My Documentary ideas: Joy Phyllis Young

All the ideas I developed really stemmed from my Grandma's story. She developed Alzheimers about 15 years ago and the progression of the disease has been really aggressive over the past 6 months or so. This can be really seen throughout my family and it has affected my Grandad the most. Therefore I thought it would be interesting to document the effects and how people have seen Joy's diseas develop over the years, and what she was like prior to her diagnosis. As i dont remember a time in which her disease wasn't apparent to me as all my life I have grown up with the affects of Alzheimers on her and my whole family. I've also decided to document Alzheimers and its affects as I believe it is often portrayed incorrectly in TV and Film, or diffferently to how I have expereinced it with Joy and just how serious the affects are on my family, in particular my Grandad. Who has acted as carer for her, for as long as I can remember. As she has recently entered a home, I figured it would be an interesting idea to look at the work of the social workers and carers and how Alzheimer's affects them, as I believe this is not highlighted strongly enough and will give an interesting perspective to the documentary film.