Vecchiaia e morte | Old age and death
- La terza età (The old age/senior years)
- L’anziano / L’anziana (Theelderly person)
- La vecchiaia (The old age)
- Il pensionamento (The retirement)
- La longevità (The longevity)
Aspetti fisici | Physical aspects
- L’invecchiamento (The aging)
- I capelli bianchi (The white hair)
- Le rughe profonde (The deep wrinkles)
- La fragilità ossea (The bone fragility)
- L’artrite (The arthritis)
- La demenza senile (The senile dementia)
- L’Alzheimer (The Alzheimer’s)
- Il Parkinson (The Parkinson’s)
- La vista indebolita (The weakened eyesight)
- L’udito compromesso (The impaired hearing)
Vita quotidiana | Daily life
- La casa di riposo (The nursing home)
- L’assistenza domiciliare (The home care)
- Il badante / La badante (The caregiver)
- Il bastone (The cane)
- La sedia a rotelle (The wheelchair)
- Le medicine quotidiane (The daily medications)
- La polipillola (The polypill (multiple meds in one)
- Il pannolino per adulti (The adult diaper)
- La scorta di ossigeno (The oxygen supply)
- La scorta di farmaci (The medication supply)
Aspetti psicologici | Psychological aspects
- La saggezza (The wisdom)
- La solitudine (The loneliness)
- La nostalgia (The nostalgia)
- La depressione senile (The elderly depression)
- La paura della morte (The fear of death)
Fine della vita | End of life
- La morte (The death)
- Il trapasso (The passing)
- La malattia terminale (The terminal illness)
- Le cure palliative (The palliative care)
- L’ospizio (The hospice)
- Il testamento (The will)
- Le ultime volontà (The last wishes)
- L’eutanasia (The euthanasia)
- La donazione degli organi (The organ donation)
- La morte dignitosa (The dignified death)
Dopo la morte | After death
- Il funerale (The funeral)
- La camera ardente (The funeral chapel)
- La bara (The coffin)
- L’urna cineraria (The ashes urn)
- La cremazione (The cremation)
- La sepoltura (The burial)
- La lapide (The tombstone)
- Il camposanto (The cemetery)
- Il lutto (The mourning)
- Il ricordo (The memory)
Verbi | Verbs
- Invecchiare (To age)
- Pensionarsi (To retire)
- Affievolirsi (To weaken)
- Spegnersi [To pass away (lit. “to turn off”)]
- Mancare [To be deceased (lit. “to be missing”)]
- Piangere qualcuno (To mourn someone)
- Ereditare (To inherit)
- Commemorare (To commemorate)
- Seppellire (To bury)
- Cremare (To cremate)
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La religione / The religion