Sometimes people have to make cruel decisions to either live or die. These decisions can be based on many factors but the most common one is health issues. One factor is that as individuals grow older their health deteriorates as well, sadly this contributes to suicide. Most of the seniors feel overwhelm due to this problem the death of old people has increased over the years. On the other hand, there is the matter of living. As mentioned above it is hard to make a decision to keep going or end everything. Despite a number of problems there are some seniors that rather live a happy ending than just end it at once. One example was Morrie Schwartz, who was an inspiration to the book Tuesday with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest
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At the age of 65 most of the people have heath problems; some can be chronic while others not that critical. “They suffered from illnesses that had a considerable impact on their ability to live their lives fully, even though not all these illnesses were life-threatening. However, age- and illness-related functional decline led to a loss of quality in vital aspects of their lives that for them were linked to freedom of action and selfdetermination” (Kjølseth, 2010). Having a serious disease can be painful and stressful. It can affect the individual in many ways such as independence, physical appearance and emotionally. Older citizen want to be self-sufficient, they need that feeling that they can still be useful. Consequently, this trigger to the most common mental health: depression.
“[Depression] rates are even high for older persons with serious chronic diseases (10 to 20 percent are estimated to have major depression, 10 to 43 percent display depressive symptoms) and those receiving home health care (13.5 percent are estimated to have major depression, 27.5 percent with significant symptoms)” (citation, p. …show more content…
That decision can depend on many reasons, but one of the main one is poor health. As people get older their health declines unfortunately, this adds to the idea of killing themselves to avoid the sorrow. Sadly due to this issue the raise of death has gone up over the years. In contrast, with this point there is the topic of existence. As it was pointed out it is difficult to make a choice when it comes to live or die. Regardless of all the difficulties a chronic disease comes with several of old people prefer to have the last chance to say goodbye than simply stop a cycle. In the book Tuesday with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson, Morrie Schwartz, shows how it is better to wait for the inescapable and to live the last days teaching others about death. Additionally, another important point is the emotional aspect of the two decisions. Whatever the decision is, seniors will be in distress which can make the difference in their final existence in this planet. In
At the age of 65 most of the people have heath problems; some can be chronic while others not that critical. “They suffered from illnesses that had a considerable impact on their ability to live their lives fully, even though not all these illnesses were life-threatening. However, age- and illness-related functional decline led to a loss of quality in vital aspects of their lives that for them were linked to freedom of action and selfdetermination” (Kjølseth, 2010). Having a serious disease can be painful and stressful. It can affect the individual in many ways such as independence, physical appearance and emotionally. Older citizen want to be self-sufficient, they need that feeling that they can still be useful. Consequently, this trigger to the most common mental health: depression.
“[Depression] rates are even high for older persons with serious chronic diseases (10 to 20 percent are estimated to have major depression, 10 to 43 percent display depressive symptoms) and those receiving home health care (13.5 percent are estimated to have major depression, 27.5 percent with significant symptoms)” (citation, p. …show more content…
That decision can depend on many reasons, but one of the main one is poor health. As people get older their health declines unfortunately, this adds to the idea of killing themselves to avoid the sorrow. Sadly due to this issue the raise of death has gone up over the years. In contrast, with this point there is the topic of existence. As it was pointed out it is difficult to make a choice when it comes to live or die. Regardless of all the difficulties a chronic disease comes with several of old people prefer to have the last chance to say goodbye than simply stop a cycle. In the book Tuesday with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson, Morrie Schwartz, shows how it is better to wait for the inescapable and to live the last days teaching others about death. Additionally, another important point is the emotional aspect of the two decisions. Whatever the decision is, seniors will be in distress which can make the difference in their final existence in this planet. In