For my reaction paper, I watched the movie “UP”. The film featured an older gentleman as the protagonist of the story. Watching the film from a social work perspective I was conscious of the stereotypes and issues reflecting older adults. My initial reaction to the film was that I was stunned at the amount of stereotypes the movie portrayed. The most noticeable was the personality of the main protagonist. The movie’s main character Carl embodies the “grumpy old man” stereotype. Throughout the movie, Carl is shown being grumpy, mean-spirited, and stubborn. He frequently lashes out at people despite their friendly demeanor this habit doesn’t change until the end of the movie.
The stereotypes don’t end with Carl’s Personality. Physically Carl …show more content…
The owner of the sites had attempted many times to get Carl to move out and into a retirement center. Although this is different from a nursing home, it still suggests that because Carl is old he cannot stay by himself. Eventually, Carl is forced from his home after a violent encounter. I could not help but think that if Carl was younger the situation would have been handled differently. I definitely think that he would not have been removed from his home. I believe that because of his age Carl was bullied into a decision despite his wishes to age in place. However, the desire to age in place has not gone unnoticed by policymakers.
Aging in place has become so prominent that housing policies are adopting this concern into their works. In the article “New Approaches to Housing and Aging in Place”, Pynoos and Cicero explain how aging in place is viewed by housing policymakers, “Policy responses to support aging in place, however, have been piecemeal and fragmented, leaving many older people in homes that are unsupportive and in communities that offer them few housing options. Even worse, we continue to build new homes that lack the features to help the next generation of older persons to age in place” (Pynoos and Cicero
The stereotypes don’t end with Carl’s Personality. Physically Carl …show more content…
The owner of the sites had attempted many times to get Carl to move out and into a retirement center. Although this is different from a nursing home, it still suggests that because Carl is old he cannot stay by himself. Eventually, Carl is forced from his home after a violent encounter. I could not help but think that if Carl was younger the situation would have been handled differently. I definitely think that he would not have been removed from his home. I believe that because of his age Carl was bullied into a decision despite his wishes to age in place. However, the desire to age in place has not gone unnoticed by policymakers.
Aging in place has become so prominent that housing policies are adopting this concern into their works. In the article “New Approaches to Housing and Aging in Place”, Pynoos and Cicero explain how aging in place is viewed by housing policymakers, “Policy responses to support aging in place, however, have been piecemeal and fragmented, leaving many older people in homes that are unsupportive and in communities that offer them few housing options. Even worse, we continue to build new homes that lack the features to help the next generation of older persons to age in place” (Pynoos and Cicero