In taking HD 335 Human Development: The Elder Years, I feel I have learned to appreciate the process of aging and discovered particular issues elders come across as they age. I was not aware of the issues surrounding in aging, death, and dying. I discovered that in our culture many people’s attitudes towards death is one of denial and other cultures around the globe view death as being natural progression of life. In reading, Another Country by Mary Pipher and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, I gained knowledge on the importance of relationships with older adults, the difference between young-old and old-old. In addition, how our society segregates the elderly, how rest homes are examples of unsuccessful cultural rules towards the old and
