Driving Miss Daisy Dementia

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The movie Driving Miss Daisy displays some of the hardships and struggles of getting older. Driving Miss Daisy is about an elderly woman named Daisy who is having a hard time accepting the changes that are occurring in her life due to getting older in age. Her inclining age is taking a toll on her both mentally and physically, although in the movie it focuses on her memory. Losing many different abilities and skills, the movie displays how Daisy is affected by these life changes and how she manages to cope with the gradual loss of them. The movie also shows some of the side effects of having dementia. It is normal to be more forgetful as individuals age, although there is a difference between experiencing the typical memory loss that most elderly adults experience and experiencing signs and symptoms of dementia. Dementia is characterized by a considerable amount of cognitive loss in one or more areas that impact the individual’s daily life. Typically, individuals suffering with dementia forget things such as family members and their surroundings, therefore resulting in no longer having the ability …show more content…

To further explore the impact general practitioners have on dealing with dementia, a national survey was sent out to all general practioner’s. With a little over half of all practitioner’s responding to the survey, it was concluded that most of them are deficient in the ability of proficiently diagnosing dementia. Failing to utilizes disease disclosure, the lack of proper training, and the amount of years in the general practitioner field were all contributors to why general practitioner’s were lacking in providing their patients with the proper care. Daisy’s general practitioner was nonexistent during the movie, leaving the viewers with no clarification of the preventive steps, nor treatment options that the general practitioner could have

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