Proces umierania osoby starszej w doświadczeniu jednostkowym i zbiorowym

Abstract

Dying is the hardest experience not only for the departing, but also for those who accompany them. Our time is limited and there are limits to what we can do. Dying is an exceptionally real process, unique, experienced both individually and socially. Our own biography is prepared some of us to participate in these moments, while others accepted it without reflection and still others ignore it. There is an aesthetic and moral area of sensitivity for anyone experiencing and accompanying death. For some this traumatic boundary is an enriching experience, for others it is routine, devoid of attachment or empathy. The paper presents these complex, difficult, very painful problems connected with the death of an elderly from an individual and communal standpoint.