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Overall Eli's cognitive skills still thrived until he died. His overall social skills are well. His overall motor skills weakened because of his cancer progression.

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Eli passed away after a short battle of Pancreatic Cancer. Eli only lived 90 Days past Diagnosis. Eli past away peacefully  with minimal pain due to the wonderful hospice personal. Eli choose to be cremated.

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Santrock J.W. (2015) Life-
Span Development. New York, NY. McGraw-Hill Education

Boyraz, G., Waits, J. B., & Horne, S. G. (2015). Accepting Death as Part of Life: Meaning in Life as a Means for Dealing With Loss Among Bereaved Individuals. Death Studies, 39(1), 1–11.

Moglia, P., PhD. (2017). Death and dying. Magill’s Medical Guide (Online Edition)

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On March 1, 2086 Eli James Bofa passed away at home after his short battle of pancreatic cancer along side of his loving wife Luna. Eli was a wonderful husband and father, always making sure his family came first.

Eli is survived by his loving wife Luna Bofa of (39 years) and three children Annabelle, Andrew and Annalise, along with two grandchildren.

Eli was preceded in death by his father at age 26, and his mother who he who he cherished very much at age 45.

No service will be held as these were Eli's wishes and cremation has taken place.

In lieu of flower, Eli requested donations be made to PANCREATIC ACTION NETWORK, so more research can be do to gain more awareness, advances in early detection and hopefully a cure one day.

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Processing Death through Anger and Acceptance

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Processing Death through Anger and Acceptance

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Eli and Luna were at first both angry but soon they accepted his Cancer Diagnosis. Both Eli and Luna agreed that they had a wonderful marriage.  While there are 5 stages of death and grief  Luna and Eli only faced 2 stages
(Moglia, P., PhD. (2017).

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Once receiving the news Luna and Eli went home to process the information. Eli reflected on his life. At first he was angry, Why him, and quickly he accepted his fate and felt it was better him than his wife Luna.
Boyraz, G., Waits, J. B., & Horne, S. G. (2015)

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A few days after Eli's appointment him and Luna learned the devastating news. Eli had Pancreatic Cancer. The doctors gave him choices of treatment but Eli decided to spend what time he had left enjoying his family. He did not want to spend that time being sick and going to appointments.

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Eli's heath has been very good until age 66. About 6 months before his 67th birthday Luna started to notice some changes in Eli. He was losing weight and complaining of back pains often. About 3 months before Eli's 67th Birthday Eli woke up and Luna noticed there was yellowing of Eli's eyes and inside of his mouth. They made an appointment to see the doctor.

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Since Eli is a formal operational thinker, he is considered to have fluid intelligence.
Fluid Intelligence is one's ability to reason abstractly, but fluid intelligence begins  to decline in middle adulthood.
Therefore Eli's ability to think abstractly declines.
(Santrock 2015 page 471)

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Even thought his physical body is deteriorating he is still health and happy as always

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Eli is still acquired to be health and happy

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Eli processes his information at a slower speed than he did in adolescents. Which is normal according to the Seattle Longitudinal Study.
Eli's memory is still fair. He is very organized because of work, which allows him to have a good memory. According to the book memory in  middle adulthood can improve by being organized.
(Santrock 2015, page 473-474)

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When Eli was 45 years old he lost his mother. There was no cause of death. Eli's took the death of his mother hard, but understood she had a wonderful life.

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Eli is still a formal operational thinker as he was in his younger years.

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Eli's sex drive has dramatically decreased. Sex is not important to him anymore. It is not high on the list of priorities.

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Eli has aged and it has effected a lot of things. He's body takes a toll and it begins to wrinkle, organs no longer function as efficiently as they once did. Other changes include decrease in strength, coordination, reaction time and fine motor skills.

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After Eli's fathers death Luna reached out to Eli, They began going to counseling and rekindling a relationship. When Eli and Luna turned 28 they decided to get married. Eli's mother was so happy for both of them.

