Dementia project – Toom (30 sec)
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.