VICE News - 2020-03-23
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Good lord, don’t put me in a 2020 neighborhood when I’m old...
Why have a 2020 neighborhood when you can just quarantine inside your house?
Ooooo you not lying!
Fr fr lol
@kevindc18181818 There'll also be a bunch of Klansmen in MAGA hats thrown into the mix ...lol
There wouldn't even be a neighborhood, they'd just lock you in a recreation of your own house.
the “who’s girl are you?” “yours!” moment was the sweetest thing. 🥺 props to the professionals who work in places like this, it takes a special kind of caring person to do so.
It's a very rewarding experience. If you have the time to be trained specifically for an Alzheimer and dementia unit, I highly recommend it. Pay is shit though lol
I can imagine one of the old people: "Why's there so many ne gros in this place this is for whites only"
TheRoyalHam That has nothing to do with my comment at all, why are you here.
TheRoyalHam of course you only video is about racism. Is that all you think about dawg
idontgiveafuck you need to calm tf down
When she started going " doo, doo, do, do, doo " I felt warmth everywhere.
Mondo Prime uhm
I know!!! So sweet!☺️
Mondo Prime lol shut up
@Mondo Prime this is the most sad and funniest comment in the platform
My grandmother has Alzheimer’s. She’s reverted to a childlike state of mind. I’m crying over this. I don’t want her to forget me.
Katie Salata 🤍🥺
Memory is temporary. Love lasts forever.
My grandma has it and screams and punches everyone in the house
The color Blue Alzheimer’s
As an age carer they may forget but they'll remember, if you've ever seen the note book its the best representation you'll get on dementia etc
Alzheimer's is extremely heartbreaking to deal with, I'm sorry you're going through it. One thing that may help her remember is any sort of songs you both have memories of. Memory when it comes to sounds/songs is generally unaffected or less effected. It may help her to at least remember those moments you had together :>
-From a Personal Support Worker
So what happens when an old black man walks in the diner and the racism comes back to all the patients at the same time
I’m on the floor but was thinking the same thing
Lol
They were only 10 in the 40s
Nice race baiting...
I feel terrible for laughing at this lmao
When I’m 85 these are gonna be an internet cafe where everyone is playing League and CoD and a movie theater that’s always showing Endgame... maybe they’ll have an art gallery with the ancient memes
For me it'll be Mario, Linguini, and Link on the wall. LOL
Lol we can only hope
Sound like a hell hole
When we will look at the oil painting of Never Gonna Give You Up, we'll get rick rolled...
I wanna make that happen
Alzheimer’s is one of the worst things ever to be. It literally eats away at your brain until you are gone and it does it twice, first when it takes away all of your memory, and second when it takes your life. It makes me tear up writing this and I don’t even know anyone who has it so far but I hope they find a cure
This is truly one of my greatest fears in life, whether it’s myself or a loved one. God bless these people and anyone who helps care for the elderly. It says a lot about a society the way they treat their elders. Mushroom therapy has shown promising results in combatting the progression of the disease and who knows, it could even lead to a prevention of the disease which is the ultimate goal.
I work in care with dementia and that , music is the key always and doing that job and being 25 has showed me the importance of family and after you turning old you only have memories left , I’ve seen doctors , teachers etc and seeing there family reminisce together really showed me that your impact as character and a person will always out way your materials and your life goals as they talk about laughing together as a family , also I’ve seen people pass without no one there but use and we show utter respect and love and that will humble you , go out and enjoy that life , you can’t escape getting old. So just chill and enjoy life please.
Vxvxvxxx damn bro really making me tear up
🙌🏽❤❤❤❤
Took the words out of my mouth. I also cried when I found out my grandpa started getting Alzheimer’s which made me picture in my head what it’ll be like if my dad (since it’s genetic) will come down with it.
Alzheimer’s always disturbed me from a young age, just the nature of this particular mental illness’s symptoms are so uniquely cruel and torturous to both the victim and their loved ones. It’s like death except drawn out over several years and you get to watch them slowly die up close and personal, day by day. I’m not a religious or spiritual person, but Alzheimer’s truly seems malicious by design.
