Feel secure when you respond to people in grief; find joy in visiting the ill or those confined at home or in a care facility; be confident when you talk with people who are near death or face a long-term incurable condition. The number of elderly in our society is growing rapidly, and with that comes greater demand for services. This course describes changes that typically take place during aging, and offers practical information and strategies for effective visitation, worship, and evangelism with the elderly. A multitude of experiences—aging, job change, retirement, or death of a loved one—lead to grief and loss. The spiritual and physical phenomena of death and dying are examined so that you learn how to provide meaningful comfort and support in ways consistent with the spirit of Christ. The course will also help you to understand your own responses to loss, grief, and death so that those experiences support, rather than interfere with, caring for others.

Course Format:  Textbook Oriented