Talk Back Move Forward: 100 Years of Alzheimer's Disease 

What is Alzheimer's? What is it really? Do people understand it? How have we gone wrong with care in the past? How do we imagine the experience of this disease can be made better?

CAC Director, Anne Basting, worked with a team of colleagues to research and create Talk Back Move Forward (TBMF): 100 Years of Alzheimer's Disease. In an 8-minute DVD, professionally edited interviews and photographs with all walks of people touched by this disease (people with dementia, doctors, and family and professional caregivers) form a collage of our views of and experiences with the disease, our critique of public attitudes and systems of care, and our visions for howto make things better.

TBMF is designed to catalyze discussion among general and professional audiences about where we've been and where we're going with the cultural attitudes and medical and social care systems wrapped around Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. It is a perfect teaching tool for any setting, from support groups to a graduate classroom.

How It Was Made

TBMF began in 2005 with a small grant from the Helen Bader Foundation, and the support of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee's Center on Age & Community. A collaborative team worked to design the project, and interview and photograph over 30 people in two states. The project was approved by the UWM Internal Review Board. TBMF premiered at the "Reflecting on 100 Years of Alzheimer's: Global Impact on Quality of Lives" conference in Cleveland, OH, in November 2006.

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Click below to download the TBMF Discussion Guide.

Producer/Director: Anne Basting
Co-Director: Brad Lichtenstein
Editor: Terry Caddell Jr.
Photographer: Jim Herrington

Sponsors
The Helen Bader Foundation, Inc.
The UWM Center on Age & Community
The Department of Theater, College of Wooster
UH Extended Care Campus (formerly UHHS Heather Hill)
Shigeo and Megumi Takayama Foundation