Re - Elderly and Death Flashcards
what is sheltered accommodation?
Includes a warden who checks on the elderly person but they live independently in their own flats and can socialise with others in communal rooms
What do Christians and Buddhist believe about the elderly?
Buddhists should show right action towards our parent
In Christianity we are told that we should love our parents
The fifth commandment is “honour your father and mother,”
The golden rule is that we should treat others as we would like to be treated
what are care homes
For elderly people who are unwell
the law concerning death
If your brain dead than you are considered dead – no eye movement and the eyes are fixed and dilated and there is no breathing
Religious people believe that when the soul leaves the body that they are dead
what are the problems with life machines?
people who are brain dead can be kept alive on life machines, life machines can be turned off and death legally declared
what are Christian and Buddhist beliefs about Euthanasia?
Body is a gift from god and therefore only god has the right to take life
We own are body and have the right to do what we like with it
Life is dignity and autonomous
Quakers emphasize the importance of compassion and agape therefore would think it is the most loving thing to do
Ten commandments do not kill
Some Christians would believe that suffering is part of Gods plan
Pope John Paul II wrote “it is suffering, more than anything else, which clears the way for grace which transforms human souls.”
Dalai Lama says “always think compassion,” – Kaurna
Suffering is a fact of life
Euthanasia creates bad karma as it breaks the first precept
Upaya Kusala – right intention to end suffering
what is active Euthanasia?
a person directly and deliberately causes the patient’s death
what is passive euthanasia?
death brought about by an omission, for example withdrawing or withholding treatment in order to let that person die
what is assisted suicide?
when the person who wants to die needs help to kill themselves and asks for it and receives it
what is involuntary euthanasia?
when the person who dies wants to live but is killed anyway
what is palliative care?
medical, emotional, psychosocial or spiritual care given to a person who is terminally ill which is aimed at reducing suffering rather than curing
what are the comforts given by religion about death?
Buddhists believe in anatta which means “no soul,”
Christians believe that when they die God will decide whether they go to heaven or hell, they also believe there will be a judgement day when Jesus returns and judge the living and the dead
