My Life on a Post-It Note
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| Subjects: Aging, Alzheimer's, Family Studies, Medicine, Mental Health Issues, Sociology | ||||
Christine Lyall-Grant is 65 and has early-onset Alzheimer's. Her daughter, Fiona, is 38. For 22 years Christine worked as a copy editor at Cambridge University Press. She had to stop working when she started to make mistakes and began having trouble with her memory. In January 2001, at the age of 61, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Chris now lives a very different life. She increasingly relies on others for her memory, her orientation and to differentiate between what is real and what is not. Her life revolves around diaries, calendars and Post-it Notes, which serve as her memory. Chris is determined to retain her autonomy and is finding it hard to come to terms with her increasing reliance on her daughter. Fiona, in turn, is struggling to come to terms with her mother's increasing dependence on her. Both Fiona and Chris are desperate for Chris not to go into a care home. They are both in favour of voluntary euthanasia but this is not an option as it is illegal. Filmed over one year, this is a poignant film charting two women's lives as they come to terms with their changing relationship and with Alzheimer's. |
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