Louis Theroux - Extreme Love, Dementia - Ep2 26th April

[Kompressor]

sad sh*t tbh,

i reckon at some point in my life when i'm done working with the bad breed section of our young person's population, I'll work with disabled kids/young adults,

the people who put their hearts into working with these people have my upmost respect.

[smelly feet]

Ceazy and Ashman have two autistic kids.

[Illusion]

This kid is going to go viral

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAxyIXhMRUo

[MrJibbles]

We're so pleased to see such a wonderful response to Louis' "Extreme Love: Autism" documentary, which aired last week.

The series continues this Thursday (26th April) at 9pm on BBC 2 with "Extreme Love: Dementia"...

As one of the big retirement destinations for middle class Americans, Phoenix, Arizona has also become a capital of dementia care. Louis visits the city in order to spend time in Beatitudes, a state-of-the-art care home, and with home-based carers whose love is tested by a condition that steadily erodes the personality and character of their partners.

At Beatitudes Louis meets Gary, a 69-year-old patient who thinks he is serving in the military and that it is his job to check the state of everyone's teeth. Louis submits to a dental check-up, is introduced to two of Gary's new resident girlfriends and spends time with Gary's wife of 20 years, Carla – a woman whom Gary robustly denies ever having married.

In a suburban Phoenix bungalow Louis agrees to become carer-for-a-day to Nancy, an ex-New York model with a personality to match. He finds a woman who can no longer remember her way through a complete sentence, but also a husband who finds much to love in the glimpses of personality that still sparkle through the dementia.

- Rach from Louis Theroux's office

[time_bomb]

on now

[time_bomb]

old folk

[SLEAZE BALL]

this dementia one is deep still

autism>>>>>>>>dementia

some scary shit

[Da Luv Doc]

this dementia one is deep still

autism>>>>>>>>dementia

some scary shit

was very deep!

[Captain Planet]

my gfs dad had a stroke and now suffers from this, used to be a strong man

I couldnt imagine how painful it would be to see a loved one like that

[Yoshie]

Those old couple were cute, ratings to the guy must be so hard not to get frustrated.

Watched this the other day.

[MrJibbles]

Just got around to watching both and my goodness these were good pieces of work by Louis, rarely fails and lately has tackled some really interesting subjects.

During the dementia episode there was one scene he just looked shocked more than I've properly seen him in any other his filmed. To me it really is a sad way to go and seeing the ones who had reached the most advanced stage was just sad.

[DRC]

I don't know why I watched it...

When it ended I had the same feeling as when I finished Grave of the Fireflies. Pure emptiness.

Too much respect for the families that took part

[time_bomb]

yea so much respect for the partners, that is true loyalty.

[8BALL]

Just got around to watching both and my goodness these were good pieces of work by Louis, rarely fails and lately has tackled some really interesting subjects.

Agreed

[Don.j.w]

bad but cant help but lol at some of the faces nicky pulls

[Lieutenant]

Just watched that autism one last night and it reminded me we had a dude in school who was autistic.

He got bullied the hell out of, they really shouldn't of put him in a mainstream school. One day in year 11 he just snapped and beat up this kid(he was a big f*cker).

I see a lot of autistic people on a day to day basis and never realised this was there condition. Why do a lot of them seem camp?