Gerontologists of yore made much of the findings that elders disengaged from social activities were more likely to die soon. Hence older relatives should be forced into eternal bingo games, group outings and such. They did not look at the other side of their correlational findings -- elders ready to move on (a natural process) and who were in fact making the consciousness transition had no interest in being dragged back into societal games. Something much more interesting was happening.
