Transcript of PBS Program About Early Onset Alzheimer’s Is Online
January 12, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
The PBS program, Sufferers of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Describe Life with the Disease, consists of interviews by Susan Dentzer of those in the baby boomer age who suffer from this disease.
Ms. Dentzer introduces those she will be interviewing, then follows with a very informative program:
We wanted to know more about what it’s like to be struck by Alzheimer’s in the prime of life, so we sat down for a conversation with this group, all suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s. All have worked with the National Alzheimer’s Association and are among the nation’s most vocal spokespersons for the urgency of fighting the disease.
For more insight, from people who are experiencing early onset Alzheimer’s, read the transcript of the program.
Hello –
The PBS’ “News Hour” piece was filmed at the Los Angeles Early Memory Loss Forum at the end of October.
Instead of reading the transcript, the video is available online at
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june08/alzheimers_01-10.html
Thank you.
Thanks, Rich, for letting us know about the video and the link.
Hello,
Also wanted to let you know that the Insider Forum is now up. At the end of the PBS segment on the “News Hour,” Jim Lehrer mentioned that some of the particpants would be taking part in the Forum Tuesday. Yesterday (Tuesday), Bill Bridgwater, James Smith and myself did so. To access it…..
It is now on on this page:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/insider/
You can find the permanent link to the transcript here:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/insider/health/jan-june08/alzheimers_01-16.html
We also did a side forum with a neurologist . . you can find that here:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/health/jan-june08/alzheimersdoc_01-16.html
Hi, and thanks for the program on early alzheimer’s. Is there some way that I can get a copy of the video? I would love to show it to professionals and other viewers, such as boomers, gerontologists, etc.
Hi Sheila, thanks for visiting Alzheimer’s Notes. Why don’t you try visiting the PBS web site? Perhaps you’ll find something there about how to obtain the video. This certainly was an informative one.