The Alzheimer's Project - Season 1 - Episode 1

While there is hope for the future, millions of Americans are currently affected by the painful and deadly consequences of Alzheimer’s. This verité documentary profiles seven people living with the disease, each in an advancing state of dementia across the full spectrum of the progression of the disease. Among the emotionally gripping stories: a mother who holds on fiercely to her simple lifestyle, yet recognizes that her memory failures are making it more difficult to do so; another mother who complains to her daughter “I have lost my independence” after failing a driving test; a woman in a nursing home who thinks her mirrored reflection is her “best friend,” and who is haunted by imaginary snakes crawling over her wheelchair; a onetime computer whiz who keeps a blog to chronicle his activities while he still can; a father who no longer can remember his family, but can still steal the spotlight when performing in public with a local vocal group; a daughter who must build a fence around her farm to prevent her mother from wandering off; and the onetime host of a kids’ TV show, whose wife brings him to a hospice after his body finally starts shutting down.Show more