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Death, Dying and Bereavment
A. Death • Increased Awareness and Acceptance of Death ➢Older adults think about death more frequently, often because of the loss of spouses, siblings, or close friends. ➢With age, death becomes more accepted as a natural part of life. ➢Many elderly people achieve what Erikson calls ego integrity, which includes a peaceful acceptance of their life and eventual death.
Types of death Type Description Clinical Death Heartbeat and breathing stop; potentially reversible Brain Death Irreversible loss of brain activity; legally considered death Biological Death Complete and irreversible breakdown of body systems Legal Death Officially declared based on medical criteria Psychological Death Loss of identity or personality; social disconnection Social Death Person is treated as dead by others/society Sudden vs. Expected Unpredictable vs. anticipated death trajectories Good vs. Bad Death Quality and dignity of death based on personal, social, and medical factors