Pastoral Care to the Aged: A Handbook for Visitors - Softcover

Here, in handy pocket- or purse-sized format, is a nuts-and-bolts guide to visiting the elderly in a variety of settings to offer pastoral care and spiritual comfort. Kirkwood offers readers a thorough overview of the aging process, including the challenges of dementia and a look at the unique emotional and spiritual needs of the elderly. This book offers help to those who want to make visits to the elderly more meaningful.

Neville Kirkwood is an ordained minister who has had a long career as a hospital chaplain. He earned his doctor of ministry degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary. He is the author of A Hospital Handbook on Multiculturalism and Religion and Pastoral Care in Hospitals.