In essence, The Notebook is an interesting story of love, understanding, and care. It brings to the fore interesting facts relating to family caregiving, aging, and dementia. With regard to the physical parts of aging and its influence on mental health, it should be noted that the aging process is impacted upon by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to genetics, the life choices one makes, etc. Some of the changes that could be triggered by age are slowdown in metabolism rate, hearing problems, osteoporosis, hair-thinning, etc. Common illnesses and mental disorders associated with aging include, but they are not limited to, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, anxiety and depression, and some chronic diseases such as arthritis and adult onset diabetes. In the movie, both Noah (Duke) and Allie (in the nursing home) exhibit some of the frailties of old age. Noah does the hard job of trying to return Allie’s memory. He manages to maintain composure despite being exposed to stress triggering circumstances. This is more so the case given that when it comes to depression & anxiety in aging, the said mental conditions are not a consequence of aging. Instead, aging only increases the risk of depression,...
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