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Film-making with women in long-term dementia care

We have just finished an 18-month study which involved spending many hours in a long-term care environment making short films with people with dementia. Consistent with the broader care home population, eight of the ten people who took part were women. Whilst the men involved tended to avoid group activities, the women developed a distinct group identity during the study and liked to spend time sharing memories.  read more ...