Sunday, January 15, 2012

Death & Dying

Death is something that will hit every person at some point in their life. Although some of us will die in ways out of our control, and most of us will not expect the moment of someones death. Still, death and dying can be seen in a healthy way. Understanding that people are different in how they think about death and dying, and respecting those differences, can create a peaceful death and a healthy manner of dying.

When someone dies it is most likely for family or friends to fulfull the dying person's wishes. If the person is dying from an illness, ideally, they will have already made decisions about how to live and die. If the requests they have asked for is made and does not seem practical to the caregiver, options should be raised with the dying individual to try to come up with anther request and still provide good care. If the dying individual has not been able to participate in making final plans, you should strive to do what this person would want.

If the individual is in a hospice, they might just want a natural death. In this situation, they will try to be there for them as much a possible for their final days and moments of life. Comforting family and friends around them and making each last moment the best will make the best kind of ending for them and will move toward a more natural kind of death.

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