Religious attitudesto the elderly and death
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- Religious attitudes to the elderly and death
- What is death?
- The end of a life normally when the brain stops functioning
- some religions believe it is where the soul eaves the body
- believe on what happens after death
- less than 10% of people in the UK worship regular but over 90% have religious funerals
- traditionally black is worn at funerals as it signifies sadness and mourning
- Christian beliefs
- God/Allah decides where someone spends eternity
- this depends on how they have followed their religion and how they have lived their lives
- "whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life "
- "He who believes in me will live, even though he dies"
- this depends on how they have followed their religion and how they have lived their lives
- Hell: a state of being without God (with the devil)
- Purgatory: a time of spiritual clensing
- Roman Catholics believe that before judgement day purgatory is used to help God decide who goes to Heaven or Hell
- However others believe God chooses without
- Roman Catholics believe that before judgement day purgatory is used to help God decide who goes to Heaven or Hell
- Purgatory: a time of spiritual clensing
- Heaven: a state of being with God
- Purgatory: a time of spiritual clensing
- Roman Catholics believe that before judgement day purgatory is used to help God decide who goes to Heaven or Hell
- However others believe God chooses without
- Roman Catholics believe that before judgement day purgatory is used to help God decide who goes to Heaven or Hell
- Purgatory: a time of spiritual clensing
- God/Allah decides where someone spends eternity
- Islamic beliefs
- God/Allah decides where someone spends eternity
- this depends on how they have followed their religion and how they have lived their lives
- "whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life "
- "He who believes in me will live, even though he dies"
- this depends on how they have followed their religion and how they have lived their lives
- Paradise (a state much like heaven)
- Allah invites them in
- Barzakh: a state of waiting between death and judgement day
- Hell: a state of being without God (with the devil)
- God/Allah decides where someone spends eternity
- less than 10% of people in the UK worship regular but over 90% have religious funerals
- problems the elderly face
- Poverty
- rely on state pensions and benefits
- retirement
- can make some feel unvalued and rejected
- illness
- more health problems
- less mobile
- health and social need to help them
- more health problems
- housebound
- health and social need to help them
- loneliness
- more than 2 million elderly people live alone (mainly women who have been widowed
- Poverty
- how should the elderly be cared for?
- living at home
- some help may be given
- living with family
- Islam has an extended family society
- community options
- sheltered housing
- a flat complex with a warden on site
- care homes/ residential home and hospices
- elderly person has own room but care a food is provided
- in care homes nursing care is given
- elderly person has own room but care a food is provided
- sheltered housing
- religious believes on how the elderly should be treated
- Islamic views
- most Muslims believe that the elderly should be cared for by their children
- "he lost his right to paradise because he didn't look after them"
- it is seen as disrespectful and unkind to send elderly parent to a home
- "the lord has decreed that ye be kind to parents"
- most Muslims believe that the elderly should be cared for by their children
- Christian views
- Christians believe that the wishes of the elderly should be respected
- "honour your father and mother"(10 commandments)
- one way to do this is to keep their independence
- when this isn't possible they should do the for their parents
- churches provide p to elderly like crafts and communions in churches, houses and homes
- Christians believe that the wishes of the elderly should be respected
- Islamic views
- living at home
- euthanasia and taking life
- see
- What is death?
- one way to do this is to keep their independence
- when this isn't possible they should do the for their parents
- Christian views and teachings
- Islamic views and teachings
- key terms and points to remeber
- Christian and Islamic view
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