932 "It must be scary to be like that ... Where are Dad and Mom?!": The encounter with the finelity of life In the aging ultraOrthodox family in the context of a person with IDD Alon Zamir Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to examine the experience of Ultra-Orthodox families, aging alongside a person with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDDs), in their encounter with the death of one of the pearents An analysis of the content of the interviews raised four main issues:1, ""I am tormented by the question of what he understands": the question of understanding the concept of death and the ability of people with IDDs to feel mourning, in an ultra-Orthodox context" 2. ""He does not understand that when they come to Shiva he must not be happy ": the presence of the person with IDDs in religious mourning and remembrance events"; 3. ""She would cry and not speak ... but she copes with the fact that she reads Psalms": religious ceremonies as dealing with mourning among people with IDDs .4;""We need to talk and prepare, but most of all it is an innocent faith": The continuation of the life of a person with IDDs at home after the death of his parents". Chapter on page 495
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