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SENIOR TO SENIOR CARE

ADK TAIWAN, Taipei City / 7-ELEVEN / 2018

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A young lady at home was dealing with several men of different ages. Every time she solved one person’s problem, there will always be other new problems caused by the next person. When she was knocked out by the situation coming one after another, she finally realized that she wasn’t dealing with different people, but instead, the person was a 70-year-old man who suffered from dementia, mixing up all moments of his memories.

Taking care of people with dementia is a job that even young people will feel exhausted, not to mention elderly people taking care of the elderly. We appeal to everyone to donate money to help these families.

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In Taiwan, dementia is a well-known topic and the issue is broadcasted by advertisements and also receive assistance and support from many groups. However, there is a more complex group requiring more help: families with elderly caregivers caring for dementia patient, and the average age of senior caregivers (senior to senior care) is up to 72 years old. This problem is much more complicated and people are not familiar with it. Since these families are extremely vulnerable and underprivileged, we need more people to pay attention to the issue and also help them.

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Caregivers’ busy and hard work were highlighted by one shot in this film.

(Scene setting: Day scene in a common living room.)

In the living room, a high school student fell asleep on the sofa.

The main character – a 25-year-old young lady came and covered him with a blanket.

O.S. : A 60-year-old man asked the young lady: “What time is it?”

(Movement: the shot move to a cabinet in the living room.)

Seeing a man who wore army uniform and ready back for his duty, he rummaged through the drawers, looking for something and asked anxiously: “Where’s my military card?”

The young lady was a bit overwhelmed and tried to stop him.

She said to him: “You’ve already been discharged…”

The soldier answered anxiety: I’m running late for my duty.

The young lady said in a more assertive tone to him again: “You’ve already been discharged.”

(Movement: the shot move to another room.)

Suddenly the young lady noticed something, and hastily ran to the other side.

(Movement: the camera moved with the angle from the young lady.)

She saw a little boy who wore the elementary school uniform peeing into an open closet.

She screamed then flustered wiped the floor with a mop, and said: “This is not the toilet!”

(Movement: the shot move back to the living room.)

However, while the young lady was still wiping the floor, the 60-year-old man appeared beside her and asked her again: “What time is it now?”

The young lady looked at the man and didn't know how to answer him...

(Movement: the shot move to the opposite side of the living room.)

A 30-year-old man stood in front of the cabinet with an anxious look.

The young lady asked him: “What are you looking for?”

He replied: “Where’s my car key?”

(Movement: the shot move to the dining room.)

A 40-year-old man sat in front of an empty dinner table, watching the busy young lady and said impatiently: “Just come and eat first.”

The young lady walked to him and said patiently: “We’ve already eaten. See? We finished.”

(Movement: the shot move to the kitchen.)

At the same time, the young lady saw a junior high school student in the kitchen, taking the dishwashing liquid and ready to drink.

The young lady ran into the kitchen immediately and stop the student, she said: “No, no, you can’t drink this! This is a dishwashing liquid. It’s not drinkable.”

(Movement: the shot move to the front of the refrigerator.)

A 50-year-old man carried a laundry basket.

He opened the refrigerator and seriously put the dirty clothes inside.

The young lady stopped him and took the dirty clothes out, putting them back into the laundry basket, and told the man: “Give me the dirty clothes. This is a refrigerator.”

(Movement: the shot move to the door.)

At this time, a 20-year-old man who wore the office suit tried to rush to go to work, with a nervous look: “I’m late for work.”

The young lady comforted the man: “You don’t need to go to work. No worries.”

(Movement: The shot move back to the living room and shoot in long shot.)

A 70-year-old man who wore pajamas held a portable pot, walking toward in small steps slowly.

(Audio: add the background music and the SUPER.)

(Scene Setting: The entire house became quiet and there is no one in the whole house.)

The 70-year-old man muttered to himself slowly: “I’ll go buy some breakfast for you…”

SUPER: Patient's disoriented memories cycles daily for senior caregivers.

(The shot jump back to the young lady.)

The young lady looked exhausted and she stood looking at the back of the old man, feeling worried.

V.O.: “Caring for dementia patient is challenging work, even for young people.”

(Take the back shot of the patient and his wife - the senior care giver.)

The senior care giver walked beside the old man who is the dementia patient.

V.O. &SUPER: “However, the average age of senior caregivers (Senior to Senior care) is 72 years old.”

(Movement: JUMP CUT)

Replay the episodes happened in the previous scenes but let the old man acted all the parts this time to demonstrate what all happened in the previous scenes were the behavior that the old man who suffer from dementia will happen in a day.

V.O.: Senior caregivers work usually requires up to 24 hours a day without a break.

SUPER: More care for the care givers.

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