After watching this documentary I felt that the title should have been called: "
Alzheimer's Raw". The film shows clips of
Lee Gorewitz's day inside an assisted living facility where she dances to Frank Sinatra, sings with staff and shows some of the other clients what is to live as this disease slowly progresses inside her body. Lee refuses to lye down. Every moment is an opportunity to dance or have fun. It matters not that she can barely form a coherent sentence, in her mind she is making sense. Lee does not seem to suffer the frustration that some patients with Alzheimer's do upon realizing their memory is failing them. It may not seem an depiction of this disease because Lee was not shown to express sadness as many others rightfully do when their in the stages of this disease. I hope to have the "fun" Lee appears to have if I ever find myself in the grips of Alzheimer's.
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