CURE THE CARE SYSTEM

ENGINE, London / ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY / 2022

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The film follows a woman caring for her husband with dementia. We watch as she battles with everyday challenges around their home, creating a sense of claustrophobia and isolation.

This visual struggle plays out against a sound bed of phone calls, made by the wife as she tries in vain and with increasing desperation, to get the help she needs from the failing government care system.

The film concludes with a crescendo of desperate phone calls and the news that her request for care funding has been unsuccessful.

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In the UK, most medical care is free trough the National Health Service (NHS). This is not the case for those living with dementia and Alzheimer's. Instead their love ones are left to care for them, without assistance. This campaign drew attention to their struggle and put pressure on the government to review the care system.

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