Feb 26, 2024 Initial Post Option 1: It can be difficult to discuss life expectancy. This is especially true if there are issues like heart disease, cancer, or other chronic illnesses. Based on what you have learned in edapt and external references, address the following points: Are there things you can do to improve your life expectancy? Are there ways that can help you improve your chances of successful aging? What do you find more valuable: an increased life expectancy or an increase in quality of life? Why? Option 2: Coping with the grief of losing a loved one can be one of the most devastating and life-altering experiences of a person’s life. As a healthcare professional, you will witness and experience, first-hand, the loss that your patients and their families will have to learn to cope with. Based on the concepts learned and what current research suggests, how can you help your patient’s family cope with their loss and make sense of the world? Follow-Up Post Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Chapter 9. Late Adulthood Initial Post Option 2 Lally, M., & Valentine-French, S. (2019). Lifespan development: A psychological perspective Links to an external site. (2nd ed.). Open Textbook Library. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/lifespan-development-a-psychological-perspective Chapter 10. Death and Dying