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...accounted for) timeliness (dying at an older age; and a dying process that is predictable, with an identifiable start and end point). Central to all of these components is control – control over dying activities (like preparing for death); control over the time and place of death; and control of unpleasant symptoms. [Described image] Figure 5 Lack of control over their...

...account. Unlike children who start with very little mental capacity and usually acquire more through their childhood, it tends to be assumed that older people will lose, not gain, mental capacity as they get older. The risks of inadvertently reinforcing negative stereotypes of older people lacking mental capacity are considerable. The universal reality is that the older a...