Is nto that we will liek to neglect her but I doubt she will understand the movie or even have fun with it in the funny scenes of the movie. My mom is 85 years old and my brother and I want to go to the movies to watch a certain movie next week. My mom is not that she is not mentally sane, but she has not been in the movies in years. For her now is kind a little difficult to understand like the plot on certain TV shows or movies, like keeping up with the plot like many years ago, now is a bit harder for her. But she is still sane, but to capture the idea of a movie plot is difficult for her now and at the end im sure she won't enjoy the movie or dont understand the plot of it. My brotehr says that in order not to leave her alone at home lets take mom to the movies but in a afternoon shift where there are not a lot of people inside the movie or walking on the mall as my mom now walks slowly. The problem is that I will like to watch the movie with subtitles and hear the real actor with theri real voice and the shifts that the move is subtitled are at night when there is a lot of people and at that time not very good for my mom to stay out that late, otherwise she will fall sleep. I mean I know my mom won't understand the movie at all, she won't keep up with it and mayeb she even get tired of being seated 2 hours and a bit more and maybe as an elder person she will have the urges to go to the restroom in the middle of the movie, I will have to take her to the restroom (not that i won't do it but we will miss part of the movie as we are in the restroom). So I todl my brother is better not to take mom, besides she is not asking us to take her and she is not telling us that she wants to go tot he movie, simply my brotehr won't like my mom to stay home alone while we are at the movies.
Should we take our mom to the movie theater?
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My mom like to watch TV differnt channels at home. But I think at her age to taker her to the movies with crowds is not like the best idea but also beacuse I know she won't keep up iwth the plot, and what is abotu the movie. My mom is more visual, like to see a concert, something live, a presentation, like a theater play, or a concert in a theater, things like that, she likes to see. We have a married sister that we an ask her to take mom and give her a ride or something while my brotehr
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and I are at the movies. My sister no longer goes to the movies anyway,
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I don't know where you are, but where I am, going to the movies costs about $20, and for close to the same price you could hire someone to hang out with your mom and "mom-sit" her.
I think you are right about her not really enjoying it, needing to go to the bathroom and all the rest. Maybe there's something you can think of that she would enjoy that would cost a similar price and take a similar amount of time, that she could do while you go to the movies. Does she have any disorientation issues like dementia? If she had a phone, you could drop her off at the library, or some other venue that she might enjoy for a few hours.
$20 for a movie ticket? Wow too expensive$12$12 where I live going to the movie costs about 12 dollars
ok, maybe a sitter for the elderly will also be cheaper.
Maybe pick a movie that isn't too deep so she might understand it
Of course you take care geez 🙄