Created by the award-winning team behind HBO’s acclaimed Addiction project, this multi-platform series takes a close look at groundbreaking discoveries made by the country’s leading scientists, as well as the effects of this debilitating and fatal disease both on those with Alzheimer’s and on their families.
Based on the book, What’s Happening to Grandpa? by Maria Shriver, this film tells five stories of children, ages 6 through 15, who are coping with grandfathers or grandmothers who have Alzheimer’s disease. The film is directed and produced by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin. Read More
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