Identify and explain any two (2) ways in which encounters with death are distinctive for older adult, homework help
discussion question :Identify and explain any two (2) ways in which encounters with death are distinctive for older adult
with two replies for these two responeses:
They are “less fearful” of death and acceptance toward death. Which means they may accept death more easily than others because they have been able to live long full lives and of their own death as a result of a socialization process through which they repeatedly experience the death of others.
They may have come to view their lives as having Less value that the lives of younger persons and thus may not object so strenuously to giving them up. Death may seem to an older adult to represent less of threat to debility, isolation and dependence. Most adults want to die at home, without pain and without being a burden to their families.
I know as a middle age women I sometimes worry about all of the things older adults don’t let faze them like how am I going to die or will I be alone but this shows their uniqueness in preparing for death which we should do before we reach the age of having to do so.
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Older adults seem to speak more freely about death. You won’t typically find fear as you would with younger people because older adults may have accepted death easier because they’ve lived long, full lives. They may have accepted their own death as a result of socialization process through which they repeatedly experience the death of others. (This made me think of the movie, THE GREEN MILE. Tom Hanks lived to watch all his friends and family die. He was ready to die also, although he wasn’t able.)
Older adults may even view their lives as being less valuable than younger people, so it’s easier to give life up. For these reasons, death may seem less of a threat than being isolated or dependent upon others. So most older adults want to die at home, pain free, and without being a burden to their families.
Personally, my thoughts are on my grandchildren’s well being more than anything. I believe I was a good teacher and taught my children to prepare spiritually for my death as well as their own.
I also do not want to die in pain, but in the comfort of my home, in my own bed, with my twin sister at my side and those that will be cheerleaders and not so much mourners.
