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Aging and Death: Understanding Grief, Mourning, and the Dying Process, Exams of Nursing

Arizona State University (ASU) - Downtown Phoenix CampusNursing

A comprehensive overview of the concepts and models related to aging, death, and the grieving process. It covers key topics such as the definitions of bereavement, grief, and mourning, the cultural influences on grief, the stages of dying, the types of awareness of death, and the different models of grief. The document also explores the experiences of widowhood, the widowhood effect, and the various perspectives on the afterlife. Additionally, it delves into the understanding of death by children and the impact of a parent's death on a child's life. This in-depth exploration of the complex and multifaceted aspects of aging and death can be valuable for students, researchers, and professionals in fields such as psychology, sociology, and healthcare.

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Aging & Death Quiz 5 Questions And Answers
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Define Bereavement -ANS>The fact that somebody close to you has died, the
condition of loss.
Define Grief -ANS>Experience of having lost somebody. What you go through
when somebody dies.
- emotional: depression, numbness, confusion
- physical: loss of appetite, sleep less, sleep more.
Define Mourning -ANS>Way you express your grief. Outward expression- ex. cry,
having a funeral (way to express grief), socially appropriate ways to express grief.
Why do we mourn? -ANS>1. Because accept the reality of the loss
2. Accept the pain of the loss
3. Adjust to a world without the deceased while still maintaining a connection.
What does culture shape? -ANS>How the death of a loved one is understood.
How much to grieve based on social status.
What are the models of grief? -ANS>1. Working through grief
2. Continuing bonds with the dead
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Define Bereavement -ANS>The fact that somebody close to you has died, the condition of loss. Define Grief -ANS>Experience of having lost somebody. What you go through when somebody dies.

  • emotional: depression, numbness, confusion
  • physical: loss of appetite, sleep less, sleep more. Define Mourning -ANS>Way you express your grief. Outward expression- ex. cry, having a funeral (way to express grief), socially appropriate ways to express grief. Why do we mourn? -ANS>1. Because accept the reality of the loss
  1. Accept the pain of the loss
  2. Adjust to a world without the deceased while still maintaining a connection. What does culture shape? -ANS>How the death of a loved one is understood. How much to grieve based on social status. What are the models of grief? -ANS>1. Working through grief
  3. Continuing bonds with the dead
  1. Narrative reconstruction
  2. Dual process model of coping Working through grief -ANS>don't want to avoid but don't want to get stuck. Ex. cleaning bed rooms out, time off, getting rid of pictures. Continuing bonds with the dead -ANS>Trying to understand the person is dead. Reconstructing the relationship in some other way. Keep some form of the relationship going. Reintegrate dead person in a new way. Ex. Making relationships w/ friends, tattoos, wearing jewelry. Narrative -ANS>Come up with meaning, give summary of who they are and find words for it. Tell stories by make meaning, make sense of their life/ them as a person. Ex. PSA, therapists, Facebook, Eulogies, Obituary Dual Process Model of Coping -ANS>Loss-Oriented (grieving): ex. look through photo album, hearing a song Restoration- Oriented: Try to do new things with your life, creating new identity. ex. start new relationships, haircut, learn something new, join community groups, moving out of the house ^^ Argue is grief is a cycle between new things.
  1. Mutual Pretense
  2. Open Awareness
  3. Disconnection Closed Awareness -ANS>patient does not know that they are dying, truth is kept from them (at request of family members), breaks trust of doctors and patients. Suspected Awareness -ANS>No body tells the person they are dying but they suspect it b/c been at hospital for awhile. Therefore death becomes lonely because nobody to talk about it with you. Mutual Pretense -ANS>Both dying and family members know they are dying, everybody knows that everybody knows but PRETENDS they are not dying. B/c keeps positive thoughts in room, keep mind off, avoids the label of "socially dead" Open Awareness -ANS>Tell the person they are dying Disconnection -ANS>Back to being "socially dead" --> pushed out of community, no longer thought as being alive--> withdrawal of care/ treatment. Doctors can be upset about the death b/c they failed at their self identity and profession to keep the person alive. What are older adults view of death? -ANS>At first fear, then general come to accept death.

Why? first-hand experience of death, religion, emotional control, living in the present 4 Types of Afterlife -ANS>1. Dualism- two realities, soul travels to other ex. heaven

  1. Resurrection- not going straight to other experience, then brought back to life with resurrection into an afterlife or earth
  2. Reincarnation- soul travels from body to another living form on earth
  3. Extinction- no afterlife, nothing left. 4 Models of Grief -ANS>working through grief, continuing bonds with the dead, narrative reconstruction, dual process model of coping Symbolic Immortality -ANS>1. Biological- biosocial immortality: DNA keeps going through children
  4. Creative immortality: leaving something behind by doing something in the world (authors, artists)
  5. Natural/ nature immortality: people in general continue to live on with earth, nature, world continues.
  6. Trascendental immortality: idea of living in the present, people get older, try to slow down time. Describe how a 4 year old child will think/understand the concept of death. - ANS>A 4 year old child will not fully understand what is happening and will not realize the person who has died is never coming back.

In his article: "A New Model of Grief: Bereavement and Biography" what does Walzer use as the research/data for his theory? -ANS>His own personal experience of his grief over the death of his father & ex-girlfriend "A New Model of Grief: Bereavement and Biography" Waltzer describes a new model of greiving in which a person learns to "live with the dead" that is mainly archieved by... -ANS>Talking about the dead person with people who knew the deceased. In "widowhood, Reconstruction of the Self-concept and identities" Lopata discusses the "problems" that contemporary widows face in creating a stable identity and self-concept. In one sentence, describe these problems: -ANS>One problem widows face is not having the money they need to live once their spouse passes and this can make them financially unstable and it can happen so abruptly. MY ANSWER: Husband death devastating b/c he was one of the few significant others in wife's life or whole social life spaces changes. SO it is impossible retain identities based on marriage & relationship with husband. From Cicirelli's article "Older adults fear and acceptance of death": A transition model", after older adults experience fear of death, what is one of the ways that they cope with this fear to reduce and become more accepting of death? - ANS>Old age confront fears bc limited time left to live, increase loss contemporaries, cognitive & sensory deficits, physical frailty. Ability to cope with fears?

Various strategies cope with death fears psychological reorganization of self to accept inevitable, etc. Also other cope strategies: emotional focused coping, problem- focused coping, seeking social support, cognitive reappraisal, positive reapproval, creation of (+) events. Therefore unknown extent older adults make use any strategies in relation fear & concerns of death.