“am i allowed to touch the star?”
“yesss ohhh yes!”
“ohhhh, what a nice man you are”
“i’ll keep you”
“keep away from those people!”
made me cry like a baby it was the sweetest think ever
this is the most wholesome things I have seen since the whole world has decided to be an obsolute idiot facing the virus.
You mean US only right.
account China has had new cases everyday, but they are trying to get everything reopened to take control of the economy.
ShiftClicking
He’s a bootlicker, don’t even try.
I work in a elder home with people who suffer from severe dementia and unfortunatly those very same people are the most severly affected has they're not able to comprehend why they can't leave their rooms.
ShiftClicking well they can have fun with the economy when their all dying from a disease
omg she is so CUTE. this makes me want to hug my grandma.
Same! So glad I’m seeing mine today for mother’s day
bellaaa Do it, please. Enjoy time with her while she lasts, promise me that
My Great grandmother is dead....☹
Imagine being 80 years old and you get taken to a building across town to play minecraft.
james_10 spaghetti
@james_10 james_10
Naaah id want an 80s simulation or something. I wouldn’t wanna be reminded of the 10s or 20s even though I’m growing up in this time
yo that would be sick, that'd be like living in a lego nursing home. we'll have the sicknastiest dementia build server--the combined effort of dozens of networked nursing homes. they can exhibit our worldsaves.
By the time you reach 80 (assuming you are younger than 25), Dementia will be a thing of the past.
The way she looks at her daughter with utmost trust made me tear up...
When she had to estimate how many kids she had that was sad
I feel bad for her. But I really feel bad for her husband and daughter. And really her husband who's known her the longest and seeing the woman he loves go downhill
Stfu
OG what’s the point of commenting that
@OG No u bbg
FlxrzFN I laughed at it because of how sad it was. “I probably got 4 kids” is so sad and bittersweet because she said it in an adorable voice.
Any of y’all got grandparents with this play music they know from back then. My friend did this and her grandfather got up and started to dance and remembered her name. If you guys have tried this I’d love to hear your story.
George Washing machine played walking the floor over you by Ernest Tub (my grandpas favorite song by him back in the day) he probably hadn’t heard it in 15 to 20 years and he sung nearly every word. Truly remarkable
My great grandpa went dancing every week & they played songs from when he was young and he LOVED it! He could dance better than any man I’d ever saw & you never would have thought it looking at my country, farmers tanned lanky grandpa. He could out dance all the other people in there. They loved him. He was amazing! And those dances gave him something to look forward to. He got cancer & still went every week going thru radiation because it made him feel alive, he loved it.
Every time I play sam Cooke around my grandparents they sing along and dance together, they don’t have memory problems but it warms my heart to see how music seems to have a special place in their hearts
“ she’ll get to the point where she won’t talk at all” WHO IS CUTTING ONIONS 😭
Even if we were it's a phone you couldn't feel it
Yeah it’s heartbreaking truly.
“The past eases any pain of the present.” That’s a hell of a quote
Until it catches up wit ya n den u gotta feel da pain from da past
@Arctic Jungle I thought I was the only one who did this. 2016 for me.
30 years from now people are going to have 2020 flashbacks
I mean not if you’re talking about today
Tell that to slaves.
My grandma has Alzheimer's and is currently in the state of where she cannot form words anymore and cannot walk. Seeing videos like this makes me happy and sad at the same time! Today is also her birthday so it's funny how this is in my recommendations today.
Happy birthday to your grandma. I watched the same thing with my grandfather, it hurts. Best wishes for your family.
Happy Belated Birthday And Happy Early Mother’s Day to your abuela.
@Wyatt Alvarez my grandfather is currently going through Alzheimer's but we sont know what will happen:(
I'm in the same situation.....its tough 😪! I wish you and family the best! Letting go is never easy but seeing them like this seems worse.....keep your head up sis
Kailee Carvalho I hope you are doing ok! ❤️
One of the saddest parts of Alzheimer’s is that, my grandparents were for equality between the races, but as my grandp developed Alzheimer’s he could only remember what he was around when he was young and slowly slipped into being slightly prejudice again!. It’s terrible but I know he can’t help it.
