Dementia project – Toom (30 sec)

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Transcript

Transcript

(Two women sit side by side. The older woman wearing glasses and red lipstick speaks. The younger woman grins and chuckles.)

Toom: I like to work.

Tarn: She likes to work.

(A pair of gloved hands scoops a mixture from a stainless steel bowl. She places a spoonful into a round dumpling wrapper.)

Toom: For Dumpling Drop. They're my favourite.

(The older woman's image appears. She stands outside smiling at the camera. Text reads, Toom”.)

(A dumpling is placed beside several others on a sheet tray.)

Tarn: To help me out?

(The women appear, sitting side by side. The younger woman smiles staring at Toom. She nods her head.)

Toom: Helping out, yes.

(Toom and the younger woman walk along the street then enter a local market. Text reads, “Tarn, Toom's daughter”.)

Tarn: I think it's really important for people with Alzheimer's to have a routine and a purpose in life.

(Inside, Tarn holds a mango to her mother's nose. Toom smells the ripe fruit and nods, then points to the box of mangos.)

Tarn: So, we had her start help rolling dumplings.

(Toom and Tarn gather more mangos in a plastic bag as they shop together.)

(Tarn smiles as she sits at a table facing Toom. A bowl of dumpling filling sits between them in a large bowl. Toom twists the filled wrapper shaping the dumpling.)

Tarn: She's getting really, really good. And really fast.

(Tarn smiles proudly at her mother, Toom, as she speaks to the interviewer.)

Toom: It's a part of my life.

(Toom looks down intently as she shapes the intricate dumpling with her gloved fingers. Text appears, “Dementia might look different than you expect. Canada.ca/dementia”)

(The Government of Canada logo appears.)

Narration: A message from the Government of Canada.