Has anyone seen this film. I know it's about an old man gradually getting younger - does it have any similarity to living with Dementia ie forgetting recent memories but remembering things from when you were a teenager?
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I have seen it and really enjoy it but I didn't find any relation to dementia. It was a different and offbeat movie.
I have seen that film and loved it I can see where your coming from tho
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I saw this film at the cinema and I really didn't like it at all.
In some ways, I think there could be a comparison to dementia, but as dementia was not part of my life at the time, and I knew nothing about it, a comparison didn't strike me. But with hindsight I think there may well be one. Perhaps if I watched it again with this new knowledge and experience, I might see it.
In the film Benjamin is born old and throughout his life he gradually gets younger - physically as well as mentally. As he gets older, he does forget how to do things and becomes less mature, then childlike - it's basically the reverse of life, where we gradually learn things and become more mature - and eventually his wife ends up looking after a baby.
It's very sad and quite disturbing. Are you thinking of watching it, Grandma Joan?
In some ways, I think there could be a comparison to dementia, but as dementia was not part of my life at the time, and I knew nothing about it, a comparison didn't strike me. But with hindsight I think there may well be one. Perhaps if I watched it again with this new knowledge and experience, I might see it.
In the film Benjamin is born old and throughout his life he gradually gets younger - physically as well as mentally. As he gets older, he does forget how to do things and becomes less mature, then childlike - it's basically the reverse of life, where we gradually learn things and become more mature - and eventually his wife ends up looking after a baby.
It's very sad and quite disturbing. Are you thinking of watching it, Grandma Joan?
I really enjoyed that movie. I thought it was very well done. I personally wasn't making any connection to dementia with it, but probably because I was more into the film and the unique nature of it. I could certainly see where parallels could be drawn though.
I've seen and enjoyed that film a few times but don't see any link to dementia to be honest. It is an unusual tale though and thought provoking.
i enjoyed the film and i relate it with dementia all the time, i think that this is exactly
what is happening to my husband who has had vasular dementia for 10 years
what is happening to my husband who has had vasular dementia for 10 years
I watched it a couple of years ago. I could see similarities with dementia at particular points - as if there were sort of "crossover" points in his life. It reminded me a bit, at those particular scenes, of when my husband was at certain times and behaviours in his dementia, and my dau would get frustrated with me, saying "You are rewarding bad behaviour!" 
She worked with 2 year olds (mostly from difficult backgrounds) - and of course, with 2 year olds, you would never use the same kind of distracting techniques you would with an adult with dementia - distract with cake, trip out for something nice, soothe with a treat, etc.! Because the child will be learning - the adult with dementia won't. So, yeah, I could see similarities at a point, but I don't think it was intentional.
She worked with 2 year olds (mostly from difficult backgrounds) - and of course, with 2 year olds, you would never use the same kind of distracting techniques you would with an adult with dementia - distract with cake, trip out for something nice, soothe with a treat, etc.! Because the child will be learning - the adult with dementia won't. So, yeah, I could see similarities at a point, but I don't think it was intentional.
