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Are you interested in aging and memory loss? So come to One World on Sunday at 4:30 p.m.!

We will be screening the film Home of Chagrin Valley.

Do you have a loved one with dementia? Do you want to better understand what kind of reality the future clients of the Novi Město Domov Pomněnka live in? In that case, you should not miss a documentary that focuses on these topics.

It looks like an American suburb of the 1950s. Residents of Chagrin Valley, a facility for elderly men and women with dementia, sit in the front yards of their imaginary homes and gather in a plaza over which the sun never sets. "Why am I here?" asks the 90-year-old Florence resident. As memory serves her, she likes her new home. She appreciates the dedicated care of the nursing team, with whom she likes to converse with insight. Conversations with people with memory loss include daily reassurances about what day it is or how old someone is. In addition to the disappearing mental worlds, the film also records the hard work of male and female employees, often from socially excluded circumstances, who are waiting for another one at home after a night shift at work. Sanitation carts weave through the idyllic backdrops of the roofed small town, and its inhabitants together create a world in which some sink deeper into the past, while others dream with hope of a better future.

After the screening of the film Chagrin Valley, we are hosting a panel discussion...At which you can look forward to three people from the industry.

Matěj Lejsal studied management at the University of Economics in Prague and social work at Charles University. He still lectures on social policy at the Charles University and also works as a researcher at the Faculty of Humanities. He has been working in the non-profit organization Sue Ryder, which runs a renowned Prague home for the elderly, for twenty years, since 2006 as a director.

Petra Stávková works as a social worker in the Svítání Counseling Center for caregivers and survivors and as the head of the Brno Day Service Center. In his profession, he meets families who care for people with dementia or who are at the end of life. She worked at the Masaryk Oncology Institute and Hospice Sv. Elizabeth in Brno.

Lada Žertová works in the Diakonia ČCE in Brno, originally as the head of sheltered housing for people with mental illness, now as the head of the Contact Point of the Czech Alzheimer's Society. It is dedicated to people who have dementia and also helps those who care for them. The discussion is moderated by Petr Hladík, who is involved in the Domov Pomněnka project in Nové Město na Moravě,

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