No Thanks, We're Fine: Supporting Families Living With Dementia

A compelling video featuring caregivers to people with dementia appealing to their fellow caregivers to seek support and take respite. Caregivers speak movingly based on their own experiences directly to others like them on the importance of finding information, obtaining home care and other types of in-house assistance, joining support groups, and accessing respite through day programs and overnight guest houses. Caregivers appeal to their peers to obtain assistance right away, not to wait for a crisis to occur and not to be ashamed to get help. The clear message is that no caregiver to loved ones with dementia is a superman or superwoman.

Produced by the Champlain Community Access Centre (www.champlain.ccac-ont.ca) the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County (www.alzheimer.ca/ottawa) and the Champlain Dementia Network (www.champlaindementia.org). Directed by the Peabody Award-winning Director Firdaus Kharas of Chocolate Moose Media (www.chocmoose.com).

This video may be freely downloaded and used under the terms of the Creative Commons attribution-non-commercial-no derivatives license. Free DVD copies may be requested from the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County by e-mail to: info@asorc.org

Category:

Education

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• Dementia
• Caregivers
• Support
• Respite
• Rest
• Break
• Loved
• Family
• Diagnosis
• Doctor
• Memory
• Disorder
• Clinic
• Hospital
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• Aging
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• Senior
• Alzheimer
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• Frontal
• Lobe
• CCAC
• Champlain
• Community
• Access
• Centre
• Society
• Canadian
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• Ottawa
• Renfrew
• Ontario
• Canada
• Behavior
• Change
• Communications
• Firdaus
• Kharas
• Chocolate
• Moose
• Media

[alliegator44]

Well done..thank you! I work with seniors with dementia in Victoria- we just released a video/workbook on loss with dementia- so important.

[jillm0871]

This is an excellent video. Thank you so much for creating it. I am going to show it to the caregivers that I work with at the Alzheimer Society of Kitchener-Waterloo.

[cooperdixie]

Thank You so very much. I love my sweet Mother-in-law who has Alzheimer. I hope to find more support on this site. Good thoughts for all.

[LuckyBev]

Beautiful video ! Thank you.

[rjacksonasdr]

Incredible Video! Congratulations on a job well done, we will definitely be sharing this with our families in Durham!

[CaroleLarkin]

wonderful, wonderful, wonderful I'm sharing this everywhere!



[FatCatAnna]

Many thanks for posting this - my in-laws enjoyed helping you out in the making of this production.

[FatCatAnna]

Many thanks for posting this - my in-laws enjoyed helping you out in the making of this production.

[Yawny13]

Great video. Very endearing. I've never heard of the day programs before. It's amazing to know that for couples dealing with Alzheimers there is a middle ground between living at home and living in a manor. Thanks you so much.

[marianneleger]

touching video, thanks for giving me the chance to help others