![]() John Howland, played by a somewhat hesitant Alec Baldwin, is himself an academic and battles to come to terms with the rapid deterioration in his wife’s condition once she’s diagnosed with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease, shortly after her 50 th birthday. Julianne Moore sensitively portrays the role of Dr Alice Howland, a linguistics professor at Columbia University, described by her husband as ‘the most intelligent woman I ever met’. This shattering condition decimates the lives of both its sufferers (or as Alice describes them “strugglers”), and those who are forced to watch the path of destruction it weaves. ![]() ![]() ![]() What is it like to lose yourself, piece by piece? What is it like for your loved ones to watch you disappear, knowing that there is virtually nothing they can do to stop the process? Watching the film Still Alice (based on the book by Lisa Genova) gives us some insight into the devastation that Alzheimer’s Disease causes. ![]()
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