Movies: Alzheimer s disease

With the early onset of Alzheimer's at 52, John Mann, front man for Canadian Celtic rock band Spirit of the West, confronts the reality that he's losing grasp of the poetic and political lyrics he shared with millions....

In October 2007, Pasqual Maragall was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Once past the initial blow, he and his family embarked on a crusade against the disease. From the very first step, this film has grown into an extraordinary testament. With intelligenc...

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An immersive documentary about four nurses working in retirement houses in Alzheimer units. Near to Claire, Luca, Antoinette and Lika, we discover how the nurses work, how the care is possible, with patience, ability, intelligence, tenderness and lov...

A young professional, Jackson makes a rare visit with his Grandfather and struggles to reconnect due to his Grandfather's dementia....

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Leonor desperately search for her son Perico, without realizing that she is wrapped in her Alzheimer's disease....

While battling Alzheimer’s disease, Deenie Hartzog-Mislock’s grandmother invents a wild story and the family learns to love an imaginary man named Nick Stephanopoulos....

This short film follows Dotty Grey who must fight to protect her memories from the effects of Alzheimer's disease. Ultimately, she is faced with a decision - either she continues to knit everything back together or accepts that she is losing her memo...

The pensioner Mr. Kummer is desperate to attend a Christmas party of his estranged family, who have invited him by surprise. A story about the loss of illusion....

In 1977, the Voyager probe leaves for the galaxy with a message in Spanish recorded in the RNE (Spanish National Radio Studio). Almost 50 years later and sick with Alzheimer's, Carmen is facing being transferred from her home in her town to a residen...

This short film tells the story of a former university professor diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. The protagonist wakes up at dawn and begins the morning routine he used to follow during his time as a professor. Later, his wife and son discove...

It narrates the life of an old man who suffers from Alzheimer's and before all his memory is erased he wants to remember, for the last time, the love story that he lived with Margarita....

This documentary shows what happened when Alzheimer’s came into my mother’s life and how we managed it. What started as a private memorial video for Mom found a new life in its current metamorphosis as a possible motivator for others to consider hom...

The adventure of five seniors who engage in an intense training of their mind. For the purpose of a scientific study, the impact of meditation on aging is evaluated....

In this 3D animated short we follow the journey of a little Gecko, living inside an Alzheimer’s patient mind, resembling his earliest childhood memory. As the disease progresses, neurons start falling apart and his memories descend from above. The Ge...

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Ben's not as sharp as he once was. Thank god he's got his wife around to look out for him. But something's not right. Something seems to be lurking in the shadows and this time it's up to him to figure it out....

Throughout the years, the role of a mother and grandmother is to take care of her own. However, when roles are forced to switch, one daughter and granddaughter must find the pieces of taking care of their recently strange loved one.....