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Eli has found purpose in being a good grandpa to his grandchildren. He embodies a strong sense of self-efficacy and believes he can make in a difference in their lives.

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When Eli was 26 years old his father past away. Eli's fathers cause of death was cause by going into a coma due to years of abusing the drug Dilaudid. This was extremely hard on both Eli and his mother.

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Eli is in love with Luna and marries her at 28. They have a happy marriage. Eli is learning to deal with his insecurities through counseling. Counseling is definitely helping their relationship.

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Eli's primary purpose is not only to be a great father and husband, but to be a successful financial advisor. He thrives from helping people become financially independent.

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Eli is a Christian.

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Eli specializes in business and he is the CEO of a car insurance company.

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Eli has 2 grandchildren by this age. He is especially close with his grandson, while Luna is more attached to the granddaughter. Eli believes having grandchildren is much less stressful than raising his own children.

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Eli is performing physically at his best. He has good strength and coordination skills his fine and gross motor skills are sharpen and refined. His senses have heighten and are at his best.

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Eli is sexually active with his wife, Luna. He still is heterosexual. Eli still enjoys participating in "male activities".

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Eli's stress stems from his three children, but he still has effective coping mechanisms. Eli has feels that his "sense of control is at a peak" (Santrock, 2015, p.467)

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Eli's primary stressor is his three children. Despite his stress, he has healthy coping mechanisms and is resilient in the face of adversity.

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Eli is presenting changes as Eli is growing his speech has become more in context and professional hes beginning to connect and becoming a deeper thinker which is showing through his speech

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Eli's father constantly rejects and manipulates him due to the drug addiction. Eli's mother has been the only supportive person in his life.

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Eli essentially communicating on adult level and increasing his maturity throughout his high school career. He begins to comprehend abstract language. Hes able to process text and abstracting meaning, relate word meaning and context.

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Eli graduated high school and then college at 22. College influenced Eli to be the bigger person in order to succeed forward with less conflict.

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As Eli is growing he still hasn't acquired any illness

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Eli has maintained his friendships with a few players from the baseball team. On the other hand, his girlfriend broke up with him because of his self-esteem issues.

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Eli pictures school as a getaway place from his father. School influences Eli to succeed in order for him to get out of the house as quickly as possible.

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Family: Eli has developed self-esteem issues. Eli strives for autonomy, but fears to control major decisions in his life because he fears his drug-addicted father.

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Eli is getting most sleep in Stage 3 of sleep which is the deepest sleep. He is sleeping average 7 to 9 hours a night

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Eli is a formal operational thinker. A formal operational thinker is defined as the ability to think more abstract, idealistic, and logical.
For example, in Eli used logical reasoning when trying to find a college to go to and what works best for him as far as location, education, and a comfortable location.
Adolescents usually don't reach the formal operational stage.
(Santrock 2015 pages 358 & 367)

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Eli is getting the normal amount of sleep for a teenagers 8 to 10 hours. He beginning to want too go bed later at night and get up later in the morning this happening because he is secrete melatonin later on in earlier childhood affecting circadian rhythm

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Eli's morals are still unaffected from his dad and the breakup. He still has a good set of morals.

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Eli and Luna have been dating 4 years and their relationship has been very rocky due to Eli's Self-Esteem struggles.  Because of Eli's lack of self confidence and always fearing Luna was not truthful with him, Luna broke the relationship off when Eli was 18 years old. Luna just could not continue to live with worries of how Eli was going to react. She tried to help him as much as she could, but Eli's dad's addiction problems and his relationship aspects with his dad took their toll on the relationship with Luna

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Eli's sense of self is not only effected by his father's treatment, but also his recent break up. He is starting to feel like he is not enough; he is even more insecure.

