Love Lives Here
Love Lives Here is a new documentary short that
explores the innovative way Silverado gives life to residents. Produced by
retired Rutgers University professor Dr. Cathy Greenblat and award-winning
Australian filmmaker Corinne Maunder, this film is the third installment in
Fire Films' documentary series Side by Side: Love and Joy in Dementia Care.
Detailing how
Silverado gives life to residents through our philosophy of love and
recognizing the value of the human spirit, Love Lives Here was
shot at four different Silverado communities in California, and features
interviews with associates, residents, family members and dementia-care experts
as well as photographs and video footage of the daily life at Silverado.
“Silverado has a unique approach that sees
them getting people to do things that the top neurologists in the world said
was impossible, which presented an ideal opportunity to create a thought
provoking piece about dementia care,” says Dr. Greenblat, who has been
photographing at Silverado communities since 2001. Her books Alive with
Alzheimer’s (2004) and Love, Loss and Laughter (2012)
both feature numerous photos from Silverado communities. Galleries in North
America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East as well as the World
Health Organization, the United Nations and the US National Academy of Sciences
have all exhibited Dr. Greenblat’s photographs.
Ms. Maunder, who
produced and directed the film, was initially inspired to explore Alzheimer’s
care in films by her grandmother’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Since 2013 she has
produced over two dozen short films and educational videos about dementia, with
more currently in production.
Dr. Greenblat says,
“The vision for Side by Side is to create a multimedia
resource for individuals and organizations to learn about better practice
person-centered dementia care.” The first two films in the series, Finding
the Why (Starrett Lodge, Uniting, Australia) and It Takes a
Community (Arcare Helensvale, Australia), have informed and inspired
countless viewers and have been used in universities, professional forums and
care facilities around the world.
“The beautiful
thing about this series of films is that the creative process has been very
organic,” says Ms. Maunder. “There are no scripts, no marketing departments, no
one telling me what messages to push. I’m free to capture and present everything
just as I see it, which makes it very authentic. These are real stories about
real people.”
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