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Driving Miss Daisy Psychology

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The movie “Driving Miss Daisy” can be utilized as a prime example of many of the topics and psychological processes discussed in my Developmental Psychology class. Displaying some of the hardships and struggles of getting older, this movie 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 has affected her overtime and is taking a toll on her both mentally and physically, although the movie focuses on her memory. Throughout the movie Daisy forms new relationships and experiences many different and new things to her, which allows her stubborn mentality to appear, as well as her unwillingness to accept the situations present in her life. The way in which Daisy deals with these situations and new relationships, allows viewers to truly grasp what it is like to experience real-life memory problems due to getting older. It is perfectly normal to be more forgetful as your age increases, although there is a difference between experiencing the typical memory loss that most elderly adults experience and experiencing signs and symptoms of dementia. “The primary difference between age-related memory loss and dementia is that the former …show more content…

“When a dementia condition cannot be treated, slowed, or reversed, doctors and medical professionals focus on medications that can make living with dementia easier and more manageable.” (Treatments for Dementia) Many of these medications offered will focus on the effects of having dementia such as being disoriented and having anxiety, although within the movie no medications were prescribed to Daisy. The only steps taken to help Daisy were placing her into a nursing home so she would be available to efficient help at all

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