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| based off an emotional limbo where in the death of a loved one is anticipated and individuals feel unable to resolve the loss because it has not yet occurred and are able to avoid the diagnoses that death will occur. |
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| the theory that as an elderly person’s level of activity declines so do that person’s feelings of satisfaction contentment and happiness |
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| stereotyping judging a group of people solely on the basis of their age |
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| a progressive degenerative neurological disorder that involves deterioration of brain cells and can occur in late adulthood |
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| being deprived of a relative or friend by death |
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| survivor of bereavement and/or grief is more vulnerable to physical illness and mental illness and even to death especially if the loss of the loved one was sudden and unexpected. |
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| a view of aging as a progressive process of physical, psychological, and social withdrawal from the wider world |
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| a single or repeated act for lack of appropriate action occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to know the person |
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| the act of terminating the injured persons life for reasons for mercy also called assisted suicide or mercy killing |
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| an experience involving keen mental anguish and sorrow over death of a loved one |
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| study of the changing behaviors and psychological needs of the other |
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| the study of aging and the special problems associated with it |
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| A program or mode of providing comfort, care, and pain relief to persons dying of cancer or other terminal illness and of offering comfort to the relativfes of the patient. Care may be provided in a hospce center or in the patients home. |
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| Erikson’s psychosocial stage of late adulthood in which individuals recognize that they are reaching the end of life. People either take satisfaction in having led a full and complete life, or view their lives with feelings of loss, disappointment, and purposelessness--- depending on how they navigated the previous stages of development. |
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| "The Grim Reaper", "The Gentle Comforter", "The long goodbye", "shuffling off this mortal coil", "The last dance", "eternal rest", "the sacred passage", "the ultimate sacrifice", "the elephant in the room", or "going home to God" |
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| a reminiscence and sharing of family history from one generation to another |
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| a legal document that states the indicviduals wishes regarding medical care in case the individual becomes incapacitated and unable to participate in decision about medical care (such as a refusal of heroic measures to prolong her or his life in the event of terminal illness) |
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| little strokes that destroy small areas of the brain |
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| an experience such as having spiritually left ones body having undergone other worldly experiences and having been told to come back commonly reported by people experiencing a medical illness a traumatic accident or surgical operating childbirth or drug ingestion |
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| People with terminal illnesses want their physician to assist them in dying. Dr. Jack Kevorkian began helping people with termal illnesses end their lives. |
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| a theory that views tetirement and widowhood as life events that terminate the participation of the elderly in the principle institutional structures of society the job and family |
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| The process of growing old which affects a person both physically and cognitively |
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| the theory that people enter into social relationships in order to derive rewards (economics, social, emotional). People also incur costs in social relationships, Relationships persist as long as both parties profit |
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| a deterioration in cognitive functioning in late adulthood characterized by a lack of consistency in personality and or behavior. |
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| The act of taking ones own life. |
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