Emmerdale and dementia
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I don't watch Emmerdale so don't know the story line but this video clip
http://video.metro.co.uk/video/met/...667104448/640x360_MP4_6420945690667104448.mp4
is an improvement on the oft publicised 'live well with dementia' theme.
Congratulations to ITV for showing what dementia is really like for many carers and PWD.
http://video.metro.co.uk/video/met/...667104448/640x360_MP4_6420945690667104448.mp4
is an improvement on the oft publicised 'live well with dementia' theme.
Congratulations to ITV for showing what dementia is really like for many carers and PWD.
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I haven't watched it for many years, but it seems they have put some research into it
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=2689
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=2689
I've been following the storyline so far and I think they have been doing a great job with Ashley's character so far.
It is a good clip, that could almost had happened to any of us. ( however I don't think a PWD would calm down with scream. 0:28)
I don't watch Emmerdale but had read about this and have now watched the clip. I shall be looking out for this episode in December - wish I had known Emmerdale was covering dementia and would have tried to follow it. It sounds like they are making a good job of it which makes a change.
Hopefully it is opening the eyes of ordinary viewers to the devastation of this disease too often dismissed as 'losing their marbles' and 'going do-lally' which makes my blood boil.
Loo
Hopefully it is opening the eyes of ordinary viewers to the devastation of this disease too often dismissed as 'losing their marbles' and 'going do-lally' which makes my blood boil.
Loo
There is a special episode of Emmerdale tonight which will try to show dementia through the eyes of a very confused sufferer.
Ruth Langford, whose father had dementia, thanks John Middleton on This Morning for his portrayal of a person with dementia.
Emmerdale ITV 7pm.
Ruth Langford, whose father had dementia, thanks John Middleton on This Morning for his portrayal of a person with dementia.
Emmerdale ITV 7pm.
I have just watched it and cried throughout, I lost my mam in May, it's a terrible disease, the actor played it very very well I thought.
They should Kassy, it brought back so many struggles to me, and with it showing vascular dementia, not so well known. I used to think my mam was living in a nightmare most of the time. I thought it showed that so well.
It should be compulsory watching for all SW.
I also cried it was well researched, well written and well played.
I also cried it was well researched, well written and well played.
I cried from beginning to end
What a performance; so realistic and much better than the solely 'memory loss' performances that are all too often aired.
What a performance; so realistic and much better than the solely 'memory loss' performances that are all too often aired.It was an excellent portrayal of dementia. I could see my Mum in Ashley's actions and his fear, very sad to watch and yes Kassy, every care home staff should be made to watch it.
Ange
Ange
I agree Kassy and with others it was excellent but you need to know a bit of the context and have seen a few more episodes to realise his changed perception in last night's episode i.e that he was 'seeing' different people. I'm not aware of any better portrayal of it because it really was excellent.
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I haven't watched Emmerdale for years and feel that this is too close to home for me at the moment. All credit to them for tackling this.
I find one of the problem with 'soaps' is that they will raise an issue but then quickly move on to something else. Of course, this is how soap-land works but I am often irritated that someone who, just last week, suffered a bereavement, illness or other traumatic event is now portrayed as being 'over it'. I hope they don't come up with a trite, tidy conclusion to this issue too!
I find one of the problem with 'soaps' is that they will raise an issue but then quickly move on to something else. Of course, this is how soap-land works but I am often irritated that someone who, just last week, suffered a bereavement, illness or other traumatic event is now portrayed as being 'over it'. I hope they don't come up with a trite, tidy conclusion to this issue too!
I haven't been able to watch it either. Too soon after Bill's death and it sounds very like my mum's vascular dementia. There was a phone in about it on Radio Scotland today but I only heard snatches of it. There seems to be general agreement that the acting was superb.
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I dont watch Emmerdale, but I watched it last night as my friend who does watch it told me what a good portrayal of dementia it showed and said that yesterdays episode was a special one. I cried all the way through it. His empty eyes and sudden actions of aggression because of fear were so like my husbands - he even looked a bit like him.
My husband is in a good care home now, but this brought back with a bang all the months leading up to that - the confusion, the baffled expression when trying to work out money, or how to make a drink, the obsession that he had to see his mum (long deceased) or his babies (50 + year old men now), glimpses of recognition, then complete panic and denial of the fact he was at home, the compulsion to leave the house to "go home", the sudden outbursts of aggression when he was so confused he didnt know who I was. Watching it now to see how it pans out
I agree that all SW's should watch this and learn what the relatives really have to go through, when all they see when they visit is the "hostess" behaviour
My husband is in a good care home now, but this brought back with a bang all the months leading up to that - the confusion, the baffled expression when trying to work out money, or how to make a drink, the obsession that he had to see his mum (long deceased) or his babies (50 + year old men now), glimpses of recognition, then complete panic and denial of the fact he was at home, the compulsion to leave the house to "go home", the sudden outbursts of aggression when he was so confused he didnt know who I was. Watching it now to see how it pans out
I agree that all SW's should watch this and learn what the relatives really have to go through, when all they see when they visit is the "hostess" behaviour
