Watch For Lee Gorewitz, Living With Alzheimer’s is an Odyssey on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.
In Danville, California, the Traditions Alzheimer’s Care Unit houses 20 residents, most of who are shepherded by caregivers through scheduled activities like balloon baseball and bingo. For most residents, life is routine.
But for Lee Gorewitz, life is an odyssey.
From the moment she wakes up, Lee is on a quest for something that she can neither articulate nor comprehend. Confined by the limits of her physical boundaries, she scavenges for reminders of her old identity in the outside world.
A total immersion into the fragmented day-to-day experience of Alzheimer’s disease, You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t is the first documentary filmed exclusively in an Alzheimer’s care unit, told from the perspective of someone suffering from the disease.
The film documentary airs nationally on PBS starting tonight, March 29, at 10 PM.Check your local PBS station for times in your area
