One is Still Alice, about a woman with familial early-onset Alzheimer's. Not a story in my family, but I have a friend who has been diagnosed, as has her sister, so it's something of interest to me. The online service had some issues but I was able to watch the film, and in joining the discussion suggested that caregivers might want to read Her Final Year, which helped me deal with decisions I had to make.
The other two films focused on performers whose work I admired and enjoyed. SPARK is a film about Robin Williams and his battle with Lewy Body Dementia. This is the disease that felled a woman I considered one of my godmothers. She was diagnosed during her lifetime; he wasn't until after he died. It was interesting to watch, and heartbreaking.
The final film focused on a performer on whom I had a crush: Gene Wilder. Remembering Gene Wilder is a biography that gives a fond overview of his career, addresses his marriages, his relationships with co-stars and Mel Brooks, and explains how, in the end, his mind faded with Alzheimer's.
The uncle for whom I was responsible had some form of dementia in the end, so I am interested in the various forms it takes.
Things finished today: Another book (so I am at 23 of 18 for the year) and a scarf for the Red Scarf Project.
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| Bavarian Stitch, based upon this pattern. |
One of the local groups is collecting at their holiday party on December 9th so they can be mailed to arrive by December 15th. I should have at least one more done by then, maybe two. The next one is knitted and I did two inches during tonight's online group get-together.
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