Monday, May 10, 2010

Death of a Senior

The first thing most individuals ask when a senior dies is why. Why did this person die. Most community members have an inner curiosity regarding death. One's mind repeatedly generates the thought "Why Did This Happen Find Out Now". The mind wants the answer in an understandable form that will allow the mind to replace the "Why Did This Happen Find Out" to "This Is Why That Happened So Watch Out". Often multiple varied answers will satisfy ones mind as to why the death occurred allowing them to move on in time. For example "the senior was not eating, the senior just had a pacemaker put in, the senior was 89 years old, the senior was running back n forth to the hospital short of breath, the senior never took the medication, the senior stopped cleaning themselves, the senior drank alcohol, the senior was depressed, the senior ate the wrong food, or the senior had that all there life. Often some of the staements can seem to fit into the minds memory of the senior. Soon the mind is able to convince themselves, yes this is what contributed to the seniors death. The mind helps convince the curious individual they know what happened, and can take acation to aviod that happening to themselves. The individual is now having perceptions of being safe. Staff who work in senior care soon begin to realize no one really knows why the person died. The staff soon understand knowing why someone dies has limited benefit. The real knowledge is where do we go from here. The person has died, the emergency techs were present, the coroner has been contacted, the funeral director has been contacted, the friends and family of the senior still need help.

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