Question

Case Study: ‘Til Death Do Us Part Micah and Rachel had just celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. Their children wanted to host a big celebration, but they refused preferring instead to wait until the big “5-0.” On their anniversary, they enjoyed an intimate dinner remembering the past and making plans for the future. After dinner, they walked arm-in-arm in the local park stopping to sit on a park bench to cuddle and watch the sunset. The week after their anniversary, Rachel heard a crash in the bathroom. Micah had fallen and was clutching his chest. Rachel called 911, and the paramedics took Micah to the hospital where tests confirmed that he had suffered a stroke. After the stroke, Micah was partially paralyzed on his right side. Being right-handed, Micah learned to use his left hand for feeding and worked hard to walk using a cane. Rachel cooked more finger foods and sandwiches rather than soups and pastas. Rachel often would be “too busy” to walk on wet weather days when the sidewalks were a bit slippery. Together, they found ways to compensate for Micah’s limitations. Micah’s stroke and fall prompted their discussions about death. They decided to plan out the arrangements for their burial services and pre-pay for these events. They reviewed their finances and talked about how each one might be able to get along when the other died, as well as reviewed their wills. Micah and Rachel found it oddly comforting to be able to talk about these concerns together. In some ways they felt less afraid of losing one another, knowing that they knew each other’s wishes and could carry them out. Upon making these decisions, they decided to celebrate their anniversary and life together and host a party for family and friends. Their children flew into town for the event, and it was a happy occasion. The next morning with their kids gathered around, Micah and Rachel informed them of their end of life arrangements. Their children were horrified and refused to talk about such things, especially after such a wonderful and joyous celebration.

Answer the following questions in essay form. Your essay should be between 1 - 2 pages in length and adhere to APA guidelines.

Micah and Rachel’s children appear to want to avoid any discussion about death and are dismayed to see that their parents are spending so much thought on this topic. How typical is this reaction for adult children?

Following Micah’s stroke, Rachel altered her cooking and modified her walking ritual to accommodate Micah’s physical limitations. How do her actions support Micah during his recovery? What would have happened if Rachel was not sensitive to Micah’s changes?

How should Rachel decide how much to adapt to Micah’s limitations and how much to carry on with activities that are important to her own health and well-being?

Answer 1

Micah and Rachel have developed a feelings for themselves that they will not be able to live together in the near future. This thought was developed due to the stroke happened to one of the member and which is actually working as a alarming bells for them that time span is not too much , thus they starts feeling that they will miss each other . Childrens are quite afraid of this type of activities because of this sudden development of the new thoughts of their father and mother. Its known to everybody that it is a natural process that everybody will pass away with time but that actually was never celebrated before . So it got impacted negatively on the minds of childrens because there is a sense of insecurity thats got played in the back of their minds.

Its a very good step taken by Rachel regarding Micah that allows Micah to feel that rachel is with him forever and ever. This helps Micah to live for more time . If the situation was vice versa as asked in the question , then Micah might not survive from the situations and may attract stress which again cause stress and finally end of life.

Rachel needs to follow a balance between the work and Micah . The situation is such that Rachel has no option to avoid any of them , both the things are priority to Rachel . Rachel should allow that much of time for work which actually needs for earning bread , and rest of the time he should concentrate on Micah .