article_snippet.sent: A Hollywood-inspired experiment to help dementia patients by waking dementia patients up with video recordings from loved ones is taking place in New York.
article_snippet.sent: The hope is that the videos shown to residents of a care home in New York will ease residents of a care home in the city confusion, forgetfulness and agitation.
article_snippet.sent: Idea is borrowed from the 2004 Adam Sandler film 50 First Dates, in which Drew Barrymore's character suffers a brain injury and memory loss each day.
article_snippet.sent: People suffering Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia often fell confused and anxious in the morning.
article_snippet.sent: The programme is designed to help those who are in the early to moderate stages of dementia, those who are still likely to recognise the people in a new video and understand what the people in the video are saying.
article_snippet.sent: You've got a group of people with dementia who don't really grasp the nature and purpose of a group of people surroundings or the circumstances that compelled a group of people to be there,' Robert Abrams, a geriatric psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital said. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Residents at Hebrew Care Home in New York are woken by video recordings from loved ones to help ease Residents at Hebrew Care Home in New York confusion and agitation .
  