angieh
14-02-2009, 09:29 PM
I wonder whether anyone has been watching this BBC documentary and what they think so far.
I have watched it on iPlayer and have found it a real eye opener, considering that MIL has senile dementia and apart from the age of onset the similarities outweigh the differences from an "outsiders" point of view at least.
I suspect the reason for the increased publicity, like the recent government initiative has more to do with the likely cost of the huge numbers of people expected to develop Alzheimer's or other sorts of dementia in the years to come - it is a very worrying thought.
An article about the programmes is here (http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4400955/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-documents-Alzheimers-battle-in-BBC-film.html).
Sorry, that link didn't work. Here it is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4400955/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-documents-Alzheimers-battle-in-BBC-film.html
I have watched it on iPlayer and have found it a real eye opener, considering that MIL has senile dementia and apart from the age of onset the similarities outweigh the differences from an "outsiders" point of view at least.
I suspect the reason for the increased publicity, like the recent government initiative has more to do with the likely cost of the huge numbers of people expected to develop Alzheimer's or other sorts of dementia in the years to come - it is a very worrying thought.
An article about the programmes is here (http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4400955/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-documents-Alzheimers-battle-in-BBC-film.html).
Sorry, that link didn't work. Here it is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4400955/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-documents-Alzheimers-battle-in-BBC-film.html