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Dementia is a cruel, cruel disease
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Dementia is a cruel, cruel disease

Dementia is a cruel, cruel disease

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Dementia is a cruel, cruel disease.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:54
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Genres
drama
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Every evening a man in his late 50s commutes home at the end of the working day in the outer suburbs of Melbourne.
She had an odd form of dementia. - The Plains 00:05
She had an odd form of dementia.
My mum's dementia, she can't remember who she is, - The Plains 00:06
My mum's dementia, she can't remember who she is,
Meaning she can go to the toilet, she can eat, she can sit in the chair. - The Plains 00:06
Meaning she can go to the toilet, she can eat, she can sit i...
Cheri's mum had a form of dementia - The Plains 00:06
Cheri's mum had a form of dementia
And, "That's my daughter", and so on. And, "You're my daughter's husband". - The Plains 00:06
And, "That's my daughter", and so on. And, &q...
But she couldn't remember, for instance, how to eat. - The Plains 00:05
But she couldn't remember, for instance, how to eat.
She was forgetting things, but she also knew she wasn't remembering - The Plains 00:10
She was forgetting things, but she also knew she wasn't...
- There was an awareness? - I reckon, yeah. - The Plains 00:05
- There was an awareness? - I reckon, yeah.
She was aware she couldn't, and she should have. - The Plains 00:04
She was aware she couldn't, and she should have.
I remember about five, six, seven weeks ago, we took her out. - The Plains 00:05
I remember about five, six, seven weeks ago, we took her out...
And she couldn't work out how to get into a car. - The Plains 00:04
And she couldn't work out how to get into a car.
How to sit in a car. Think about it, we do it quite seamlessly. - The Plains 00:05
How to sit in a car. Think about it, we do it quite seamless...
We position ourselves, we lower ourselves with our... - The Plains 00:05
We position ourselves, we lower ourselves with our...
Our bodies, we lift our legs in, and so on. - The Plains 00:04
Our bodies, we lift our legs in, and so on.
And to try to explain it... It was like, really sad to watch Cheri - The Plains 00:10
And to try to explain it... It was like, really sad to watch...
And she was a pretty competent... - The Plains 00:05
And she was a pretty competent...
So in many ways I was just sitting there thinking, "Look..." - The Plains 00:08
So in many ways I was just sitting there thinking, "Loo...
My mum on the other hand is fine. She's got dementia, - The Plains 00:08
My mum on the other hand is fine. She's got dementia,
Maybe her memory is like, about - The Plains 00:05
Maybe her memory is like, about
If you say something, she'll just repeat it. - The Plains 00:04
If you say something, she'll just repeat it.