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19th April 2010
A company that developed a specialist range of books for dementia sufferers is
planning to launch a thought-provoking DVD aimed at care home residents. Pictures To Share, a community interest company based in The idea is to provide stimulating images, at a pace suitable for dementia
sufferers, that can be shown in residents’ lounges. The DVD will feature themed images set to music – for example images of
the countryside and of childhood – as well as well-known poems read by the
actress Fiona Phillips, whose father suffers from Alzheimer’s. One of the poems read by the actress, who featured in a Channel 4
Dispatches film My Family And Alzheimer’s broadcast in January, is William
Wordsworth’s Daffodils. The images will be a mixture of old and new, some in
black and white and some in colour. Helen Bate, managing director of Pictures To Share, said: “The DVD will
be aimed at care home managers – it’s something they can easily play in
residents’ lounges instead of putting on the television which is often too
fast-paced for residents with dementia to take in.” The DVD will be available from the summer once full testing has been
carried out. For more information see www.picturestoshare.co.uk
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