Chapter 10Cornell Notes

Death is a topic that makes us feel uncomfortable.

Death is a natural part or life.

Section 10:1 Death and Dying

Children learn about death through the media.

Understanding death is greatly influenced by a person’s age.

From ages two to five children recognize death but do not think it is permanent.

They think that death is like sleep.

From ages five to nine children view death as permanent, but not something that could happen to them.

At around age ten, children realize that death is inevitable and final.

Most people do not have a full awareness of death until adolescence.

Unreceptive and unresponsive

Unresponsive in breathingLack of reflexesFlat EEG

When does death occur?

DenialAngerBargainingDepressionAcceptance

Stages in the Acceptance of Death:

A will is a legal document describing what should be done with a person’s possessions after a person’s death

1. Who their doctor will be2. Treatments they will

accept3. Who will visit

What kinds of things do people who are dying want to control?

Many people would rather die at home rather than in a hospital

Hospices help to fill this need. They provide a homelike atmosphere even though the patient is away from home.

1. Medications are freely issued for pain

2. Family visits freely3. Family receives counseling

The hospice approach has several unique features:

A living will is a document expressing a person’s wish to be allowed to die in case of terminal illness or incurable injury rather than be kept alive by artificial means.

People deal with grief in different ways

10.2 The Grieving Process

1. Speak to someone you can trust

2. Get your feelings out3. Talk about the future4. Be honest with yourself

Ways to Deal with Your Grief

1. Express your sympathy2. Put the person in touch with

others who are grieving3. Reassure the person that guilt,

sadness, despair are normal4. Listen to, hold and touch the

grieving person

Ways to Help a Grieving Person

In cremation, the body is reduced to ashes by intense heat.

Cremation Information Direct Cremation: $1195

$800

$800

$425

With a burial , the body is placed in a casket and buried in a cemetery

Complete Graveside Service: $3300.00

$9700

$5500

$955

Monuments Upright; Flat Bronze; Granite; Marble $800+

Vaults Concrete or metal vault required by the cemetery $795-$7000

Register Book Hard cover $35-$75 Thank You Cards Generic (Qty. 25) $3.50 Location Hold funeral at church, funeral

chapel or other indoor sanctuary $395 Visitation Public visitation $295

Additional Funeral Home Options:

Death certificates issued by county $5 each ($10 first copy)

Funeral notice in a daily newspaper $175 est.

Limousine Professional passenger limousine service $120 per hour

Gratuities for cemetery personnel $20 Clergy Fee Depends on circumstances Varies

Third Party Expenses:

Grave Space        $1000-$2000 Digging Open and close the grave $800-

$1500

Cemetery Charges:

Container Shipping container $225Dry Ice When needed for shipping $50 est. Airline charge for shipping $235-$500+ Out of town funeral home and cemetery      Call for Quote

When Shipping Deceased:

Memorial services differ from funerals in that the body is not present.