ABSTRACT
A phenomenological case study of a 93-year-old woman is a discussion of her transitions during a short two and a half week period of morbidity from living independently, to hospital, to nursing home, to grave. Her daughter, an environmental gerontologist, provides intimate conversations and reflections chronicled as she keeps vigil by her side 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The phenomenological approach captures the emotional dying process and amplifies major issues of aging and dying in place for future study.
