Entering a nursing home is like euthanasia

"The Savages Diary of Brothers and Sisters in Claypot", a 2007 work, this is a story about taking care of an elderly and insane relative, and what the two brothers and sisters have learned from the process. The younger sister is more enthusiastic and wants to do something for his father, such as finding a more beautiful nursing home, buying a big red pillow, and letting the cat accompany his father, but this is not moved by the father; the son is more realistic, thinking that the father always To leave, the nursing home is actually just a packed waiting place, so it is enough to perform basic care responsibilities. The two brothers and sisters often quarreled. Once when the father was present, they quarreled about "whether the younger sister lied to get the fund". The father sat aside and became discouraged from the beginning. He went there a few days later. In fact, at this time, shouldn't the children be patient enough to let the father feel the warmth of the family?

Basically, we don't have any good feelings for nursing homes, and the staff in nursing homes in the play also appear cold. Only a black young man takes care of the elderly carefully and pays attention to what he likes to eat. Maybe those people are tired of watching too much, you can't blame them for being indifferent, but life is like this, it will always end. There is a wonderful dialogue in the movie. The daughter watched her father stop breathing and fall asleep. She said, "That's it!?". That's right, that's it. You have toiled all your life, or you can take care of an old man with all your energy, just like that, and go so calmly and plainly. Just like a passing guest, like to the staff of the nursing home, he is just one of the guests. However, he still influenced others, his two children. The daughter gave up having a married husband, and the son tried to save the beloved who had left. In the end, the two continued to pursue their own ideals in their own lives, which was unexpected.

At the end of the movie, I understood that entering a nursing home is like euthanasia, just to make you feel better before you leave. The married dog was not euthanized in the end, but tried to do rehabilitation exercises instead. Is this movie trying to promote the moral concept of "Children please don't drop their parents into nursing homes for the elderly"? But it seems that all things are helpless. The brothers and sisters in the play have done their best to do so, and they also have their own lives to face. But when you are old, who doesn’t want their children to take them into the home and take care of them to the end?

PS In addition to this set, the heroine's movie also watched "Love Actually", why are all women with such great family responsibilities?

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