Providing spiritual care to older adults who are dying is a crucial aspect of caring for individuals in their final days. However, spiritual care is often not understood. What is spiritual care and how can professionals be taught to provide spiritual care for their aeging patients who are dying? Within this paper, I discuss what spiritual care is, how it can be taught to professionals from varied disciplines working in a palliative care situation, and in particular, focus upon the role of shadowing as a form of teaching and mentoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]