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Article: Misguided concern for the elderly. (onset of senility examined in motion picture "Dad")
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1990
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Misguided Concern for the Elderly
There is one segment in the motion picture Dad that delivers a profound message: senility can be inflicted upon the aged, even by well-meaning friends and relatives.
Jack Lemmon portrays Jake Tremont, an elderly retiree, who shows signs of becoming senile and incapable of caring for himself. His devoted wife, apprehensive and smothering, overwhelms Jake with attention. She butters his bread, pours beverage into his cup, cuts up his food on the plate, and persistently manages to anticipate all of his needs. The message that this loving wife sends to her husband is clear, he is helpless. Jake gradually sinks into infantile ...
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