Death and dying

Question 1

Any action or inaction by any person that causes harm to an older person is termed _____

Answer 1

elder abuse

Question 2

There has been increased interest in abuse and neglect due to increasing polittical power of older people. True or False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The type of death were a person is perceived as dead even though they are not physically dead is called_______

Answer 3

social death

Question 4

Palliative care is part of the ______________ model of healthcare.

Answer 4

medical

Question 5

“Older people have the greatest fear of death of any age group” True or false

Answer 5

False

Question 6

List the stages of the Kubler-Ross theory on reactions to dying.

Answer 6

1. denial
2. anger
3. bargaining
4. depression
5. acceptance

Question 7

According to Kubler-Ross, people react to dying in a fixed order. True or false

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is grief?

Answer 8

A deep sense of sorrow after a loss.

Question 9

Bereavement is _____

Answer 9

the state of recently experienceing grieving

Question 10

Mourning is _____

Answer 10

the expression of grief in public

Question 11

Grief sometimes never ends. True or false

Answer 11

True

Question 12

the type of grief that is deemed illegitimate and therefore unacknowledged is known as ______

Answer 12

disenfranchised grief

Question 13

Complicated grief is the type of grief that is ______

Answer 13

long and severe and prevents the ones grieving from recovering and returning to “normal” life.

Question 14

Maladaptive grief is predictable and can be prevented. True or false

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The difference between asssisted suicide and active voluntary euthanasia or MAID is ______

Answer 15

Assisted suicide—you take a lethal drug yourself
MAID/ Active voluntary euthanasia—- a medical professional gives you the lethal drug.