great help. Themes that play a role here include: ethics, professionalization, recovery, language and spirituality. The Center is open to master’s theses, PhD research or postdoc projects. Do you want to conduct research into spiritual care in primary care? Then contact us.