The Wellness Center has partnered with the Hudson Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association to present Keys Bags Names Words, a documentary film about hope in aging and dementia from 8 Above. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Cynthia Stone.

Date: Thursday, October 26

Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Place: SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science & Engineering, 10 East Conkling Avenue, Gerry Forum, Room 010

Website: https://www.keysbagsnameswords.com/

The 85-minute documentary will be followed by a Q&A with representatives from the Alzheimer’s Association.

The inspiration for Keys Bags Names Words came from the “hear/say” oral history project that is part of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) based at the University of California, San Francisco, and Trinity College Dublin. The wide range of personal stories in the project provided the basis for this hopeful and moving look at families around the world and how they approach aging and brain health. Director Cynthia Stone sees the film as an inspiring testament to the human spirit, and its purpose to serve as an advocacy tool.

“We want to give people tools to connect,” Stone says, “to lessen stigma, to care for their own brain health, and to see the extraordinary work being done to address this global challenge.”

Keys Bags Names Words shows intimate profiles of people living with dementia and their care partners. You’ll meet doctors discussing what you can do in your life to support brain health and prevent cognitive decline. And you’ll meet musicians and artists, scientists and policy experts from around the world engaged in a bold approach to tackle a leading global challenge for health and social care in the 21st century, dementia and brain health. This film is not a lament to loss, but an inspiring celebration of the human spirit.

View Trailer:

https://youtu.be/Gx7up8KJh5A?si=7aEPgiiWMrtdoz08

Reserve your seat at the screening:

https://machform.sunyorange.edu/view.php?id=824504

About Dementia

Dementia is a collective name for progressive degenerative brain syndromes that affect memory, thinking, behavior, and emotion. Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia are the most common types of dementia and are responsible for up to 90% of cases of dementia.

Statistics (Alzheimer’s Disease International)

• There are over 55 million people around the world living with dementia
• Someone in the world develops dementia every 3 seconds
• The number of people living with dementia is predicted to rise sharply to 139 million by 2050
• Dementia is the 7th leading cause of death globally and in an increasing number of countries, the leading cause of death
• The economic burden of dementia is US $1.3 trillion dollars every year, a figure that will more than double by 2030
• Almost 80% of the general public are concerned about developing dementia and 1 in 4 people think that there is nothing we can do to prevent dementia
• Almost 62% of healthcare professionals worldwide wrongly think that dementia is part of normal ageing

Dementia knows no social, economic or geographical boundaries. Although each person will experience dementia in their own way, eventually those affected are unable to care for themselves and need help with all aspects of daily life.

There is currently no cure for dementia, with some limited symptomatic treatment options, and emerging disease-modifying treatments, which continues to highlight the importance of care, information, advice, and support.

Learn more:

Dementia Fact Sheet from Alzheimer’s Disease International

https://www.alzint.org/u/Dementia-fact-sheet-English.pdf