May saw the launch of our Understanding Dementia project – which is designed to explain and promote the work of the dementia/Alzheimer’s charity SPECAL. Our aim is to produce a number of informational and inspirational documentary-style films for training and promotion, where carers talk about their varied experiences and explain the benefits to carers of understanding [...]
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Production Diary and Fundraising progress
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alzheimer's, charity, dementia, documentary, help, inspirational, pledge, SPECAL on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
First day in the can!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged charity, dementia, film, production, sister, SPECAL on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We had a last minute change of plan to the shooting schedule and yesterday filmed a wonderful interview with Pippa, whose sister has early onset dementia.
We had hoped…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged camera, challenge, charity, crew, dementia, film, SPECAL, sufferer on July 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It is so difficult for those who are still coping with caring for a sufferer, trying to keep working and be faced with the prospect of talking about it on camera, so finding days to fit in a film crew too is proving to be a challenge!
Today we met…..
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dad, dementia, husband, nursing home, SPECAL on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We had spoken on the phone before and although she only lives 10 minutes from me this was a first-time meeting, although it felt like I had known her forever

