Late Adulthood and Death Late adulthood and death are our last parts of life and be filled with joy, love, and laughter, like any other time of our lives. We learn the importance of life, relationships, health, and the acceptance of death.
Ageism
Like any other age group, gender, or race there are false assumptions about old age; like they are cranky and dependent. These stereotypes are often found from ageism. Ageism is a form of prejudice in which people are categorized and judged solely based on their chronological age. The stereotypes of old age are common in late adulthood; people assume that adults in old age are mostly put in homes, are cranky and weak, and often break hips. These ageist ideas often leave adults in old age with …show more content…
No age is oblivious to death, nor is any age safe from it. As you reach late adulthood, death becomes clearer, and you learn to accept it. You look at death, and you can see hope. "This acceptance of death does not mean that the elderly give up on living. On the contrary, most try to maintain their health and independence. However, they adjust their priorities” (Berger, 2010, p. 571). These priorities mostly center around loved ones and families and living the remaining years to the fullest advantage. Rituals surrounding death differ in all cultures and religion. When dying, or being around the dead, there are certain things you must do and not do to respect the living and the dead. In some religions like Christianity, death comes with funerals and celebrations of life. In other faiths, death is a quiet time of mourning. Personal attitudes about death are how a single person feels about death or the death of another as opposed to the culture. Some may accept death early on in their lives, while others fear it, some may feel indifferent about the death of someone with sympathy towards others, and some grieve for long, emotional periods of time. "Those who care for the dying and their families need extraordinary sensitivity to cultural traditions, which might be quite different from their personal values (Schim et al., 2006)” as cited by (Berger, 2010, p. 572). Acceptance of death is hard to everyone involved, you should never get over a death of someone, but you should never dwell on it
Ageism
Like any other age group, gender, or race there are false assumptions about old age; like they are cranky and dependent. These stereotypes are often found from ageism. Ageism is a form of prejudice in which people are categorized and judged solely based on their chronological age. The stereotypes of old age are common in late adulthood; people assume that adults in old age are mostly put in homes, are cranky and weak, and often break hips. These ageist ideas often leave adults in old age with …show more content…
No age is oblivious to death, nor is any age safe from it. As you reach late adulthood, death becomes clearer, and you learn to accept it. You look at death, and you can see hope. "This acceptance of death does not mean that the elderly give up on living. On the contrary, most try to maintain their health and independence. However, they adjust their priorities” (Berger, 2010, p. 571). These priorities mostly center around loved ones and families and living the remaining years to the fullest advantage. Rituals surrounding death differ in all cultures and religion. When dying, or being around the dead, there are certain things you must do and not do to respect the living and the dead. In some religions like Christianity, death comes with funerals and celebrations of life. In other faiths, death is a quiet time of mourning. Personal attitudes about death are how a single person feels about death or the death of another as opposed to the culture. Some may accept death early on in their lives, while others fear it, some may feel indifferent about the death of someone with sympathy towards others, and some grieve for long, emotional periods of time. "Those who care for the dying and their families need extraordinary sensitivity to cultural traditions, which might be quite different from their personal values (Schim et al., 2006)” as cited by (Berger, 2010, p. 572). Acceptance of death is hard to everyone involved, you should never get over a death of someone, but you should never dwell on it