Transcript Objective 11-8

Death and Dying
Module 11-8
Joseph Hollen
Dakari Jones
Ella Willis
Reaction to Death
• There is no such thing as a normal reaction to
a love one that has passed on.
• The belief that there are a series of grief
stages of a death of a loved one is too false.
• Grief is very severe when a death is suddenly
or if it were to be earlier than it was suppose
to be.
• People who
Reactions
• In some cultures, a death can come to
different reactions.
– Some encourage to weep and wail
– Some just hide the grief
In a survey of 30,000 German people in 2003,
researchers identified 513 married widows.
Researchers have found out that life satisfaction
plummeted the year the spouse have died and
then eventually rebounded to recovery.
(Dakari) AIDS
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• Aids is caused by HIV.
• Aids strikes down people during the middles
of their lives or younger.
• Since Aids were identified in 1981, more than
25 million people have died.
• In sub-Saharan Africa, w6 in 10 people are
diagnosed with aids.
(Dakari) Death & Dying
• Death of a loved one is more severe and any
other kind.
• Studies have shown that the death of a
spouse causes a year or more of mourning
and sadness.
• It also shows that people who talk to grief
counselors and people who talk to friends still
adjust the same.
(Ella) Death & Dying
• The most difficult separation is from one’s spouse – a loss
suffered by five times more women than men
• When death comes at an expected late-life time, the grieving
may be relatively short-lived
• Grieve is severe when death comes suddenly or before the
expected time
• For those who lose a child under the age of 18, their first
psychiatric hospitalization is 67% higher than parents who
didn’t lose a child
• in 2004, AIDS killed more than 3 million people worldwide
• Due to AIDS being so common in sub-Saharan Africa, life
expectancy at birth has dropped below 40 years of age
(Ella) Continued…
• Those who express immediate grief are no more likely
to rid that grief sooner than those who don’t
• Bereavement therapy and self-help groups are equal to
healing time and supportive friends
• Bereaved people and the terminally ill do not go
through predictable stages such as denial, anger, etc.
• Given similar losses, some people grieve hard and long,
others more lightly and briefly
• Facing death with dignity and openness helps people
complete the life cycle with a sense of meaningfulness
and unity