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WEBJan 21, 2022 · In Memory of mum – June Smith ‘The Long Goodbye’ It’s been a ‘Long Goodbye’ (Options = Mum / Dad or persons name) Alzheimer’s is like a thief without a care Ruining lives, it’s so unfair It doesn’t allow you to ‘remember’ whilst forcing you to ‘forget’ It took you away, and of...
Re-running the Long Goodbye advert | Dementia Support Forum
WEBLondon. Aug 27, 2024. #1. Hi everyone, We wanted to let you know that after being put on pause, the Long Goodbye advert will run for a second burst of advertising from 27th August until the end of September (across TV, cinema, radio, podcasts and social media) as part of World Alzheimer's Month. This is a carefully considered decision by our ...
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WEBAug 27, 2024 · From this it is clear that Alzheimer's Disease is (the cause of) one type of dementia. On this Forum, in it's detailed published factsheets, in other publicity material and on its website, the Alzheimer's Society claims to cover all types of dementia. Once one can see past the charity's name (which seems misleading and anachronistic), the ...
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WEBMar 23, 2024 · Bruce Willis shares with me and many of my friends a dementia diagnosis. The Alzheimer’s Society seems to think that what people need to know about dementia is that, as in his films, it is ‘Die Hard’. I prefer to think that people living with dementia need to be helped to ‘live well’.
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WEBSep 8, 2024. #141. Governments (of all colours) are not going to do anything to help because it will cost a lot of money and the general public doesnt see the need. If we want more support weve got to get the general public behind us. At the moment the general public thinks that dementia is just being a bit forgetful, there is medication to ...
Re-running the Long Goodbye advert - Dementia Support Forum
WEBAug 28, 2024. #25. Female1952 said: I think The Long Goodbye is a useful and educational ad. I have a close relative with dementia. She doesn't sit in a comfy chair, with tea and cake on a coffee table in front of her, as she and the carer seated next to her exchange smiles and the carer puts a reassuring hand on hers.
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WEBAug 27, 2024 · Friday at 10:14 AM. #224. Will be very happy when we do not see the long goodbye advert again on TV, it is upsetting to both carers and sufferers. Many people ignore Altzeimers/dementia unless it affects them directly, the advert is not reaching people in the right way, in my case I have stopped donating to the Altzeimers Society, but as we ...
Why I hate ‘The Long Goodbye’ | Dementia Support Forum
WEBMar 23, 2024. #1. I loathe the new commercial for the Society ‘The Long Goodbye’. I think that it reinforces every negative stereotype about dementia, and does nothing whatsoever to help people such as myself living with brain disease. It dismays me that the Society has given it its backing.
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WEBAug 27, 2024 · As you have seen there have been many many ads over the years picking on different aspects of the carer/PWD everyday struggle. The Long Goodbye is just one ad / aspect of this continuing PR project. The Long Goodbye is many carers' and non-PWD family members' view of how they see the PWD over time.
Re-running the Long Goodbye advert - Dementia Support Forum
WEBAug 27, 2024 · HarrietD said: the Long Goodbye advert will run for a second burst of advertising from 27th August until the end of September (across TV, cinema, radio, podcasts and social media) as part of World Alzheimer's Month. Wonder if it's generating interest on any 'social media'. Unable to look as don't subscribe to any.