The Alzheimer's Project

tv show

poster for The Alzheimer's Project

5 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired May 10, 2009

Overview

Alzheimer's disease is the second-most-feared illness in America, after cancer. Is our anxiety justified? HBO presents this multi-part campaign that looks at the causes, symptoms, treatments and possible cures for this insidious disease.

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Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?

Season 1 - Episode 3 - 2h 30m

Air Date

May 11, 2009

Overview

This film tells five stories of children, ages 6-15, who are coping with grandfathers or grandmothers suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Maria Shriver provides commentary and delivers valuable "lessons" for the kids, urging them not to blame themselves for what their grandparents do or say. "We are all children of Alzheimer's," says Shriver, sympathetically making it clear that "if it's too painful to visit, you don't have to go."