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Information Processing (18-25 years old)

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Information Processing (18-25 years old)

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At this time, Eli's girlfriend has broken up with him when he was 18. He has good control of his thoughts. He did not let this affect him in his school work and sports. He would often get distracted by this event where he would have "bad days" in school or in baseball but overall he has good cognitive control with his interfering thoughts.
(Santock 2015, page 360)

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Eli has entered into his peaking years. He is experiencing health, vigor, and physical functioning. He has not yet been subjected to age related physical deterioration, such as wrinkles, weakened body systems, and reduced lung and heart capacities. His strength, coordination, reaction time, sensation, fine motor skills, and sexual responses are at a maximum

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Eli clearly identifies himself as a man. Even after his girlfriend, Luna, broke up with him, he still is interested in females.

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Eli and his girlfriend Luna started dated when Eli was 14 Years old. At first things were great as many new relationship are. Although Eli's dad was still facing drug addiction Eli tried to hide the Self-Esteem issues he was battling.

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Eli's morals are not effected by his dad's issues. He still possesses good morals and has a good idea from what is right and wrong.

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Information Processing (10-18 years old)

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Information Processing (10-18 years old)

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At 14, Eli had a girlfriend. This did not affect him in his school work or sports. His girlfriend, Luna would come to his games and was very supportive. He had good cognitive control meaning he has effective control in controlling attention, reducing interfering thoughts, and being cognitively flexible.
(Santrock 2015 page 359)

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Eli's sense of self is effected by his father's emotional abuse. He has self esteem issues and is insecure- which effects his relationship

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Puberty has started for Eli his voice has deepen he starting too see hair in the pubic area and also facial hair . An early sign of maturation is the adolescent growth spurt and noticeable increase in height and weight during starting at the age of 10 and contiuning during his teenagers years

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Peer Groups: Eli has developed conrete relationships with other kids on the baseball team. He has also entered a romantic relationship.

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Eli has started dating girls. He starts dating a girl named Luna at 14. Eli is not interested in dating males.

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Eli is using more logic in his reasoning. There is not much imagination in his thinking anymore. According to Piaget, he is in his concrete operational stage where his thinking is more logical.
(Santrock, 2015, page 278)

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Eli has not acquired an illness and still remains healthy and happy

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During this stage, Eli was not using much logic in his reasoning. Piaget's theory in cognitive development at this stage says that most children and their thinking is flawed by imagination.
(Santrock, 2015, page 278)

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Eli has a well understanding of sense of self. He knows concepts that upset him. His dad has a big impact on his insecurity by constantly being so hard on him.

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Eli has a more advanced understanding of his morals. He knows he has to treat everyone with respect. Eli acts out of morals and not out of pure impulse now.

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Gross Motor Skills: Eli gross motor skills has become more defined. He skill level for sports are increasing, he enjoys team games. He shows increased awareness of his body and self-perception.

Fine Motor Skills: Elis fine motor skills are perfecting and refining in the age bracket. His handwriting becomes more fluid, writing speed increases.

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Eli is doing much better in school. He is very independent in his work. If he has a question, he will ask but for the most part he does it on his own. He reads clearly, his writing is legible, and he is good in math. He brings home good grades on all of his tests and assignments.

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Eli has had a growth spurt and has grown to the height of 4'9 and has gained about 5 to 7 pounds

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Eli is attracted to girls. He understands his roles as a male. He is starting to open doors for females.

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Eli is progressing well in school. We see problems which are common at this age. When we are going over his homework we see common errors such as words spelled wrong, numbers and letters written backwards. He is starting to read and when reading he stumbles on some words.

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Eli's dad has shown for the past 7 years behavior of anger, and has become very short with his wife and Eli. While he hasn't become violent both Eli and his mother fear this could happen at any moment. Eli's dad refuses to seek help for his addiction, and does not admit he has an addiction.

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Eli's peer status has changed from average to popular. Not only has his astounding athletic abilities given rise to his name, his acceptance of other children has contributed to his many friendships. His mother is still parenting effectively, but his father continues to have angry outbursts.

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Eli has a vivid imagination and functions greatly with pretend play. He is also greatly affected by his father's car accident; he is anxious everytime he gets in a car. Eli does not understand why his dad is always so mad at him. This is causing him to become insecure.

