Elizabeth is Missing

A well acted thought provoking drama which somehow was quite gripping in a quite different way. My MIL died with dementia and my FIL is going the same way and cannot look after himself.

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A bit of a harrowing watch. A caravanning friend from our local church has recently had to place his wife in a nursing home, having struggled with her increasing dementia over the past couple of years. Depressing to think that it may be hitting some of us at some stage.

I watched it too ..... very good. 

I remember recommending the book on the "good reads" section.

I thought it was superbly done - very harrowing for anyone who's had to watch a relative suffer from that dreadful disease and certainly darker, as far as I can recall, from the book which had many humorous interludes. An excellent performance from the two leading actors. 

It's the sort of thought-provoking drama which the BBC does so we'll,  just like the earlier one on the same theme with Alison Steadman in the leading role.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, do try and catch it on iPlayer - there won't be many better ways of spending 90 minutes! 

Not an enjoyable watch at all but compelling and thought provoking non the less. Like many others we have experience of this awful condition in our family. My memory isn't quiet what it was either. Aspects of this growing old thing are not brilliant I'm afraid. Live life now!

Haven’t seen it yet, but will based on recommendations here. Like many, also have personal experience of watching my MIL slowly succumb and die. Same situation now with my own mother aged 89. I’ll be interested to see how it deals with the emotional and financial stress created for all concerned. 

Very difficult viewing for me as its not long since my Mum who suffered with Dementia died.

I thought it was the best I'd seen dementia portrayed, so many programmes try and get it totally wrong.

Last nights programme was heart wrenching but an excellent performance by Glenda Jackson.

I couldn't watch it due to my late Mum and her memory loss although it wasn't Alzheimer's it was similar. I do hope the story gave some insight.

If anyone is struggling with a family member I found the Alzheimer's society web site very helpful, in fact I and my sister had printed sheets to remind us how to respond in certain situations and although always out of sight they were a good back up. 

As a person who hasn't had the experience of a family member with Dementia I found the play a very interesting watch, beautifully acted. Would definitely recommend it.

If, like me, you were planning on watching this on iPlayer and you’re unlucky enough to own a Samsung ‘smart’ TV, be aware that BBC have made some recent changes to iPlayer which are not supported by Samsung software so it doesn’t work anymore. Seems that my 5 year smart TV is now a dumb TV! Thank you BBC, bloody annoying!

Still available on the iPad tho.