Major Project: research into dementia

I knew i needed to have a strong amount of research behind the dementia storyline and although i have past experience of the alzheimer's from working in the NHS and with patients with this condition.

One big part of my research was in the progression of the disease.
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=133

This article talks about how "A wide range of factors influence how quickly someone's dementia will progress. These include age - people who develop symptoms before 65 often have a faster progression. " 
As Don's wife is 48 i wanted her dementia to have already been diagnosed but Don in a high level of denial about the rapidly escalating condition. I felt that perhaps Don would have asked for help from very close friends but perhaps felt a great deal of responsibility to keep his wife's condition hidden of how bad things were getting from his family. It was however difficult to tackle such a difficult subject in a half an hour series. 

These are some of the mild - moderate symptoms:

• becoming confused about where they are, or walking off and becoming lost
• muddling up time and getting up at night because they are mixing up night and day
• behaving in ways that may seem unusual, such as going outside in their nightclothes, becoming very agitated or unknowingly behaving in socially inappropriate ways
• experiencing difficulty with perception and, in some cases, having delusions (strongly believing things that are not true) or, less often, hallucinations (usually, seeing things that are not really there)

This is the stage i feel Don's wife would be at. 

This video was a really interesting family dynamic, It was really interesting to hear Trevor's own views on dementia and that really helped shape the scene with Julia where she comes to the realisation she would be better placed in the care home. Although this was a tough scene it, also was one of the most interesting to work on as it involved a lot of my research into the topic.