Still Alice Character Analysis

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Aging in the Movies This paper will be about two movies that have older adults for the lead character. The paper will focus on the roles of the older adults, stereotypes, and age norms. The first movie chosen will be about Still Alice. The second movie chosen will be about I’ll see you in my dreams. Each movie will be presented and examined in terms of the different medical disorders the lead characters experienced and facts about the conditions. Also, comparisons will be made concerning the movies chosen. Still Alice Roles of the older Adults The first movie is about a married couple with three adult children. The role of Alice is mother, wife and a full-time linguistical professor at the university. Alice is the lead character that suffer …show more content…

One of the daughter inherited it from the mom and that made her a 100-chance of being a carrier. The son blood work was negative and the other daughter did not take the test. The family and Alice really took this rare diagnose very hard. Alice doctor the neurologist diagnosed her with spatial memory impairment and a decline in memory function. He scheduled a pet scan to see if it was Alzheimer’s disease since it was rare for her age norm of being 50 years old but fitted the criteria (NORD). Alzheimer’s would normally occur in older adults age 65 and older. If you are younger than 65 most people don’t think they may have early onset Alzheimer’s. The percentage of adults aged 50 with cognitive impairment was from 9% in Iowa to 15% in Michigan (Cognitive, et.al, 2011, p.2). Cognitive impairment can be mild to severe that starts as an individual has trouble remembering, learning new things, concentrating or making decisions. Age is thought of being the greatest risk factor for this impairment but it is not limited to a specific age group. Adults aged 18-49 years percentage for cognitive impairment if 4% in Iowa to 8% in Michigan (Cognitive, et.al, 2011, p.

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