I would cry... That's very painful.
Thanks for sharing that
I remember my old great grandma, as she was going out, would say stuff about gypsies and Mexicans , she’s clutch her purse around Blacks and Latinos . She only did it in the last few years. She was born in like 1918 and was an immigrant to this country herself ironically
My grandmother went out to all the civil rights marches and was incredibly involved in the Civil rights movement, and now she has kind of lost that spirit just because of old age. I know it's not what she truly wants in her heart though. Just remember if your grandparents are ever saying that they are most likely not supportive of that when they were in their youth, its just old age.
I hope I’m as good of a child as their daughter is one day. She takes care of them so much with so much care. Much love and respect
"whose girl are you?" yours! "that's right sweetheart"
So cute
Imagine being 30 years old and going to your local grocery store, then the clerk tells you you're actually 90 and have dementia and you're in this dementia village.
An eighty year old man walks up to you very worried about his mother. "Where is my mother? I can't find her!" He's scared. Do you tell him his mother is dead, and watch him grieve and ask what happened, or do you say, "Well, I haven't seen her for a bit, she probably had something to do. Let's sit down and have some coffee and a cookie."? He'll probably ask for his mom several times a day. Do you want to put him through trauma multiple times a day, every day until his condition gets to the point where he forgets her, or do you want to distract him from the anxieties that dementia causes and give him something calming to focus on? This is the reality. "Reality orientation" is cruel, "validation" is kindness.
Alexander James it’s one of the only ways to cope, it eats away at your whole life
@Ron Williams hi ron..i think I misinderstood..im a retired Alzheimers dementia nurse..i totally live this and I too saw that village in the Netherlands..my bff n I wanted to start our own like that but...$$$$$$
@GuizarC no..they don't know the diff..at least not in the mid to late stages..but they don't feel useless anymore..
When I fist became an Alzheimer's nurse we were told..just agree..go along with whatever the patient says..few years later they sais..nope..be honest n simply redirect or distract..thar seemed to work better..at least we weren't treating them like they weren't important enuf to be honest..even if the did forget 5 minutes later..
Dementia is an age related forgetfulness..alzheimers is when you go backwards in age mentally..kinda like Benjamin button but on the brain..by the time the patient dies..usually from pneumonia or a fall or broken hip..not Alzheimers itself..the patient has an age of a 10 year old or younger..
“How many kids do you have?” “Probably about 4”😂
Connor Hill BRUH💀
It’s not a joke
FS.Avexxx fr I know right Alzheimers is not funny
retaj it’s still funny the way it came out 😂
Sara Noel I laughed at it too. It’s very bittersweet and I understand where your coming at. I don’t think Alzheimer’s is a joke.
Unfortunately this probably had to shutdown recently. Due to the coronavirus risk to such older people.
Nick Hiscock it’s has not closed but they had to start wearing more ppe and cleaning things more I’m realy happy it’s still open though
Every old person I've talked to doesn't want to live their last few years in isolation. That is 100x worse than dying of Covid. They are going to die anyways. Forcing people into quarantines who don't even want it is salem witch trial level stupid. History will judge this generation poorly.
@WAT - "History will judge this generation poorly." I've heard young and old people alike say things like this for decades! There will likely be no generation seen as "good" in any way with how high people's expectations or demands are. There will always be something to complain about and some opinionated people will always be louder than they should be.
Aww they get to have a few years and still be happy
"The average enrollment for our patients is only about 18-24 months"
Me - .... :"(
Ms.Mary is so cute, it’s so cute when she laughs and dances and jokes around
Anybody else thought it was a real town and not just a building?
I was hoping to see an old movie theater, disco, classroom, etc. Looks like its just a diner.
Yeah, flagged for misleading title.
Ricky Day facts 🤦🏾♂️i really wanted to see a whole town😂😒
Me to. At the start I tought like wow house and the place looks great lol.
10,000th like!
