Category Archives: dementia

THE MOLE AGENT QUESTIONS

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)

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

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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