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Religous attitudes to the elderly and death
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Religous attitudes to the elderly and death
Sanctity of life
- This is the idea that life is pecial
- life believed to be sacred
- gift from God
- Buddhism & Hinduism
- life is special because its the way to enlightenment
- life believed to be sacred
- This is the idea that life is pecial
quality of life
- This is the description of how good someones life is
- how easy it is for them to live
- how well off they are
- giving someone a good life
- most basic teaching of all religions
- " treat others as you would want to be treated
Getting old
- getting old is part of life
- age of retirement
- no longer working for a living
- benefits
- 65 years of age and over
- no longer working for a living
- life expectancy increased
Caring for the elderly
- hospices
- places where the elderly can live and be cared for medicaly
- care homes
- places where the elderly can feel comfortable before death
- relatives
- maybe if a family is less wealthy they would need to look after their relatives themselves
- health care systems
- nurses are sent to elderly housholds and act as live in carers
- this occurs usually when the person doesnt want to leave their hom or when they are unable
- nurses are sent to elderly housholds and act as live in carers
- hospices
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- Mind Map on Religous attitudes to the elderly and death, created by joshburrowes on 20/04/2013.
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