Category Archives: carers

THE MOLE AGENT QUESTIONS

Posted on April 29, 2021 by rinaross

As an old couple under lockdown for months we have been viewing an awful lot of TV (films, series,   documentaries, zooms) and had to bend to each other’s choices….  On my first viewing  I did not realise that The … Continue reading →

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23 WALKS (2020)

Posted on February 27, 2021 by rinaross

How I miss my older-women-in film groups. Both the Brent U3A one and the Ealing Oldies Network group.  Both groups were very well attended (no fewer than 8 in bad weather and up to 40 people per session) by older … Continue reading →

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LOVE AND DEMENTIA

Posted on January 31, 2021 by rinaross

On 31 Jan 2021, at 17:49, Rina Rosselson <rinaross@mac.com> wrote: Why is it that the film Amour is often quoted in reviews of Still Mine?  And do all stories with old couples fall into the same genre? Isn’t Still Mine also a film about dementia? … Continue reading →

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OLD AGE AND CARE : Amour, Chronic, A Woman’s Tale

Posted on December 28, 2020 by rinaross

Autoethnography Isolated from family and friends under tier 4, unable to research with any enthusiasm I have decided to end the writing of 2020.But first I must come back to my blog of December 19th, where I touched on an … Continue reading →

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NEW PATH : DEMENTIA IN FILMS….

Posted on December 19, 2020 by rinaross

In my plan to write about and study films about dementias I realise that the research involved is too complex and beyond my available time and interest.  I know nothing about horror films and it seems to me that it … Continue reading →

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