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Alzheimer
The Italian Association of Alzheimer sufferers (AIMA) has written me a long letter to raise the awareness of Italian citizens and the institutions to this illness. There are a good 800,000 people with this illness in Italy. My mother was one of them, She became ill at the age of 49 and died 12 years later after playing the piano. Music was the last thing she remembered.In 2002 AIMA commissioned Tornatore to make a film. He gave this a setting in Parliament. The film was not broadcast by RAI or by Mediaset. Publitalia responded: Theres not the space. Sipra that manages advertising on the RAI, preferred to stay silent. The politicians, with rare exceptions, felt offended by the comparison. The film is on the blog from today.Dear Beppe, The date of 21 September (World Alzheimer Day) has recently gone by and I would like to present a few reflections to a public (your readers) that I know to be watchful and sensitive.When I founded AIMA, 23 years ago, I only knew as much about Alzheimers...