Her daughter, Geila Bar-David, and grandson, Alexander Dickman, embarked on projects intended to provide support for fellow caregivers. My mother was a person I loved and respected so much. She was very cuddly and loveable, spiritual, author, writer, artist and lecturer. She was a leader, always involved in humanitarian causes. My mother suffered from Alzheimer disease for 20 years.
Caregivers tend to be isolated and their voices available in whispers only.
They often feel bad and embarrassed about very common caregiver feelings. I felt it important that other caregivers learn from those who had traveled this difficult journey before them. Touched by his mother's ongoing efforts to support caregivers and by his Grandmother's relentless decline with Alzheimer's, multimedia producer Alex Dickman, came to the rescue and offered to produce an educational video that will support the caregiving community. Throughout the filming, I tried to remain as detached as possible. But it affected me.