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Gross Motor Skills:  Eli started to run at a faster pace, he has also started to learned how to ride a bicycle with training wheels. Eli has mastered new forms of physical play such as soccer basketball ,t-ball, or swimming.

Fine Motor Skills: Eli is beginning to print letters, numbers and creating shapes such as triangles and circles. He begins to create a sense of self care like undressing and brushing his teeth and combing hair .

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Eli's peer status is average. He has made many friends from school and baseball. His parents' authoritative parenting style has helped Eli develop secure attachments to friends. While his father's anger has impeded Eli's ability to form a strong sense of self-efficacy, Eli thrives in the social domain.

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Eli understands right from wrong. He understands the rules and accepts the consequences of breaking them. For example, he knows it is bad to steal, and he knows the consequences that come along with it.

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At 5 years old Eli's Father was in a serious car accident. He suffered a small fracture in his back. Eli's father was given Dilaudid to help control his pain. Sadly dad became addicted to the Dilaudid. This has had serious effects on the whole family, Most effected was Eli, because he shared a great bound with his father.

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Eli understands and accepts that he is a male. He has more male friends than female friends. He also enjoys playing with legos and hot wheels.

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Eli has grown and average of 2 to 3 inches. Eli is growing within the normal limits and as expected for a child

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Eli sleep is very important for his health, growth and development. He is sleeping at least 11-13 hours night with an additional nap. He has a consistent sleep schedule

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At age 3 Eli was beginning to speak in partial sentience . His speech was clear and understandable. With enrollment to PreK Eli's speech improved more and he began to speak in complete sentience. By age 5 Eli was able to identify Number and colors along with the alphabet.

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Eli's morals have been shaped mostly from positive emotions, such as empathy, sympathy, admiration, and self-esteem. Eli makes decisions based on what has been established as right from wrong.

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Eli has developed the ability to regulate emotions, which has helped him create successful friendships.

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After Eli completed a year of PreK , he transferred and enrolled into public school Kindergarten. Eli was Happy to go to school. His parents felt sending him to PreK gave him a head start and preparing him for Kindergarten.

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Eli is starting accomplish some major milestones with motor skills

He's hand coordination has become more refined but still needs shaping. For example he's able to catch a large ball. He also can balance on one food and being able to hope on one foot too.

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Physical (early childhood education) Age 4 

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When Eli turned 4 years old his parents enrolled him into a Volunteer PreK for 4 years old. Eli was excited to go to school. He loves socializing with peers his age.

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Eli is starting to understand his sense of self by recognizing his reflection in the mirror. Eli is understanding games that his parents play, such as, "I took your nose!"

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Eli has grown about three inches each year. He has also gained 4 to 1/2 pounds.

The bones in his skull and face grows and then face loses its roundness and more noticeable forehead and chin. Upper and lower jaws begin to widen and make room for permanent teeth

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Although Piaget says that children learn through interactions with the physical world, Eli learned through social interactions. Vygotsky's theory says that children learn through social interactions at this age. Now Eli has went through daycare and is now in VPK.

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Eli recognizes himself as a male. He plays with male toys, such as action figures and toy cars. Eli wants to wear boy clothes and has mostly male friends.

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Eli has progressed positively. He shows normal development with social skills as in interacting with others, using eye contact, and vocal skills. Eli started daycare at 1 yr 6 months as mom went back into the working environment. When Eli started daycare there was an adjustment period. Eli adjusted quickly to day care.

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Eli was a happy baby, he did not have any excessive crying or poor temperament.
Eli showed normal interactions with his parents by facial expressions and vocal expression. Eli, stayed home with mom. During his time at home with mom Eli developed a secure attachment. Eli was nurtured and his need were met not along by his mother but the remaining members within his household.

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From birth to 10/14 months, Eli had normal sleeping patterns starting with REM sleep. He slept around 14 to 16 hours a day.

From 15 months to 3 years old, sleeping patterns started to get normal. REM sleep started to decrease over time and he would go into non-REM sleep. He slept around 10 hours a day in non-REM sleep.