Alive Inside Documentary Analysis

I.The documentary “Alive Inside” is the story of how music impacts people in nursing homes with Dementia. The journey of Dan Cohen, as he tries to bring the joy of music to as many people as he can, is recorded by the talented Michael Rossato-Bennett, who travels with him since the first day they met. Dan goes to different Nursing Homes to try and help elders remember who they once were and become one with themselves again. Patients with severe Dementia are featured and you can see the change brought by music immediately, something that had not been reached neither by medicine nor therapy. The directors of the Homes approved this procedure and their caring assistants incorporated music to their everyday lives. This piece shows that music …show more content…
Aging is a process of “peeling away” as Dan also stated. We have things taken away from us, like our youth, our loved ones and sometimes even our homes. About one million people in the Unites States are in nursing homes. Some are there by choice, others are not. They were placed there by family members in order to help them be assisted with their everyday lives. As we age our lives become more vulnerable to disorders that can leave us unable to be coherent. We most likely have to depend on someone for everything and this diminishes the control we have, even over ourselves. Being institutionalized you have no choice as to even deny your medications, let alone what medications you prefer. Everything is scheduled for you at every hour and every day, with no room for spontaneity. XI. As we age people around us seem to change their perspectives of us. Being “old” is something society sees as undesirable and there are these negative stereotypes that surround aging, which most people believe. When we age our bodies and mind change, but we don’t become vegetables immediately. There is a slow process of becoming more dependent on others, especially people who have health issues. Being that the “sandwich generation” has to take care of their kids, homes, careers and now their parents, it seems like too much to bare and most people are placed in nursing homes to assist with their every day