Kitty Norton, creator and producer of ”Wine, Women, and Dementia,” joins Suzanne to talk more about her caregivers documentary. She describes where you can watch the movie, shares feedback she’s gotten from various screenings, and updates us on the status of the film.
Kitty says, “We’re finishing up the last of our film festivals this weekend. But because this is National Family Caregiver Month and this is our public roll out, we’ve got a lot of in-person screenings coming up. There’s three in New Jersey later in the month. We have a one in Dallas at the very end of the month. We have one in Seattle at the very end of the month. Everybody should go to www.winewomenanddementia.com, see if it’s playing in your area.
“This is not yet on the website, but it will be soon. I’m gonna have to pull the film back in December and really figure out 2024, but I wanted to make one big #thankful4caregivers weekend. So the film will be free Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the weekend after Thanksgiving. And you can just log on to the link when I get it made, when I get it on the website, and view the film.”
Regarding comments she’s gotten, Kitty says, “One of the magical things for me about the film that I didn’t expect is meeting the caregivers afterwards and being a part of their experience of seeing their journeys belong to the overall narrative of dementia, because we’re not talked to very much. We’re not asked very much what is happening. I didn’t want people to thank me on this journey. What I wanted people to say was, how’s your mom, and really mean it, and really want to hear. Like, ‘oh, she’s in memory care right now.’ ‘How’s that going?’ ‘Ah, terrible.’ You know, or, ‘oh, she did this or this? What did you do?’ And I was like, ‘well, first I laughed hysterically, and then I cleaned the poop up.’ Asking these questions and, and be interested, because there’s a lot of interesting things that happen in dementia.”
Learn more:
* Wine, Women, and Dementia: https://www.winewomenanddementia.com/
* Kitty Norton: https://www.winewomenanddementia.com/the-filmmakers
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* Podcasts celebrating caregivers: https://answersforelders.com/category/saluting-caregivers/
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