What actually happens when an eldery person “dies in their sleep”?
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In the case of my father it was heart failure – as it happens, my mum was awake next to him, and saw it happen – she phoned the ambulance and we all tried for a long time to bring him back, but he was gone
If mum wasn’t there, or if she’d been asleep, then we simply would have found him dead in the morning and he would have “passed peacefully in his sleep” – instead it was incredibly traumatic for everyone involved, except dad – as far as he’s aware, he passed peacefully in his sleep!
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