I wonder why it has over 900 dislikes, no I mean seriously there’s nothing to hate about this
Demogorgon I mean there close together buttons so I guess some are accidental
My grandmother died of Alzheimer’s a few months ago and this is an incredible idea. I never knew her before she had it but saw her health slowly degrade and near the end she was no longer talking and if she did the phrases they made were nonsensical. She was miserable and confused the entirety of it. It makes me happy to see someone not in that state. It hurts so much to see them like that but seeing them happy is incredible and I wish I could have provided that for my grandma before she was gone.
3:55 That nurse is PERFECT for this job! She is EXACTLY the kind of nurse you want in this profession! Not everyone can do this job but she has the patience demeanor and love for her patients that gives them exactly what she needs. And so are all of the other nurses at that center. Bless people like them.
If you ain’t tryna give me a Mary and Ray typa luv I don’t want it
FACTS!! ive absolutely fallen in love with Mary & i dont even kno her lol
I love how her family tells her that “Town Square” needs her help. Sometimes, with Alzheimer’s, it is about the presentation. They resist losing their independence, and after a certain time, they don’t understand why they can’t be independent anymore. The key is kindness.
Gibbelblonk thank you preston
@Gibbelblonk thanks for that
My mum has early onset vascular dementia and her main fear is losing her independance.
She needs meals delivered to her because she always forgets to eat, so I tell her that I need her to be healthy so she can take care of me.
I call to tell her to check the letterbox for me just so she'll bring in the mail. When I visit home, I let her do my washing and I ask her to pick out food for my dinner. I ask her to come to doctors appointments with me.
I'm an adult but also her youngest, so she feels like it's her duty to look after her baby. It makes her feel useful and gives her a reason to do all the things she's scared of doing.
@AlienWithABox This is a great idea! Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely. One of the hardest parts of working in a geriatric behavioral health unit was telling patients that they could no longer drive or use guns (I’m in a southern state, so hunting is a big pastime). Usefulness and ability are things we all need, even if we don’t realize it.
I can’t even imagine the amount of confusion going on in these peoples minds.
"I'll pick you up in an hour."
Notice the look he gave to the camera, as if she's gonna remember that an in hours time! 😂 Smart
Haha that look. I’ve seen a lot of old married folks make that look, it means
“I love ya but Jesus Christ honey”
“This is my youngest daughter” shows some 75 year old lady
My grandma in this video is currently 89. My mom (the woman you’re referring to) is 52.
larry zagoriy lol women had children at like 18 the so they wouldn’t be THAT much older than your children (at least in our modern eyes, where women have babies at like 27)
@bearandrocky1 Your grandma and mother are lovely beautiful women. 💖
Cathie Matthews my oma does that with my mom and she’s 60
@The Tiller Willer!!! Are you crazy ? Girls still have babies at a very young age and much worse compared to the olden days. This generation is stupid
I wish my grandma could’ve had this...she reminds me so much of her.
Imagine being with someone for 50 years and then one day she doesn't know who you are. That would be the biggest heart ache I'd have to endure
Both my grandmas on both sides had dimensia. I hope and pray I dont get it
I felt that with my grandmother she would ask us who we are constantly
Karla Alejandra Im not crying ur crying 😢
My parents have been married for 27 years, my dad is 93 and my mom 73... My dad has a similar disease called dementia with lewy bodies and he has this episodes where he thinks my mom is his mom, he has hallucinations where he feels he's being chased by someone, that God is directly talking to him, that the roof is collapsing,food walking away as he calls it and more... It is really difficult to see him like that
The Dead Traveler it really would 😪
I guess when each generation passes and the next generation comes in then they'd update Town Square decade by decade?
Haha for my dads generation it’ll be a disco club and they will have fondu parties
no no nooooo I wanna go to the 20s and 40s and 50d
Okay when I am that old I would still rather have a home representing the 50's and not like 2020-2030
My grandma, who has Alzheimer’s, lives with us and I know everyone’s experience with this disease is different but this feels like nothing compared to what it’s really like. She’s at the end of her journey which is probably why, but I feel like every video I watch almost romanticizes Alzheimer’s disease to make it easier to digest in the viewers head.
"Am I allowed to touch the star?"
