Exterior of G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre with wayfinding sign in the foreground

Giving you comfort and support, spiritual care practitioners can help address the profound thoughts and feelings that can poignantly arise at times of significant illness or trauma.

How to access

  • Get a referral

    Spiritual health practitioners visit most hospital units regularly and are available by referral to all units. Hospital staff may refer by telephone.

    Once the referral is made, the practitioner will follow up directly with the patient for their spiritual needs. 

    Contact

    Laura Sportack, Spiritual Care Practitioner
    Phone: (604) 734-1313, extension 2336
    Email: laura.sportack@vch.ca

G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre

G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre is British Columbia’s largest rehabilitation centre. As a freestanding facility, it provides inpatient, outpatient, and clinical support services to clients/patients in four unique programs: Acquired Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, and Neuromusculoskeletal, and a Transitional Rehabilitation Unit.

Spiritual Health and Multi-Faith Services

Giving you comfort and support, spiritual care practitioners can help address the profound thoughts and feelings that can poignantly arise at times of significant illness or trauma.