The Alzheimer's project [videorecording] / HBO Documentary Films and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health ... present ; executive producers, Sheila Nevins, Maria Shriver ; series producer, John Hoffman.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Distributed by Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
3 videodiscs (533 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 p : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Memory loss tapes. Caregivers. Grandpa, do you know who I am? Momentum in science.
Notes:
Collective title from menu screen. "Grandpa, do you know who I am?" based on the book What's happening to Grandpa? / by Maria Shriver. On container is the word "Hopeless"; "less" is crossed out leaving "Hope." Originally broadcast in 2009. Host: Maria Shriver.
Contents:
Disc 1: The memory loss tapes / directed and produced by Shari Cookson and Nick Doob. Grandpa, do you know who I am? with Maria Shriver / directed and produced by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin. Caregivers / directed by Bill CouturieĢ ; producers, Anne Sandkuhler and Bill CouturieĢ -- Disc 2: Momentum in science (parts 1 & 2) / produced by Susan Froemke and John Hoffman -- Disc 3: Momentum in science : the supplementary series [12 segments].
Summary:
The Alzheimer's project features a four-part documentary series (The memory loss tapes; Grandpa, will you remember me?, Caregivers, and Momentum in science), 15 short supplemental films, a website, and a nationwide community-based information and outreach campaign, to capture what it means to experience the disease, to be a child or grandchild of one who suffers, and to care for those who are affected.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.