* 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 *
"𝘖𝘩, 𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘖𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦."
best part 💫
Poor Ray. That man loves her with all his heart
Legends Never Die I don’t believe that they are saying “poor him” because his wife is disabled, but because alzihmers is a terrible and deadly disease. She’s going to forget almost everything and could even forget him. It’s very hard to go through.
Legends Never Die disable is a very board term, that encompasses many varying needs, and specialties and understanding. I think comparing an understanding of black history to all of those who fall under that category of ‘disabled’ doesn’t quite work for the comparison.
It is difficult to say what will offend some one who is disabled, you don’t know what disability they may have, but black people? Their are certain things you know are inappropriate to say. (Of course they may vary slightly personally however, you would not call a black person the n word all hand, or tell them to sit at the back of the bus, etc)
I’m not sure a person suffering from blindness, someone suffering for dehabilitating migraines, or an amputee, would agree on much at all , they have no shared experience, but they are all considered disabled. Being offensive to each would vary completely.
What I’m saying is, people know what is offensive to black people and are quick to jump to there aid because it is one popular and widespread shared history that you can relate someone to with a glance. Very few people know what particular then may offend each specific disability. And at the very least they know enough to know this, and care about your feelings enough to try. Correct them gently. But they care to try in the first place, to think on what they know and try there best to not hurt or offended...that’s good people. We can’t know everything,
@Talia L You can offend someone who is blind the same way you can offend someone with muscular dystrophy. Sadly, most people put anyone they deemed as not "normal" as someone who is less than. So yes, it's easy to offend any of us by acting that way. We all know that feeling because we all have people who look at us that way. So it makes those of us who are differently abled become defensive. If you have something that puts you in that category, you can understand that feeling.
He is the opposite of poor...🤗
Brooklyn thank you
One day my grandma and I went shopping at the mall near us, and there was this lady about 70-80 years old, and we went over to her, and asked her if she needed help. She said she couldn’t find her car, and her son lives too far away to help her. We asked her if she wanted to ride in my grandmas car so she wouldn’t have to walk as far. She said yes and we helped her find her car, which was way at the other side of the mall. Once she got in her car, we led her to the nursing home that she lives in, and she got there safely. I’m still so happy that my grandma and I were able to help a poor old woman with dementia find her car. ☺️
She should not have been driving. That was very sweet if you and your grandma.
Their daughter is pretty :) such a nice woman taking care of her mom like that.
I get emotion looking at people who’s lifes are almost over. Especially when they have a disease like Alzheimers.
Same here just thinking that we're are all heading that way( old)makes me sad 😥
My last memory of my grandmother was hugging her on thanksgiving, only for her to stare at me like I was a complete stranger. Alzheimer’s is one of the only diseases I know of that affects the ones around the sufferer more than it does the person who actually has it.
A month later her body forgot how to do 80% of its regular functions, and on December 23rd of that same year she was gone.
I’ll always love you Mimi❤️
Comments like these make me realize how lucky I am that none of my grandparents have or had Alzheimer’s. ❤️
@gunner jax You really are! Spend as much time as possible with them.
I really feel bad if this place isn’t open during this pandemic.
I just lost my grandad to Alzheimer’s yesterday. It’s been so tough to watch. But he’s finally at peace.
May he rest in peace
If I’m in a place like that right now
They nailed how horrible school is
zbaker330 he said “if I’m in a place like that right now
They nailed how horrible school is”
Just in case you didn’t read it right
What’s worse is the ppl that liked the comment don’t even realize how dumb it is. They just hate school.
imagine being in a 2019 town seeing 76yr old men playing fornite-
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I wish i could work with them 😊 Believe it or not but these people are the REALEST of anybody i have ever met. I used to do CNA/HHA care with the Alzheimer's and dementia unit back in 2006-2009 before i got sick and yes days could be challenging but then there are days where i didn't want to leave.
I wish my nana that just passed from covid-19 had the chance to be apart of something like this because its simply beautiful.
ℝ 𝕖 𝕪 ♡ - 2020-04-29
@EternalResonance what the fu k
Sam - 2020-05-08
VICE News this is awesome
Paris Antoinette - 2020-05-14
San Diego is so progressive. I love my city. 🙌
Gideon Morgan - 2021-08-19
InstaBlaster.