Away From Her Movie Review

Away From Her (2006) Alzheimer is the most common cause of dementia, characterized by gradual deterioration of memory and the personality and marked by the formation of plaques of beta-amyloid and tangles of tau protein in the brain. In the movie, Away From Her, the clinic provided services to people with Alzheimer’s disease. Majority of the people admitted to this clinic were the elderly. There were two floors where the patients resided. First floor was for patients with early and beginning stages of the disease. The second floor was for patients that developed further along in the disease and could not function without the aid of a caretaker. The facility provided a large open area for patients to socialize with others, a dining room and leisure room with puzzles, television, and other fun activities. It always had a nurse on the floor to watch over the facility. The main characters in the movie were an older couple name Grant and Fiona Anderson. Fiona was affected by Alzheimer’s disease and was just in the beginning stages. She started to forget things like simple words like “wine” while having dinner with friends or how to find her way back home after a walk. In the class textbook states that, forgetfulness is usually the first and dominate symptom first to appear, with short term memory the first to disappear. Fiona exhibits these symptoms throughout the movie. She starts to label the drawers in the kitchen to remind her where things belong. Also, in the textbook states, “In the final stages of the disease people need full time care. Their sentences are short and simple; ultimately, they stop talking. They no longer read, instead stare blankly at the TV or into space”. In the movie, on the second floor this took place. Patience kind of stared into space and had no interactions with anyone. Overall this movie was quite good at portraying real life situations with people living in healthcare institution like Middle Lake. Showed how Grant