Grace and Frankie
Changes occur throughout our lives both when we expect them and when we least expect them. For Grace and Frankie, change came when they least expected it. At supper one evening with their husbands, assuming a big retirement announcement, they are instead bombarded with the biggest news of their lives. Their husbands are leaving them both, for each other (Kauffman & Morris, 2015). The lives of these two women, as they feel, has been blown apart. The men have chosen to take this step because they wish to spend their remaining years together since they have been fighting it for over 20 years (Kauffman & Morris, 2015). This leaves both women needing to refocus their own lives. In this comedy-drama, you watch how Grace and Frankie embark on this new chapter together. You follow through to learn just how two 70-some-year-old women are able to face all the challenges that come their way and manage to grow together, creating new lives and re-defining what “family” means. This bond that develops is a very unlikely bond. The two women have spent countless moments together in …show more content…
The GP’s felt that sexual health is more an issue for younger people and that it is not relevant or a legitimate topic to discuss with older patients. They stated that it is a rather private topic and it may break the doctor-patient relationship (Gott, Hinchliff & Galena, 2004). This notion is further reinforced with the lack of research and attention placed on sexual health related problems within the gerontology field (Gott & Hinchliff, 2003). As well as the lack of training GP’s are receiving in their studies, despite the increase in evidence to support the need for more training in this
Changes occur throughout our lives both when we expect them and when we least expect them. For Grace and Frankie, change came when they least expected it. At supper one evening with their husbands, assuming a big retirement announcement, they are instead bombarded with the biggest news of their lives. Their husbands are leaving them both, for each other (Kauffman & Morris, 2015). The lives of these two women, as they feel, has been blown apart. The men have chosen to take this step because they wish to spend their remaining years together since they have been fighting it for over 20 years (Kauffman & Morris, 2015). This leaves both women needing to refocus their own lives. In this comedy-drama, you watch how Grace and Frankie embark on this new chapter together. You follow through to learn just how two 70-some-year-old women are able to face all the challenges that come their way and manage to grow together, creating new lives and re-defining what “family” means. This bond that develops is a very unlikely bond. The two women have spent countless moments together in …show more content…
The GP’s felt that sexual health is more an issue for younger people and that it is not relevant or a legitimate topic to discuss with older patients. They stated that it is a rather private topic and it may break the doctor-patient relationship (Gott, Hinchliff & Galena, 2004). This notion is further reinforced with the lack of research and attention placed on sexual health related problems within the gerontology field (Gott & Hinchliff, 2003). As well as the lack of training GP’s are receiving in their studies, despite the increase in evidence to support the need for more training in this